What happened to Pettersson’s production?

[Fledgemyhedge]

Aho has a worse supporting cast and still is better.

there’s no way anybody else on this board would agree with that

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

He's slumping a bit and probably has a nagging injury.

It's fine, players are human. You ever feel like sometimes you're better at things than other times? Guess what, you might be human too.

Hfboards is always full of morons who declare that a star on a hot streak is 'teh gratezt evah XD RAWR' and a star slumping is 'teh suxor'.

I wish that you had to prove you've mastered object permanence to sign up for this site, but until that time we get threads full of the comments in here (not directed at OP but at a few responses).

 

[Bounces R Way]

His game really has to mature at some point to be worth that deal they just gave him. Can't have a 8 figure player only play well for half a season. We'll see what he looks like in the playoffs but either way he's got to hit the gym this summer. The beanpole thing is no longer endearing.

 

[MCR74]

Maybe he had some of Karlsson's pre-game meal. Should be enough to throw anybody off.

 

[Three On Zero]

Maybe he had some of Karlsson's pre-game meal. Should be enough to throw anybody off.

Was fine until ketchup

 

[MCR74]

Was fine until ketchup

Exactly. Like WTF?

 

[Three On Zero]

Exactly. Like WTF?

Disgusting

 

[hamzarocks]

Him and Nylander both been in a slump for 20ish games

Both got paid big money but havent been as great as expected post signing

Big playoffs for both guys would go a long way to appease any fans questioning if the deals they got will be worth it

 

[Ghetty Green]

Has any player received the "he's injured" excuse more than this guy ? Why is he playing then ? He's just soft

 

[wetcoast]

PDO

I remember canucks fans telling me that his on-ice shooting% was sustainable, though.

Have you had a look at his wingers down the stretch?

Also you know a player is great when he is having a PPG + season and people are asking why.

 

[Bobby9]

He’s just not that good. Great skill, but his lack of intensity and his build will keep him from ever becoming an elite player.

Over paid by 3.6M

 

[Kryten]

Probably injured but also doesnt break a sweat during games. Laughs on the bench when the team is losing, stone faced most of the time when the team needs motivation and someone to step up. Has all the talent in the world but knows it and ends up looking like a nobody most of the time lately. But when he is on he is unstoppable or at least was. Such a frustrating player

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Or you know he may actually be nursing an injury based on his performance where we have seen him shaking his wrist. Hard concept I know.

lol

hey who really knows

 

[Seanaconda]

I don't think it's coincidence that his stance all along was, 'no contract talk until off-season' and then suddenly his offense dries up (relatively) and the deal gets done.

EP suffered some kind of injury, or worsening of an earlier injury, and he knew he wasn't going to have a strong finish and improve on last year so he had to sign before he lost that leverage.

Just MO

Or maybe he didn't wanna do it cuz it would throw his game and it did

 

[Kshahdoo]

He needs Kuzmenko to score 100+ points, but because Kuzmenko is shit and now scores hat-tricks for Calgary, there is no 100 point seasons for Pettersson anymore. Of course if Vancouver doesn't trade EP to Calgary...

 

[TropicOfNoReturn]

The first half of the 21-22 season he was playing like he is now - like a 3rd line centre.

This isn't the first time this has happened. He's a very rollercoaster type of player. Streaky doesn't quite do it justice, the ups can last for quite a while, as can the downs.

Not what you want or expect out of an 11.6M$ player. But I've watched his career very closely since day one, and he's always been this guy. He's not a consistent game changer.

We gave 11.6M to out 2C when our 1C makes 8M a year. Make sense of that....

 

[crowfish]

The first half of the 21-22 season he was playing like he is now - like a 3rd line centre.

This isn't the first time this has happened. He's a very rollercoaster type of player. Streaky doesn't quite do it justice, the ups can last for quite a while, as can the downs.

Not what you want or expect out of an 11.6M$ player. But I've watched his career very closely since day one, and he's always been this guy. He's not a consistent game changer.

We gave 11.6M to out 2C when our 1C makes 8M a year. Make sense of that....

It's pretty easy to make sense of. Pettersson is 25 and hasn't hit his peak, JT Miller is 31 and is likely having his career peak season. 3 years from now, Pettersson's contract will be a better value than JT Millers. Just use a bit of foresight.

 

[kanucks25]

Linemates haven't helped. Last year Kuzmenko was money but this season looked lost for the most part. Hoglander has been a spark plug but is still a 3rd line type player at this point. Mikheyev is his other common winger who has hands of stone at the best of times but for most of this season he's been pretty bad in other aspects, as well. Most often Pettersson is the only one capable of creating on his line and even when he does, his teammates don't convert.

Then there are his own issues: he's fragile both physically and seemingly mentally, at least when it comes to confidence. Maybe he is injured but it's not uncommon for him to go through stretches where he just looks docile; the notion that "he's probably a little banged up" will probably follow him around every season going forward, too, until he matures and finds the type of consistency you expect from a player of his caliber and price tag.

As far as I know his underlying numbers have been fine throughout the season even during his apparent dips in play but eye-test wise he's been frustrating to watch for most Canucks fans.

 

[ScottishCanuck]

He isn’t shooting, and his shot is one of his biggest weapons, which suggests to me that the wrist is a problem.

 

[Calderon]

He's nursing that big fat contract extension.

 

[ijuka]

This screams "I dont watch the Canucks play"

Of course not all the games. But I still assumed they wouldn't be able to maintain their historical and almost unprecedented 105.0 PDO. It's a statistical prediction; it doesn't require watching the games. And, well, the statistics are being corrected, aren't they? So what are you trying to argue?

I still do watch Canucks though, because they're one of my priority teams. I watch the good Canadian teams as a priority(I cheer for Canada over USA in NHL), and while Leafs and Oilers are above Canucks in priority, I still watch them a decent amount. So it's not quite accurate to say that I don't watch them. I've watched them more than a person who only sees their own team play vs Canucks, for example. Even if Leafs are my most-watched team.

Also, as someone who watches every single team in NHL, I might have more perspective than someone who only watches one team. I'm also not a fan of any one team, which also might give me more perspective. Something to think about.

 

[TheUnusedCrayon]

Elias Pettersson has hovered around top 5-10 in scoring most of the season until he suddenly hit a wall about a month ago and basically stopped producing. Now he’s in danger of dropping out the top 20. What’s behind it? A groin injury?

Suspected wrist injury again.

He didn't shoot the puck the last couple months. Just started shooting once again.

 

[Machinehead]

Regression isn’t a thing. Lol

This is like saying addition isn't a thing.

 

[Canucks LB]

Wrist injury imo

Petey is not shooting like he usually does, mostly muffins for a month and a bit now, It’s pretty obvious

 

[josra33]

Precursor thread to the eventual “well he wasn’t healthy, of course they lost in (insert round here).”