Player Discussion Elias Pettersson, Calder Trophy winner

[Zombotron]

Despite the negative implications, I'm glad he could score one from his office to end the season

 

[Star Ocean]

Despite the negative implications, I'm glad he could score one from his office to end the season

Probably gonna be revealed that he played injured

 

[Zombotron]

That's how I'm feeling too

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Happy to see he ends his goal drought at the end of season

 

[Fire Benning]

HNIC panel saying he's likely to play at the Worlds

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Hopefully he isn’t forcing himself

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Hopefully he isn’t forcing himself

Yeah, not sure I'm liking that. He needs some rest imho.

 

[Star Ocean]

Preds about to take division title from blues, might be a factor in calder race

 

[enviro61]

Great Player but something happened in the second half as he just wasn't the same player. I hope it's not frustration on his part as teams began to adjust their game to shut him down. He needs to bulk up and adapt but still a great season.

 

[Star Ocean]

Great Player but something happened in the second half as he just wasn't the same player. I hope it's not frustration on his part as teams began to adjust their game to shut him down. He needs to bulk up and adapt but still a great season.

And yet he won the internal scoring. Only 5 games away from ppg. Most goals and assists.

 

[Healthy DiPietro]

Yeah, not sure I'm liking that. He needs some rest imho.

Meh, there's 4 months between the end of the WHC and the start of next season, he'll have plenty of time to rest. Plus, half of those WHC games are against teams like Italy and Austria.

 

[Ben White]

Great Player but something happened in the second half as he just wasn't the same player. I hope it's not frustration on his part as teams began to adjust their game to shut him down. He needs to bulk up and adapt but still a great season.

Something happened?? Ever heard of the Kotka injury?? He shouldnt have forced himself to come back that soon.

 

[Blue and Green]

He did fairly well in the first 11 games after returning from the knee injury: 12 points and 29 shots on goal. It was the final 22 games where the decline happened: only 11 points and 36 shots.

 

[Icebreakers]

EP needs to improve the time on his release. He had a lot of shots blocked this year because he couldn't get it off in time. On the pp he will literally stop skating at the circle set his arms up for a wrist shot and it either goes in or its blocked. That and overall conditioning + getting stronger.

The last 20 some games he also chased the puck a lot and played around on the perimeter. The first half of the season he was a one man entry but he became a dump and chase player towards the end.

 

[Ben White]

He did fairly well in the first 11 games after returning from the knee injury: 12 points and 29 shots on goal. It was the final 22 games where the decline happened: only 11 points and 36 shots.

Couldn’t care less about the points in those games. He was clearly not the same player. The luck he didn’t have pre injury (which some people who didn’t watch him play thought was the reason for his ”unsustainable” scoring) he got a portion of when coming back from injury instead which makes some people to believe it wasn’t indeed the injury that lessend his ability.

 

[Ben White]

Couldn’t care less about the points in those games. He was clearly not the same player. The luck he didn’t have pre injury (which some people who didn’t watch him play thought was the reason for his ”unsustainable” scoring) he got a portion of when coming back from injury instead which causes some people to believe it wasn’t indeed the injury that lessend his ability.

 

[Zombotron]

There was nothing to worry about
Pettersson remains favorite for Calder Trophy

though the gulf between Pettersson and Dahlin was larger than I expected

 

[Knight53]

Them two on the same team

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Great Player but something happened in the second half as he just wasn't the same player. I hope it's not frustration on his part as teams began to adjust their game to shut him down. He needs to bulk up and adapt but still a great season.

It's the grind of the season.


Fun Fact: Canucks had a 6 game road trip 3x this year.

No other team had 1

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

It's the grind of the season.


Fun Fact: Canucks had a 6 game road trip 3x this year.

No other team had 1

someone should complain to the league about the schedule

 

[Chimpradamus]

Yeah, not sure I'm liking that. He needs some rest imho.

He'll get plenty of rest before and after the tournament. I think it would be a great experience for him to be one of the top players representing the national team. It looks like both Pettersson and Markström will play for Sweden, so you have two Canucks to root for. Dahlin is also positive to play. It'll be a fun team to watch.

 

[mouz135]

Them two on the same team

It needs to happen. We need a break finally, can we get it tonight? Please, I don't ask for much.



oh yeah, and fire Benning afterwards, thanks

 

[VancouverJagger]

EVen though I firmly believe he deserves it and will win can you imagine the chip on his shoulder if he doesn't? That would be great for us.....

 

[xtra]

I think it should be a two horse race between ep40 and Rasmussen dahlin

Dahlin played 82 games - put up 44 points and played over 21 mins a game as an 18 year old defensemen.

I don’t think you could pick wrong between these two.

Bennington should get the third nominee based on his stats

 

[hcg]

Yeah, not sure I'm liking that. He needs some rest imho.

He will have months to rest and train.

I actually like this because he gets to see even more of the grind.