Proposal: VAN - TOR

[HC7]

VAN: Marner (12x8)

TOR: Pettersson

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[HockeyVirus]

Why is Toronto getting the worse and some how softer player? If we wanted to run it back with high end forwards we would keep Marner

 

[EK392000]

This formula of running three players at 11+ million AAV each does not work.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

This formula of running three players at 11+ million AAV each does not work.

Might be a different story with the rising cap but I generally agree

 

[Killswitch]

This might be out of the frying pan into the fire for Pettersson. Not the crowd at the games. That's just rich guys who don't like hockey much. The media though...

 

[Bgav]

lol no thx

 

[WTFMAN99]

Pettersson has had a rough few months and the model itself has shown it is not that good for Toronto.

 

[LeafChief]

Both teams likely prefer to just keep their own player.

 

[biturbo19]

Ewww no.


Pettersson is frustrating, but Marner is awful. He's got the regular season consistency that Petey lacks, but also consistently doesn't show up when it matters, and that's something deeply ingrained in the guy. That's not going to change. At least with Pettersson, there's a chance that one of this confident dominant hot streaks will line up with the playoffs at some point. Plus obviously the far more premium position, and just being a mopey sulky brat, rather than a little Mitch.

 

[Funk21]

My thou

VAN: Marner (12x8)

TOR: Pettersson

My thoughts exactly!

 

[Ace of Hades]

Canucks pass.

 

[Phrasing]

No thank you.

 

[Coffee]

I don’t think they are on the same level to be honest, and major reason for that is the position they play.
Even during Petterssons worst hockey of his his career he’s still a responsible player in his own zone

 

[TheDoldrums]

Wouldn't take Pettersson for free with his play and that contract so keeping Marner as an own rental is a very easy choice. Pettersson is a headcase and the Toronto market would only exacerbate that. Would rather hope someone like Bennett or Rantanen hits free agency or the big guy next year and taking Pettersson would make those potential options impossible.

 

[Jared Dunn]

I don’t think they are on the same level to be honest, and major reason for that is the position they play.
Even during Petterssons worst hockey of his his career he’s still a responsible player in his own zone

Marner is a great defensive player, he was nominated for the Selke two years ago. Not gonna knock anyone for choosing Pettersson but two way ability is not even arguably the deciding factor

 

[Coffee]

Marner is a great defensive player, he was nominated for the Selke two years ago. Not gonna knock anyone for choosing Pettersson but two way ability is not even arguably the deciding factor

I agree Marner is a great defensive player but I already stated my deciding factor for Pettersson.

Major reason for that is the position they play

 

[Baksfamous112]

No matter how much Vancouver fans hate Petty right now they simply don’t have the depth at C to move on from him.

 

[JKG33]

As someone that thinks they're pretty much the same player, I'd much rather have the one who's contract expires in 9 months allowing for that $12m in cap space to be better utilized

 

[Ledge And Dairy]

Marner doesn't have close to that type of value as a pending UFA no matter how rough EP40's season start has been

 

[Hockey 4 Life]

I don’t think they are on the same level to be honest, and major reason for that is the position they play.
Even during Petterssons worst hockey of his his career he’s still a responsible player in his own zone

Marner is miles better defensively lol.

 

[Coffee]

Marner is miles better defensively lol.

Marner is amongst the best in the league last couple years.

But at the same time I honestly don’t think you watch Canucks games

 

[eviohh26]

Marner is miles better defensively lol.

Marner is a great pk'r. But miles apart is laughable. 5on5 Petey might be better.


Canuck fans still have faith he can put it all together. We have seen it before. We easily say no.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

Easy no from the Nucks. And I like Marner

 

[Siludin]

Toronto fans are too proud to take this deal but... you take the 1C over the 1RW every time imo.

Edit: also I take issue with the narrative that Pettersson is soft. Nothing statistically backs that up outside of an unfortunate injury history. Nobody called a guy like Sami Salo soft. Pettersson plays through injuries and you don't hear about it until the end of the season.

 

[Seatoo]

There’s no universe where I choose Marner over EP 40