Chimpradamus
Registered User
That EP40 isn't happy with his season and that he's working very hard to improve in areas most critical to achieve further success, is at this point just expected to hear. His assessment of his most critical weaknesses is also correct, since he's a smart player. The key part though is that he remains humble, he knows how privileged he is to play hockey as a job (before he arrived in the NHL, he already talked about hockey as his job and job = hard work) and he'll not allow his dream to slip if there is something he can do about it.
He's not a party goer, he's very serious about his hockey career, he's intelligent, a perfectionist, extremely talented, hard working and is very mature for his age. Any concerns about Pettersson handling his business is the last name on a check list for the Canucks and will probably be so for a long time. If anyone can avoid the famous rookie slump, it's this guy. I think he will improve his consistency, now when he knows what 82 games mean to your mind and body.
He kind of has the same mentality as Ingemar Stenmark, a world famous Swedish slalom skier in the 70s. During his whole career of domination, he said he was happy with two races in his whole career. In those two, he could ski without effort, every turn was made without struggle, all technique was perfect. Every other race was a struggle according to him. Same as Peter Forsberg, he was constantly unhappy about his performance in games where he had 2-3 assists. At best, you could get Forsberg to admit his game was "ok". As other stars of this mental caliber, Pettersson is also a player who loves technique. You always want the perfect game and only hard work, repetition and technique can take you there. And Pettersson has realized that for a long time now.
These kind of guys want to win, but they also want to win with as little effort as possible and do everything perfect. If I have any hopes for Pettersson's next season, it's that I hope his team gets better at giving him scoring chances. His shot is already world, world class.
He's not a party goer, he's very serious about his hockey career, he's intelligent, a perfectionist, extremely talented, hard working and is very mature for his age. Any concerns about Pettersson handling his business is the last name on a check list for the Canucks and will probably be so for a long time. If anyone can avoid the famous rookie slump, it's this guy. I think he will improve his consistency, now when he knows what 82 games mean to your mind and body.
He kind of has the same mentality as Ingemar Stenmark, a world famous Swedish slalom skier in the 70s. During his whole career of domination, he said he was happy with two races in his whole career. In those two, he could ski without effort, every turn was made without struggle, all technique was perfect. Every other race was a struggle according to him. Same as Peter Forsberg, he was constantly unhappy about his performance in games where he had 2-3 assists. At best, you could get Forsberg to admit his game was "ok". As other stars of this mental caliber, Pettersson is also a player who loves technique. You always want the perfect game and only hard work, repetition and technique can take you there. And Pettersson has realized that for a long time now.
These kind of guys want to win, but they also want to win with as little effort as possible and do everything perfect. If I have any hopes for Pettersson's next season, it's that I hope his team gets better at giving him scoring chances. His shot is already world, world class.
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