Speculation: Elias Pettersson will want out of Vancouver (Russo of the Athletic)

[WTFMAN99]

The divide in that room must be real

I'd imagine getting rid of JT Miller might cure it but looks like management chose JT instead

Management must have really underestimated how unliked Miller is?

I don't remember hearing him being this big of a problem in other dressing rooms. Maybe better leaders or more elite players to keep his ego in check?

For some reason, I remember Weber beating the crap out of him now as a Ranger and it made me smile.

 

[Sota Popinski]

Every time I hear an RFA "wants out" I openly hope that the team in question grows a backbone and tells them to be quiet and wait until the letters next to their name say UFA.

If that becomes a big enough problem, let the NHLPA take it up next time the CBA is revisited. I'm sure there's something the players can collectively give up in exchange for being able to choose where they play earlier in their careers

That's all fine and dandy until the guy walks the following year and your team has nothing to show for it.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

You have to pay $69/month to see the title of the article, then more to actually read it.

Are people still under the impression that The Athletic is expensive or something? I paid less than 20 bucks for an entire year back in November. Well worth it.

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Pure click bait, his agent just finished saying he wants to stay long term.

“Going to want to move” is a LARGE assumption, similar to rumours saying McDavid is going to want to move

J.P. Barry says Elias Pettersson wants to sign long-term with the Vancouver Canucks

A day after a report stated that signing Elias Pettersson to a contrac...

canucksarmy.com

Pettersson also said he wants to play for a competitive team. The Canucks haven’t been competitive for a very long time.

 

[cwede]

team sure is having a rough go of it this season
reading this morning how Hughes says powers that be mishandled Pearson's injury, costing him the season

Canucks' Hughes: Pearson's season-ending injury 'wasn't handled properly'

Vancouver Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes isn't happy with how teammate Tanner Pearson's season ended.The Canucks announced Thursday that Pearson's campaign is over after undergoing a third hand surgery in a three-month span. Vancouver expected Pearson to miss four-to-six weeks after the initial...

www.thescore.com

 

[Kaen]

Michael Russo of the Athletic reported that Pettersson is going to want to move on, and that “there is some behind-the-scenes stuff that will make him go elsewhere.”

Source (Reddit which links the Spotify link):

It's pretty easy to say it's not his style to throw out rumors without anything to back it up. Following it up by then throwing out a rumor without any evidence kinda proves the opposite however.

 

[StreetHawk]

He can want that deal but not from Vancouver…

That came from his agent. His agent is not going to say Pettersson wants out when he’s still under contract for another 1.5 years.

As a Canucks fan I am realistic. Petey could very well pull a Tkachuk or Trouba and after 6 seasons when his deal is ufa tell the club he’s not doing a long term deal. It’s either his QO or arbitration to hit ufa. Then they’d have to move him.

It’s a mess in Vancouver. They keep spending to the cap and still end up near the bottom of the standings.

So I would not expect him to sign a new contract early like this off season when he has a year left. Play it out if I were him. Not betting my future with this organization the way it is owned and run. The owner is a meddling egomaniac who can’t make an honest assessment of the team. Hired a yes man who shouldn’t run a team and extended him twice.

 

[HBK27]

It's pretty easy to say it's not his style to throw out rumors without anything to back it up. Following it up by then throwing out a rumor without any evidence kinda proves the opposite however.

Unless, you know, you consider his track record considering he's been around a long time.

 

[DekeyPete]

I don't want out of van.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Hehe, the JT Miller effect.

 

[BatVader]

Maybe Ryan Reynolds should buy the Canucks

 

[Jerzey Devil]

Bro tryna collect Hughes boys like pogs

Yup

 

[Ace]

Every time I hear an RFA "wants out" I openly hope that the team in question grows a backbone and tells them to be quiet and wait until the letters next to their name say UFA.

If that becomes a big enough problem, let the NHLPA take it up next time the CBA is revisited. I'm sure there's something the players can collectively give up in exchange for being able to choose where they play earlier in their careers

They’d probably be better off treating that RFA like an asset that can bring value back for their franchise instead.

Play it out your way. He signs his QO and walks away for nothing because you were too stubborn? You really showed that RFA who can now choose anywhere at any contract while you let a top asset go for nothing.

That GM isn’t employed very long.

Teams don’t do what you suggest because they’re trying to maximize the return for the asset. Not let him walk.

 

[LemonSauceD]

So some American insider who gets things continually wrong has a “gut” feeling Pettersson will want out.

Canucks aren’t trading Pettersson.

 

[stewy04]

At this point, just move the Canucks

Ok Florida

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

So some American insider who gets things continually wrong has a “gut” feeling Pettersson will want out.

Canucks aren’t trading Pettersson.

Why would a very competitive athlete want to play for a continuously shitty and dysfunctional organization? He’s not going to waste his prime years here with no playoffs. It’s the same reason Horvat hasn’t re-signed.

 

[Jerzey Devil]

So some American insider who gets things continually wrong has a “gut” feeling Pettersson will want out.

Canucks aren’t trading Pettersson.

Then they risk losing him for nothing.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

I feel bad for Vancouver fans. First it was Horvat, then Boeser, now Pettersson ouch!

i think the first last straw was the handling of the tanev/toffoli/markstrom contracts, which led to petey forgoing a longterm deal for a bridge in the first place

but long live jt miller/myers/OEL

feels good

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

I like when a report says something that makes rival fans happy about a hated team it is INSTANTLY believed....

but when a report says something that annoys rival fans about a hated team, it is instantly said its fake and untrue and blah blah blah

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

i think the first last straw was the handling of the tanev/toffoli/markstrom contracts, which led to petey forgoing a longterm deal for a bridge in the first place

but long live jt miller/myers/OEL

feels good

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Blueberries’ alleged approach to parenting

 

[Profet]

Management must have really underestated how unliked Miller is?

I don't remember hearing him being this big of a problem in other dressing rooms. Maybe better leaders or more elite players to keep his ego in check?

For some reason, I remember Weber beating the crap out of him now as a Ranger and it made me smile.

Uh What?
JT Miller was def a problem in the Rangers dressing room. Maturity issues were always apparent when he was in NY.

 

[Voodoo Child]

Sources this and that - he would be signed long term now if he was fully in.

 

[NewEraGM]

Michael Russo of the Athletic reported that Pettersson is going to want to move on, and that “there is some behind-the-scenes stuff that will make him go elsewhere.”

Source (Reddit which links the Spotify link):

I will just never understand that Miller signing. They could have started their rebuild so well trading Miller, Horvat, Kuzmenko. Now if Elias wants out, they would get a haul for him.

4-5 first round picks from those places ++++

That Miller signing just made it all weird

 

[koteka]

Move em to Houston, Houston Canucks has a ring to it

Kentucky Canucks sounds good. Move them to Lexington or Louisville. They could have a great rivalry with the Preds.

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Pettersson on Hischier’s wing sounds good.