RW/C Elias Pettersson - Växjö Lakers HC, SHL (2017, 5th, VAN) Part 3

[lawrence]

He looked good out there tonight. I think his stick is too long for him, though.

agreed

if his stick was shorter he would have Ryan Stromed 6 other guys.

 

[Siludin]

He looked good out there tonight. I think his stick is too long for him, though.

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN WATCHING HOCKEY FOR 48 YEARS AND I HAVE FOLLOWED PETTERSSON SINCE HE WAS 8 YEARS OLD AND I KNOW DAMN WELL HE WILL GROW INTO THAT STICK. JUST LOOK AT COMPARABLE FROM SIMILAR LEAGUES AND HIS BROTHER Ajk:aslijfhbdlk:jhsd:kljgf

yeah he was solid tonight

 

[BC Ben]

Looked like a top line centre. Easily what this team needs most. There will be growing pains, but what a player.

 

[Kshahdoo]

How many goals did he score? Or points?

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

I want to walk with Elias

 

[DDRhockey]

Everyone knows he is good. Not everyone knows how little preseason matters.

Preseason matters for these prospects or they will be sent down.

 

[ManUtdTobbe]

My guy is killing it and i love it. He'll win Rookie scoring easily.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Preseason matters for these prospects or they will be sent down.

Nah. I remember when Laine did nothing in preseason. Prospects of this level will get a look in regular season before sending them down.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

Looked like a top line centre. Easily what this team needs most. There will be growing pains, but what a player.

Is he penciled in to be a center? Dahlen left wing?

 

[Love]

Is he penciled in to be a center? Dahlen left wing?

Yes he played centre all game yesterday and played centre throughout training camp.

And yes Dahlen has been playing LW.

 

[VictorLustig]

Just scary how quickly he can process the game. Look at that pass he made from behind his own net under all kinds of pressure to Baertschi for a clean breakaway. Very few players in the world would recognize that opportunity.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Guy definitely looks special with the puck. Can't shoot one timers though lol

 

[LemonSauceD]

Guy definitely looks special with the puck. Can't shoot one timers though lol

he can actually, many of his goals come from that 1 time location. Too bad he falls all the time lol

 

[LemonSauceD]

How many goals did he score? Or points?

He had 1 assist, but could have had 2 more if it weren't for Talbot's save and Horvat hitting the post on an open net lol.

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

he can actually, many of his goals come from that 1 time location. Too bad he falls all the time lol

Ya I was kidding more than anything, but that was an odd sequence.

 

[DDRhockey]

Just scary how quickly he can process the game. Look at that pass he made from behind his own net under all kinds of pressure to Baertschi for a clean breakaway. Very few players in the world would recognize that opportunity.

Link to that clip?

 

[Love]

Link to that clip?

At about the 1:50 mark of this clip you’ll see the pass he’s talking about

 

[DDRhockey]

Quote about pettersson from almost 3 years ago:

 

[TeddyBare]

Not surprising.

He's showing why he is a top 3 prospect.

 

[Boxscore]

This Pettersson kid is pretty good.

 

[firstemperor]

Watched the game after the Leafs game last night. Easy to see why he was one of the top prospects in the NHL last night (already had him top 5 in his draft year regardless).

Only criticism I have is maybe be a bit more patient on the PP instead of firing low % shots from the perimeter (to be fair one of them did generate a rebound where Goldobin later scored). I don't mind those seeing-eye shots through bodies to generate a rebound.

Processes the game at a incredibly high level though and has the high-end skill to match.

 

[Bevans]

Only criticism I have is maybe be a bit more patient on the PP instead of firing low % shots from the perimeter (to be fair one of them did generate a rebound where Goldobin later scored). I don't mind those seeing-eye shots through bodies to generate a rebound.

I have to disagree with this criticism. I can think of one time where he took a low percentage shot from a stand still in over 7 minutes of PP time. It led to the goal you described and encouraged the PKers to cheat away from him less when he had the puck.

I could see the argument that he wasn't generating enough movement when he held the puck. I could also see the argument that he passed to the net front guy for a jam play too often (about 4 by my count; I don't think it would have worked more than once against an NHL team).

But those are minor criticisms. Overall I still think he did a great job on the PP.

The best thing I can say about him was how adept he was at starting break outs from his own end. More than once he was the last man back and two passes later he had a break away.
He already looks like he can suceed as a centre, which I wasn't necessarily expecting.

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Better skating Mark Scheifele

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Better skating Mark Scheifele

that's quite an odd comparison, not sure i see that. Better skating Schiefele would be Eichel for me. those 2 guys are more meat and potatoes, Pettersson is more finesse and nifty style of player. He reminded me a bit of Datsyuk and Nikita Kucherov when I watched him last night. but to each his own.

 

[PinkFly]

Good player. Should end up a good 2C. A few tiers below Matthews.