Player Discussion Elias Pettersson, Pt. VII | Enjoys: Being Mr. Everything, pronouncing it "Peter-son"

[Motte and Bailey]

can you just link where he says it

I’ll try to find it for you later but if I remember right it was his first interview with English media after his last season with Vaxjo ended.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Funny, I went through it and thought most people were fairly ok with the pick. Some super excited, most saying Pettersson wasn’t their top pick but he was an intriguing pick. A couple did freak out, one quite emphatically.

Not as bad as you’re suggesting.

Not as bad but some were quite funny.

 

[Peter10]

Just check eliteprospects for the pronounciation. The guys from the site are swedish, so i kind of trust them with that.

Elias Pettersson at eliteprospects.com

 

[Peter10]

can you just link where he says it

I think it was at the press conference when he signed his contract, he pretty much pronounced it like Benning did at the draft. Its obviously not correct but he seems not to care much about it.

 

[Numba9]

If Pettersson is to be a Calder candidate this year, I imagine he's going to duel with Miro Heiskanen, who will be boosted by a team that is much better than ours:

Maybe mark these dates down:

December 1st @ home

March 17th @ Dallas

March 30th @ home

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

That was an amazing shift by Heiskanen. Watching it I was initially very jealous and then as it went on it just reminded me of Quinn Hughes and that made me happy.

 

[Melvin]

He obviously is fine with the English pronunciation and it's probably better than us trying badly to pronounce the Swedish, I just thought it was funny.

 

[DDRhockey]

can pettersson win calder with goldobin and a washed up eriksson as linemates? Doubtful, but possible I guess.

 

[Westcoastsniper]

That was an amazing shift by Heiskanen. Watching it I was initially very jealous and then as it went on it just reminded me of Quinn Hughes and that made me happy.

Was watching that Dallas game as well, Heiskanen looks like the real deal, and better than how Dahlin is playing so far. I think he'll be faster than Quinn, but Quinn will have more agility to pivot away from checks and defenders/forecheckers.

Pettersson's skill shows because he's in the right spots to make a play all the time whether thats defensive or offensive. He also doesn't force something if the play isn't there. Would like to see him use his wrister more though.

 

[CanaFan]

Not as bad but some were quite funny.

One in particular was ridiculously over the top. But I found the majority were positive or at least willing to see how Pettersson panned out.

 

[DDRhockey]

Was watching that Dallas game as well, Heiskanen looks like the real deal, and better than how Dahlin is playing so far. I think he'll be faster than Quinn, but Quinn will have more agility to pivot away from checks and defenders/forecheckers.

Pettersson's skill shows because he's in the right spots to make a play all the time whether thats defensive or offensive. He also doesn't force something if the play isn't there. Would like to see him use his wrister more though.

hopefully his broken thumb hasnt affected his wrister

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

He obviously is fine with the English pronunciation and it's probably better than us trying badly to pronounce the Swedish, I just thought it was funny.

I second this, there's a reason why I never tell people's my born name (Im Chinese) unless they ask

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

One in particular was ridiculously over the top. But I found the majority were positive or at least willing to see how Pettersson panned out.

I remember many people were convinced that we were taking Glass and were very unhappy about it

 

[CanaFan]

I remember many people were convinced that we were taking Glass and were very unhappy about it

Many expected Glass, yes.

Most were not *unhappy*

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Many expected Glass, yes.

Most were not *unhappy*

Maybe not unhappy but just sound blue for some reason

 

[CanaFan]

Maybe not unhappy but just sound blue for some reason

Fair nuff. They didn’t get their guy, that’s understandable. But they weren’t generally unhappy w Pettersson per se.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

If Pettersson is to be a Calder candidate this year, I imagine he's going to duel with Miro Heiskanen, who will be boosted by a team that is much better than ours:



Maybe mark these dates down:

December 1st @ home

March 17th @ Dallas

March 30th @ home

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Barring a Klingberg injury, Heiskanen won't get a sniff of 1st PP unit. That will limit his offensive production to numbers that won't be enough to challenge for a calder.

What a f***in awesome D man Dallas has in him tho.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Fair nuff. They didn’t get their guy, that’s understandable. But they weren’t generally unhappy w Pettersson per se.

Lol, I meant people were unhappy about the potential of picking Glass at 5th

 

[thelittlecoon]

Fair nuff. They didn’t get their guy, that’s understandable. But they weren’t generally unhappy w Pettersson per se.

My mom, who saw on TSN/Sportsnet we were projected to take Glass, made this face when we picked Pettersson.

 

[CanaFan]

Lol, I meant people were unhappy about the potential of picking Glass at 5th

I think most wanted Vilardi, followed by Glass, and then by Pettersson. Definitely there was more division on this pick than I’ve seen on most others. Most liked Vilardi but some hated him. Many liked Glass but many really didn’t want to take him. Pettersson was almost overlooked except by maybe 15% or so of posters who were in love with him and (rightly as it turns out) thought he’d be the best player in the draft. Props to those people for sure.

 

[Melvin]

No matter who we pick, there is a group of people who are happy and a group of people who are unhappy. I don't understand how this is so endlessly fascinating to people.

 

[CanaFan]

No matter who we pick, there is a group of people who are happy and a group of people who are unhappy. I don't understand how this is so endlessly fascinating to people.

When you’ve been wrong about 98% of things, people get hungry to gloat about the 2% they weren’t.

 

[Knight53]

 

[BlueGreen]

No matter who we pick, there is a group of people who are happy and a group of people who are unhappy. I don't understand how this is so endlessly fascinating to people.

This type of dichotomous thinking is sometimes expected when a fan doesn’t get “their” guy, but in the draft where EP was chosen there were a lot of players that could’ve been picked at 5 and no real clear consensus pick. This is not the same as when Juolevi was picked over over Tkackuk. MT was the clear consensus pick at 5. I still cringe over the thought of benning skipping over him.

 

[Gaunce4gm]

can pettersson win calder with goldobin and a washed up eriksson as linemates? Doubtful, but possible I guess.

I don't think Goldobin will hold him back at all. I think Goldobin is actually a really nice fit alongside Pettersson. He's probably the 2nd most talented player on the roster after Petterrsson. I think he can put it all together and they'll really gel together this year.

 

[JT Milker]

This is actually reasonably good analysis rather than the cringeworthy stuff that you come to expect out of highlight shows