Seravalli calls out Pettersson for no-showing the 4 Nations

[Arthuros]

Oh shit, i hear hoofbeats in the distance. The whole state of Colorado is saddled up, locked and loaded, and heading this way.

"I haven't even begun to peak. And when I do peak, you'll know. Cause I'm gonna peak so hard, everybody in Denver is gonna feel it."

- Makar

 

[kerrabria]

Seravalli isn’t wrong, but he’s really fat and sloppy.

He's also the worst writer I've ever seen published. All his articles have countless run-on sentences, elementary grammar mistakes, and even misspelled words.

 

[JianYang]

Well he didn’t tweet about any other player so it kind of is a call out in itself

It's something newsworthy, for sure. Calling someone out is getting into a different realm. I saw the thread title and thought he would be dunking on the player.

 

[lakai17]

You got Frankie boy talking. Oh boy. Something must be happening

 

[Andy Dufresne]

He's also the worst writer I've ever seen published. All his articles have countless run-on sentences, elementary grammar mistakes, and even misspelled words.

So you're saying he's a sportswriter?

 

[kerrabria]

So you're saying he's a sportswriter?

I have no respect for sportswriters (or most mainstream journalists) but Seravelli's articles read like a lazy middle schooler's second draft. It actually floors me that somebody pays him to write.

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

Seravalli is toxic.

EP was given a shit role imo. Not having him out 3on3 while not putting him with Nylander was a mistake.

Seravelli has always hated on EP and said he wasn't really injured when clearly he was.

Every forward line looked like crap from Sweden, that's on coaching.

 

[JoVel]

Pettersson got paid and said thanks, that's enough effort from me. Canucks can expect him to be back in form again in 2031-32 which will be a contract year for him.

 

[TropicalFruitGirl2]

Well, if Seravelli is indeed "calling out" Pettersson, then he is dumber than he looks with his Gumby paint brush hairdo.

I'm not saying EP40 DOESN'T deserve criticism for being paid like a superstar but performing like a marginal NHL'er, but whatever ails Pettersson (whether physical or mental), has been going on for quite some time already this season, so expecting him to suddenly 'turn it on' for Four Nations is ridiculous.

It should be, and IS, more concerning for the Vancouver Canucks that EP40 isn't showing up for THEM rather than the Four Nations.

If brush head were to sit there and say something simple like "Team Sweden didn't have any contributions from Elias Pettersson", then ok....he'd still be Captain Obvious with a soft tipped head, but at least it isn't some grandiose, "look at me, I am super journalist" posing at "calling out a superstar that needs to be called out, gosh-darn-it-all, and click my link for more".

This guy seems to be about as non-news as an Eklund trade rumor....

 

[93gilmour93]

I'm loving the usual suspects being complete non-factors here again in this tournament. EP, Matthews, Marner (completley invisible besides the shift he scored in OT)

Gotta get those leafs involved in the conversation

 

[JKG33]

Cause this has a lot to do with a thread about Pettersson

It's a thread about an overpaid star player failing (yet again) to live up to expectations on a big stage. Why not mention similar players?

 

[93gilmour93]

It's a thread about an overpaid star player failing (yet again) to live up to expectations on a big stage. Why not mention similar players?

Then it turns into a people crying cause its always about the leafs thread again

 

[HarrySPlinkett]

Do some squats, buddy, come on.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Pettersson got paid and said thanks, that's enough effort from me. Canucks can expect him to be back in form again in 2031-32 which will be a contract year for him.

Cool story, except he went into this tailspin before he signed the 11.6 contract.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Then it turns into a people crying cause its always about the leafs thread again

You are literally the only one talking about the Leafs btw, all he did was mention comparable players

 

[AddyTheWrath]

It's something newsworthy, for sure. Calling someone out is getting into a different realm. I saw the thread title and thought he would be dunking on the player.

I guess that's fair. He wasn't really dunking but the tweet felt like a specific call-out in my opinion, given the recent chatter around EP's play.

 

[AfroThunder396]

He's always been overrated. Canucks fans talk about him like he's Steve Yzerman, it's embrrassing.

Soft, empty calorie stat padder that gets propped up because he plays in a big Canadian market.

 

[The Panther]

Pettersson has been fighting it, of late, yes. But geez, this board is hard on him!!

The guy had played basically 5 full seasons before (plus a 26-game 2020-21 season), and all 5 of those past full seasons have been great. He's probably fighting some injury and there has been locker-room friction (presumably just resolved) in Van.

We have people writing him off as finished at age 26 because of 49 so-so games this season and three games in a novelty-ish tournament.

You know, players may have reasons for having a 'down' season or short period, mid-career. It doesn't mean their career is over, or even that they've already peaked. See:
- Mark Messier 1984-85
- Steve Yzerman 1985-86
- Luc Robitaille 1995-96 to 1997-98
- Mike Modano 2003-04
- Alex Ovechkin 2011-12
Etc.

Everyone chill. Give the guy a chance....

 

[winnipegger]

Could simply be this, also he had a knee injury last season, didn't train properly in the summer and it shows, really embarrassing himself out there, hopefully he takes it to heart and bulks up in the summer.

I don't understand this because that would explain a poor start to the season, but if your conditioning isn't there by game 57? Not being able to train in the summer doesn't mean shit when you've played every game and you're over halfway done the season. It's a grueling schedule and you will get in shape whether you like it or not. Something wrong with peterson on a deeper level. He just seems slow and quiet compared to his 20 year old self.

 

[Miro4Norris]

...must have channelled his Inner Kucherov and thought it was just an All Star game...

Actually i am pretty sure he watched Kucherov very closely at 2024 ASG and figured out that is how he is going to win an Art Ross (Kuch was leading the race).

Because since that break he has been imitating that Kuch performance on every game he has attended to.

 

[Curufinwe]

Did Frank also say something about Crosby? I saw side by side pictures of them together all over social media this week than weren't flattering to the former.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Marner has 1 G
Matthews has 1A
Nylander has 2A

What are we even talking about here.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Marner has 1 G
Matthews has 1A
Nylander has 2A

What are we even talking about here.

...not that...

 

[A1LeafNation]

...not that...

I'm just saying 0 points, 1 point, nothing substantially different.

 

[PuckG]

Very quickly could become one of the worst contracts in the league.