Confirmed with Link: Penguins acquire conditional first round pick, three players for Pettersson and O'Connor

[wej20]

Jim Rutherford has no idea who Melvin is nor does he care. I wouldn't call his inclusion a sign Vancouver gave up on him at all.

The kid has skill, but he has significant question marks. Not much different than most 18 year olds third round picks. Acting like he's a bust already is just carving out your own narrative. He may never play in the NHL, but he deserves time to at least prove that himself instead of being written off now.

Agreed. Look at the guys drafted around him, pretty much all of them are at a similar level of production. Sure, if we'd gotten a 3rd in 2025 we could have drafted the next Jake Guentzel or Bryan Rust but odds are more likely we'd draft the next Connor Hall or Ben Hanowski.

 

[orby]

I like this trade both for the Penguins and the Vancouver Petterssons.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I love how people just ignore that Allvin is the GM altogether

 

[JTG]

Daniel Sprong landed us a 1st round pick...

 

[Lust for Life]

Only one 18-year-old in the SHL has more points than Fernström fwiw

 

[JTG]

I love how people just ignore that Allvin is the GM altogether

I thought the same. He's such a forgettable guy...even when he was here.

Ferstrom will never see the ice with Sullivan here lol.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I love how people just ignore that Allvin is the GM altogether

It rules because it’s two clubs run by the PoHO.

Agreed. Look at the guys drafted around him, pretty much all of them are at a similar level of production. Sure, if we'd gotten a 3rd in 2025 we could have drafted the next Jake Guentzel or Bryan Rust but odds are more likely we'd draft the next Connor Hall or Ben Hanowski.

I don’t care if he doesn’t make it, but for once it’s nice we got a guy that is unequivocally a scorer and not some dorky “two way player” with extremely mediocre stats.

 

[kanucks25]

Vinny

not entirely true

Vinny can be effective player if you have the right partner and use him correctly which the Canucks did neither. When he played with Brett Kulak on our 3rd pair they were one of the best third pairs in the NHL. They were able to take on tough competition and come out ahead.

He is useless with the puck and not good at defending the rush at all. That being said in the D zone he is very good at taking up space and defending the red zone around the net. When the oilers had him he played on our top PK unit as well which was one of the best in the league. In the playoffs it was actually the best ever in the history of the game albeit it stayed strong when he was out of the lineup as well.

Pair him with a smart, mobile partner and use him as a D zone start/PK specialist and he can be an effective #6. That’s why the Canucks gave him the contract they did but they didn’t realise they did not have the personnel to use him properly. Maybe the pens don’t either I don’t know enough about the bottom half of your D just giving my assessment as a guy who watched him for years going back to the AHL.

A lot of teams don't have a #5 that can carry a limited #6 and he's a player that other teams will definitely try to exploit 5on5 especially in the playoffs.

You're right he's good at protecting the front of the net but at the same time he gets torched any time the other team's forwards work the high slot because he's so uncomfortable skating away from the net area to cover opposing players.

I think there's a good reason why he was healthy scratched as the Oilers got deeper into the playoffs.