Confirmed with Link: Canucks Sign F Elias Pettersson to 3 Year ELC

[Craz1bo1]

Full press release: Canucks Sign Pettersson

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[VIPettersson]

Franchise level talent.

 

[theoriginalBCF]

It's go time. The kid is the real deal... but it will take him 2 years before he is going to be super impactful. But he will be atop 5 player when he's rolling.

 

[Hodgy]

Excited to see what he can do on the fourth line with limited power play time playing the “right way”. I wonder if we could sign Prust to mentor him.

 

[ItalianCanuck1]

YES!

 

[clunk]

Excited to see what he can do on the fourth line with limited power play time playing the “right way”. I wonder if we could sign Prust to mentor him.

He'll have the future GM and Patrice Bergeron incarnate on his line I'm sure he'll be fine

 

[DL44]

Classic Canuk pic...
From drafting a guy on crutches.. or pending shoulder surgery... Pettersson signs while in a cast/wrap.

 

[Huggy43]

YAAAAS!

 

[NuxFan09]

Franchise level talent.

Yep. This is a big day!

 

[GetFocht]

a new era begins

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

So it begins
Worst case scenario is he isn’t physically ready and can’t overcome the barrier yet son he starts in the AHL as a 19 years old, glad that he wasn’t a CHL player otherwise he won’t be able to do that

 

[vancityluongo]

good

 

[Bitz and Bites]

Who?



JK

Not that there was any doubt he would sign but it's good to have this done.Its Gonna be fun to watch Elias play in the NHL when the time comes.

 

[Fire Benning]

Of course he signed it with a cast on his arm. A true Canuck.

 

[JumpierPegasus]

He'll have the future GM and Patrice Bergeron incarnate on his line I'm sure he'll be fine

Is that code for Gaunce and Sutter?

We have a genuine superstar/franchise player, let's hope this regime can actually build around him. I lack faith...

 

[Melvin]

Good thing he hurt his left hand, or this day would have had to wait.

 

[timbermen]

Another outstanding move by Benning the visionary, this team is going to be great in a couple of years.

 

[VancouverJagger]

*BOOM

Mark my words..........He's going to be the greatest Canuck EVER..........Big day for us - Regardless of the state of the rest of our team this guy is a SUPERSTAR in the making and should give even the most pessimistic of fans something to look forward to.

 

[David Bruce Banner]

Of course he signed it with a cast on his arm. A true Canuck.

Trying to post that infamous photo of Bill LaForge and J.J. Daignault on crutches at the 1984 draft, but my phone won’t let me.

Think the Alien will pan out much better though

 

[Fire Benning]

Surprised he didn't injure his right hand by signing it..

 

[Superlative Soup]

Future of the franchise resting on those scrawny shoulders.

 

[theoriginalBCF]

*BOOM

Mark my words..........He's going to be the greatest Canuck EVER..........Big day for us - Regardless of the state of the rest of our team this guy is a SUPERSTAR in the making and should give even the most pessimistic of fans something to look forward to.

The core of Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, Dahlen, Juolevi, Demko will either go down as a bust, the best core the team has ever had.

 

[opendoor]

So it begins
Worst case scenario is he isn’t physically ready and can’t overcome the barrier yet son he starts in the AHL as a 19 years old, glad that he wasn’t a CHL player otherwise he won’t be able to do that

He was born in 1998, so he'd be AHL eligible even if he was drafted out of the CHL. Similar to Lind and Gadjovich who would be overagers in the CHL if they returned next year.

 

[VancouverJagger]

The core of Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson, Dahlen, Juolevi, Demko will either go down as a bust, the best core the team has ever had.

If we can add in a top pairing D-man this draft to that group I think this group has every opportunity to be the latter. Especially if Pettersson can make the transition to being a center.........all very plausible scenarios....

 

[ddawg1950]

I am pleased.

But he still looks like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone 2.