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

[Luck 6]

Oh man. I just hope he manages to stay healthy. He is just so special.

I think the Canucks have found their #1C.

Ridiculous all the people who said he could never play center at the NHL level, or that they would start him on the wing.

 

[Hemty]

If he hits 90 surrounded by this team of duds and never weres, he will get the Calder, the Hart, and they might as well throw in the Norris and Conn Smythe even with the Canucks missing the playoffs.

 

[Bieksa#3]

Like I said last week. This guy should be the next captain of the team.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Did you guys catch this? Doing that in the all stars skill competition is one thing. Doing it in a game and in traffic is another thing entirely.

 

[DDRhockey]

Time to check if that lego99rocks dude is alive

 

[GetFocht]

Remember the idiots said he should start in the AHL, or he doesn't have 90 point potential

 

[DDRhockey]

Everyone should probably temper expections a bit. He can go in a slump at any time. He is human afterall. 50-60p would be a succesful season.

 

[krutovsdonut]

a tall skinny fair haired guy from scandinavia displays unreal dexterity, hand eye and skill while gliding on ice.

i think the best explanation is that pettersson is elvish

 

[MS]

Everyone should probably temper expections a bit. He can go in a slump at any time. He is human afterall. 50-60p would be a succesful season.

Yup. Everyone should remember that Brock Boeser was on pace for 50 goals at the 35-game mark last year and finished with 29. Slumps and injuries happen.

 

[Curmudgeon]

That reaction still gets me. It's almost like he was responding to the coach asking "do you think you can take it up a notch next game?"

It's only two games but on the other hand, he's looked great the whole time he's been here and you can't be dismissive of his previous two seasons in Sweden, especially what was an incredible last season.

 

[Goon42]

Welp we didn't have to wait very long to find our 1c after the sedins retired.

We are extremely lucky to have a player like this without having to win a draft lottery.

 

[CanaFan]

Helluva start to his NHL career. I watched him in the WC’s last spring and while he displayed some nice flashes, he was nowhere near the player who has run roughshod through Calgary these two games. I don’t know what he did over the summer but he seems stronger on his skates and faster in his cuts and turns. I’ve never seen a Canuck debut like this, and that includes Bure.

 

[petrishriekandgo]

Some coverage in Sweden:

Underbara scener på läktaren – under Elias Petterssons nya succé

 

[nucks88]

Welp we didn't have to wait very long to find our 1c after the sedins retired.

We are extremely lucky to have a player like this without having to win a draft lottery.

Maybe, just maybe, it was a great pick by management and not luck?

 

[Curmudgeon]

Some coverage in Sweden:

Underbara scener på läktaren – under Elias Petterssons nya succé

Loving the clips of his folks. They're approaching "Legendary Parent" status nearing Beth Bartkowski.

 

[kanuck87]

Pettersson looks a lot more like Malkin than he does Datsyuk. Pettersson doesn't have Datsyuk's skating. Datsyuk could skate for miles.

 

[VictorLustig]

Pettersson looks a lot more like Malkin than he does Datsyuk. Pettersson doesn't have Datsyuk's skating. Datsyuk could skate for miles.

I'd say Malkin is a significantly better skater than Datsyuk ever was.

 

[pahlsson]

pettersson = datsyuk's stick work and IQ + malkin's shot + brandon sutter's lower body strength

 

[BassMason]

Sakic, Datsyuk, Malkin, Gretzky etc were all great players but they have one thing in common - they’re Earthlings.

The Alien has no comparables. Pump the breaks? Break lines have been cut. Full steam ahead.

Anybody else uncontrollably pronunciating his name every where you go? My daughter has even started to pick it up and she doesn’t watch hockey.

 

[LeftCoast]

EP is the most exciting prospect I've seen since Bure. I was pretty much blown away by Boeser last year (and Brock will figure it out this season), but EP is way more exciting to watch (and much younger to boot). The confident moves he pulled off - that play in the 2nd period last night where Stone ended up tripping him while he deked and drove to the net was amazing.

 

[Dr Good Vibes]

I plan to take my children to church every Sunday so they can learn the truth and glory of our Lord Pettersson. May He be good.

 

[vanarchy]

pettersson = datsyuk's stick work and IQ + malkin's shot + brandon sutter's generational lower body strength

Fixed

 

[VanJack]

Kid could easily have five or six points in that game if the sitters he dished out to some of whackers, hackers and plumbers on the Canucks had found the net. Goldobin could have had two or three; Horvat overskated one of his sublime passes in the slot; and Del Zotto jumped up with a clear path to the net after another slick pass, and then had it hop over his stick creating a 3-1 the other way.

He's like a surgeon out there, constantly creating space and time. And that shot! Lethal! Hard to fathom that a 19-year old rookie can create that much space on the smaller NA ice. He's already the Canucks best player, and it's not even close. Get him with Boeser and he'll score 50.

 

[GetFocht]

He should have had 4 points, Goldobin needed to bury that shot in the slot. Regardless, I don't care what anyone says, he's our Connor McDavid/Auston Matthews.

 

[DDRhockey]

Helluva start to his NHL career. I watched him in the WC’s last spring and while he displayed some nice flashes, he was nowhere near the player who has run roughshod through Calgary these two games. I don’t know what he did over the summer but he seems stronger on his skates and faster in his cuts and turns. I’ve never seen a Canuck debut like this, and that includes Bure.

He was probably fatigued at the end of last season.