Time to call out Elias Pettersson

[Coffee]

I think he's just too soft for the smaller ice. On bigger ice he'd have more time to avoid contact.

Hockey is a collision sport. You can't play scared. Age old story, guy got a guaranteed 90+ mil contract and thought "hey, why exactly would I break my body when I'm already guaranteed a lifetime of money?"

Let's make the ice bigger then. only in Vancouver though, deal ?

 

[pekka55]

Let's make the ice bigger then. only in Vancouver though, deal ?

Fine by me.

 

[Chet Manley]

I think he's just too soft for the smaller ice. On bigger ice he'd have more time to avoid contact.

Hockey is a collision sport. You can't play scared. Age old story, guy got a guaranteed 90+ mil contract and thought "hey, why exactly would I break my body when I'm already guaranteed a lifetime of money?"

> Age old story, guy got a guaranteed 90+ mil contract and thought "hey, why exactly would I break my body when I'm already guaranteed a lifetime of money?"

This is so over stated by sports fans. In the absence of evidence people default to this when in reality it could happen for a number of reasons. He's also earned 25M USD already so guaranteed a lifetime of money already happened before the new contract.

 

[NyQuil]

Yeah maybe we should try not discussing things on a discussion board!

Why stop the fun?

Baseless speculation is my favourite kind.

 

[Ben White]

Word was that he was injured from the All Star break and onwards last season, after pacing well over 100 points for one and a half season prior to that, and now he’s like a shell of his former self? Is there an injury in the background no one’s talking about?

 

[Rowlet]

There's already one of these on the first page of threads...

He's been dealing with tendinitis

 

[johan f]

His first two months in the league was eye popping good. Couple of rough handling from opponents he never played stellar again. More than injuries behind it, probably shattered confidence.

 

[Crow]

So he was whining about the team not being contenders and wanting to be on a winning team but also wanted to go to Chicago???

I wouldn’t put any weight behind the words of Lazarus.

 

[Mulletman]

3+14= 17 points in his last 36 games. That's 6 goals and 38 points over a full 82 game season...

 

[Tob]

Because the last thread is critical and calling out Pettersson, this one will stay open because it’s genuinely caring about what is the matter with Elias.

 

[amnesiac]

3+14= 17 points in his last 36 games. That's 6 goals and 38 points over a full 82 game season...

6.83 goals, give him at least that

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

His first two months in the league was eye popping good. Couple of rough handling from opponents he never played stellar again. More than injuries behind it, probably shattered confidence.

I'm still convinced if Mike Matheson had never tombstoned him into the ice in his 5th game, he would have turned into an unstoppable force. That dirty play made him physically tentative, and despite his excellent play for the remainder of the season, he never quite showed the same level of confidence as he did in those first few games.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

Nobody knows for sure.

 

[EXTRAS]

Jt Miller is the best forward on the canucks. He continually proves it and petterson continues being the one who gets poofed up.

 

[Coffee]

Jt Miller is the best forward on the canucks. He continually proves it and petterson continues being the one who gets poofed up.

miller is a gamer

 

[LemonSauceD]

He’s pretty much this generation’s Alexandre Daigle.

He maintained a 110 point pace from December 2021 to February 2024 and then he got depressed or some shit. He has an incredibly fragile ego and when he’s playing like shit it snowballs 1000x over into whatever the f*** kind of mental state he is in right now.

You see this type of thing with 50 point guys, not from an elite star forward. 100 point Selke caliber centerman but as soon as things don’t go his way he devolves into whatever the f*** this is. He did this exact same type of thing all of 2021.

He has the talent to be a top 10 player in this league but he needs to overcome his mental limitations. He needs whatever the hell treatment/support that Mackinnon had. Some players need extracurricular support, especially sensitive guys like him.

 

[dirtydanglez]

like mitch marner the kids got no heart.

 

[Coffee]

like mitch marner the kids got no heart.

People said the same thing about Cozens

 

[LemonSauceD]

like mitch marner the kids got no heart.

Pettersson has shown heart in the past. This is very much revisionist.

 

[Coffee]

Pettersson has shown heart in the past. This is very much revisionist.

Plus they said the same thing about Cozens

 

[Regal]

His first two months in the league was eye popping good. Couple of rough handling from opponents he never played stellar again. More than injuries behind it, probably shattered confidence.

I mean he’s certainly played stellar again, with a 100 point season, but there was a different sort of bending the game to his will about the start of his career that he hasn’t shown with any consistently since. He’s been much more cerebral and opportunistic since, even in his good periods.

 

[Kamaya Painters]

Pettersson is probably hampered by an injury which neither he or his team can control properly. Vancouver still want him to play because of his contract and importance while the player probably knows what he should do (rehab) but can't because he wants to be there as well. Painkillers aren't helping and he's probably having issues on the ice. The result being mediocre play from someone who's a really good player.

Fans and media (often people with no idea of what really happens behind the scenes) making a major fuss about the whole thing calling him out for his contract (which Vancouver accepted to sign btw) and play in general.

 

[PaulD]

He never used to suck...... now he does.

Pettersson is probably hampered by an injury which neither he or his team can control properly. Vancouver still want him to play because of his contract and importance while the player probably knows what he should do (rehab) but can't because he wants to be there as well. Painkillers aren't helping and he's probably having issues on the ice. The result being mediocre play from someone who's a really good player.

Fans and media (often people with no idea of what really happens behind the scenes) making a major fuss about the whole thing calling him out for his contract (which Vancouver accepted to sign btw) and play in general.

"Fans and media often have no idea"
so they try and guess what the problem is like you just did.

 

[amikaro]

Might be relevant for you fellas:

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

There's already one of these on the first page of threads...

He's been dealing with tendinitis