Player Discussion Marcus Pettersson

[racerjoe]

Big fan of this player going back to his days in Anaheim. He brings something sorely needed on our defense, and having him is going to create trickle down that help other guys like Soucy who will flourish again in a lesser role.

Don’t be stupid… we can’t take Juulsen out…

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Best defenseman on the team.

Yup.

 

[David71]

he is rangy always in the right position can move the puck... boxes out guys. if van can resign him to a reasonable contract. the 2nd left side spot is set. the third could either be dpetey for next year if soucy moves.

 

[F A N]

Can we sign him already?

 

[thefeebster]

Played a very Tanev-esque game, was rarely if ever, on the wrong side of the puck.

We failed to pay Tanev and spent years with regrets. Pay MP what he wants.

 

[F A N]

Played a very Tanev-esque game, was rarely if ever, on the wrong side of the puck.

We failed to pay Tanev and spent years with regrets. Pay MP what he wants.

The be fair, Tanev was older, had trouble staying healthy, and analytically was in decline. Turns out that like Hamhuis there is a fountain of youth waiting for the player after leaving Vancouver.

I am hesitant to comment and jinx things. It seems management don't care about value in acquiring players but care about value in signing players to contracts. I hope we sign M-Petey to a good contract but I can see management holding firm and M-Petey not re-signing.

 

[MS]

Ate 26 minutes of icetime like it was nothing and barely put a foot wrong. Sign him ASAP.

 

[tantalum]

Ate 26 minutes of icetime like it was nothing and barely put a foot wrong. Sign him ASAP.

Yep and if they do get him re-signed (which I think they will) they will have completely remade the blueline. Acquired 2 top 4 guys on the correct side of 30 to compliment the best in the game (one just barely but still plenty of hockey left in MPs legs I think) .

Drafted EP2 and Willander..at this point it looks like both will be regular NHL players next season. That is a hell of a lot of heavy lifting in a reasonable amount of time. Some blips along the way but those can be forgiven with a new MP contract.

I think people forget how there was very, very little in the system when they took over. Benning and his unintentional tanking stripped the farm bare.

A tally from this management group on the blueline the last couple of calendar years:

Hronek
Willander
EP2
MP
KK
Mynio

 

[vikingGoalie]

you will like MP, he is a steady presence on the back end and has gotten better each season. his job is immeasurably easier there then baby sitting karlsson in pittsburgh was...

 

[tantalum]

you will like MP, he is a steady presence on the back end and has gotten better each season. his job is immeasurably easier there then baby sitting karlsson in pittsburgh was...

He's going to be babysitting the Chaos Giraffe. Not sure that's easier!

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Didn't get a chance to watch the game. How did MP3 do?

Very very good.

 

[arttk]

Ate 26 minutes of icetime like it was nothing and barely put a foot wrong. Sign him ASAP.

yes

 

[flin flon bombers]

His fight card has some pretty tough customers on it. Not that he's a great fighter by any means but if he can provide a little bit of second thought before other teams take runs that's an added bonus.

His fight card has him getting 3% favorable against 97% unfavorable results in his fighting escapades, except against a much smaller domi, that was a draw at best, so I'm not sure who is going to have second thoughts.but hey that's just me.

 

[Fedz]

MP3 will allow us to stop or minimize the 26+ minute nights out of Hughes. Refreshing/exciting to know that if we can sign him long term, 45/60 minutes of the game we have 43 or 29 on the ice.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Played a very Tanev-esque game, was rarely if ever, on the wrong side of the puck.

We failed to pay Tanev and spent years with regrets. Pay MP what he wants.

I was totally getting Swedish Chris Tanev vibes. Maybe not as much devil-may-care shot blocking, but the same sort of no-foot-wrong, cerebral defensive game.

 

[rypper]

His fight card has him getting 3% favorable against 97% unfavorable results in his fighting escapades, except against a much smaller domi, that was a draw at best, so I'm not sure who is going to have second thoughts.but hey that's just me.

Someone willing to step up > nobody doing anything.

 

[arttk]

Someone willing to step up > nobody doing anything.

let's bring in Mancini, he looks like a willing fighter

 

[God]

Someone willing to step up > nobody doing anything.

seriously, watching the buffalo players stand around holding their dicks while thompson got a headshot was pathetic. and i'm not liking the inconsistent responses from the team when hughes gets hit awkwardly into the boards, like with PLD a few games ago.

i'm on team #bringbackzaddy

 

[wonton15]

Left handed Tanev lite vibes is exactly what I got when watching the game last night.

Hughes Hronek
MPettersson Willander

Looks like we found our top 4.

 

[MS]

seriously, watching the buffalo players stand around holding their dicks while thompson got a headshot was pathetic. and i'm not liking the inconsistent responses from the team when hughes gets hit awkwardly into the boards, like with PLD a few games ago.

i'm on team #bringbackzaddy

Mathieu Olivier would be such a great fit here and is exactly what we need for our 4th line but he's going to get paid out the wazoo as a young UFA this summer.

 

[BluesyShoes]

Thought our defense looked real good last night. We've been missing this type of efficient d-man since Tanev left. MP is really great positionally in the neutral zone.

I've always felt this team needs to get away from building the defense to protect the net like offensive linesmen, as they have been the past 2 off-seasons. That isn't really the identity of our core players. I'll sacrifice some performance without the puck in our own zone to improve our neutral zone pressure so that we control the flow of possession more and make it really hard for the opposition to get across the redline. We saw that for stretches last night, especially in the second period with the long change. Detroit couldn't get their guys off the ice, and that quickly takes its toll. Same strategy for the PK, put more focus on defending the blue line.

 

[flin flon bombers]

Someone willing to step up > nobody doing anything.

That's one way to look at it.my point was that Im Not sure if anyone has second thoughts about getting into a scrap with him,I could be wrong.

 

[bob77]

I mean when your D partner is Karlsson you're kinda getting thrown to the wolves defensively

Yes. True. But a simple D to D pass leads to assists that can make your game seem better than it is.

 

[pitseleh]

Yes. True. But a simple D to D pass leads to assists that can make your game seem better than it is.

The year before Karlsson joined the Penguins, Pettersson had 23 even strength assists in 68 games (28 assist/82 game rate) when his most common partner was Petry. He has 26 even strength assists last year and was on a 24 assist / 82 game pace this year.

His secondary assists are up playing with Karlsson but his primary assists are down basically as much, so I don’t think you can pinpoint Karlsson as the reason for his success.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

The year before Karlsson joined the Penguins, Pettersson had 23 even strength in 68 games (28 assist/82 game rate) when his most common partner was Petry. He has 26 even strength assists last year and was on a 24 assist / 82 game pace this year.

His secondary assists are up playing with Karlsson but his primary assists are down basically as much, so I don’t think you can pinpoint Karlsson as the reason for his success.

Yea it's actually the other way around. Karlsson's performance dipped drastically away from Pettersson. Was always a real stabilizing presence for Karlsson, Letang, etc. Whoever he was put with ended up as our best pairing. I know he'll do well there.