Player Discussion Elias Pettersson, Pt. XII

[Zombotron]

Previous threads

• Draft thread
  
• Pt. II: Jack Burton acts a fool
  
• Pt. III
  
• Pt. IV
  
• Pt. V: WJCs, SHL accolades
  
• Pt. VI: Taking Zetterberg's #40, first preseason, NHL debut
  
• Pt. VII: Enjoys: Being Mr. Everything, pronouncing it "Peter-son" / The Concussion Thread
  
• Pt. VIII: Is actually an eight-brained octopoid monster from Planet Ånge / Rookie of the Month / Jack Burton concedes
  
• Pt. IX: The 6th rookie since 1967 to put up multiple 5P games / Rookie of the Month again
• Pt. X: Elias "NHL All-Star" Pettersson
• Pt. XI: Elias Pettersson, Calder Trophy winner

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[Zombotron]

Last post from previous thread

So he did beat Bäckström with one point, becoming second best in points among Swedish players before age 21 . PPG before age 21 he beats our Sundin too, correct?

 

[VanillaCoke]

He's good

 

[Elias GOATtersson]

thinking about 25 year old Pettersson...

 

[Ainec]

He's god

 

[John Johnson]

He's god

A I N E C

 

[bandwagonesque]

Previous threads

• Draft thread
  
• Pt. II: Jack Burton acts a fool
  
• Pt. III
  
• Pt. IV
  
• Pt. V: WJCs, SHL accolades
  
• Pt. VI: Taking Zetterberg's #40, first preseason, NHL debut
  
• Pt. VII: Enjoys: Being Mr. Everything, pronouncing it "Peter-son" / The Concussion Thread
  
• Pt. VIII: Is actually an eight-brained octopoid monster from Planet Ånge / Rookie of the Month / Jack Burton concedes
  
• Pt. IX: The 6th rookie since 1967 to put up multiple 5P games / Rookie of the Month again
• Pt. X: Elias "NHL All-Star" Pettersson
• Pt. XI: Elias Pettersson, Calder Trophy winner

Am I missing something, or were a lot of posts claiming Pettersson was a terrible pick selectively removed from the first draft thread?

Edit: apparently the entire thread was removed, said to be "lost," and finally came back with the posts missing?

 

[Zombotron]

A lot of the really funny takes were made in the draft-day GDT rather than the Pettersson draft thread

 

[lawrence]

He's god

, no man, he's actually an Alien. You saw the movie? alien vs predators? it was shown 2 days ago at rogers arena, the alien destroyed the predators. spoilers.

 

[M2Beezy]

, no man, he's actually an Alien. You saw the movie? alien vs predators? it was shown 2 days ago at rogers arena, the alien destroyed the predators. spoilers.

He was kidding lawrence

 

[Ainec]

He was kidding lawrence

What's wrong with you. Why would you think my comment is a joke?

 

[hcg]

He's good

Will he be good enough?

Will he ever be able to take over a game? Will other teams ever fear his ability to change things on his own?

Bit unfair to ask questions like that about a 2nd year player, I suppose.

I'm just getting so tired of seeing them other teams young stars absolutely manhandle the Canucks while ours look as useless as the rest of the team. Is Petey ever gonna even better than the 3rd best player on Colorado?

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

He’s not a franchise/generational talent at this point. That much is obvious. He’s not dominating or taking games over on his own.

He’s an elite cornerstone for this team to build around, but he isn’t dragging this team to the promises land on his own.

That said, we’ll see how he progresses.

 

[SillyRabbit]

With three points tonight, Pettersson has re-entered the top 10 in NHL scoring, 28 points in 23 games puts him tied for 7th.

He is currently on a 99 point pace.

Although I do expect him to finish around 90 points, that would still be an extremely impressive season for his second year.

 

[a Fool]

Slippery Pete.

 

[F A N]

He’s not a franchise/generational talent at this point. That much is obvious. He’s not dominating or taking games over on his own.

He’s an elite cornerstone for this team to build around, but he isn’t dragging this team to the promises land on his own.

That said, we’ll see how he progresses.

I think he's a franchise player. He's the team's #1 C at 21 years of age. Like you said, he's an elite cornerstone for this team to build around. He's the definition of a franchise player.

 

[LordBacon]

Petey is not at his best and is currently at the top 10 in scoring lol
We are not worthy

 

[clunk]

He’s not a franchise/generational talent at this point. That much is obvious. He’s not dominating or taking games over on his own.

He’s an elite cornerstone for this team to build around, but he isn’t dragging this team to the promises land on his own.

That said, we’ll see how he progresses.

It's definitely a wait and see thing. I thought the same thing about Nathan MacKinnon his first few years in the league. Now, he's absolutely a franchise talent.

I think we have a lot to see out of Pettersson yet. The fact that he can put up the production he does despite looking pretty ordinary most games is quite scary, in my opinion. I think he still has a gear or two more. Getting stronger will also be an advantage, as well.

 

[Ainec]

He’s not a franchise/generational talent at this point. That much is obvious. He’s not dominating or taking games over on his own.

He’s an elite cornerstone for this team to build around, but he isn’t dragging this team to the promises land on his own.

That said, we’ll see how he progresses.

Mcdavid couldn't do it.

Pettersson is a top 5 more valuable franchise talent. In the league

 

[nihlify]

He’s not a franchise/generational talent at this point. That much is obvious. He’s not dominating or taking games over on his own.

He’s an elite cornerstone for this team to build around, but he isn’t dragging this team to the promises land on his own.

That said, we’ll see how he progresses.

In retrospective, how many franchise talents dominated at the age of 21 in comparatively skilled teams? Most? Half?

 

[Jack Burton]

He’s not a franchise/generational talent at this point. That much is obvious. He’s not dominating or taking games over on his own.

He’s an elite cornerstone for this team to build around, but he isn’t dragging this team to the promises land on his own.

That said, we’ll see how he progresses.

Oh son, don't make the same mistake I made.

He has the attitude.

He has the skill.

He has the will to be better.

He has the will be a leader

He has the will to be the best Canuck ever

 

[Canadian Canuck]

He’s not a franchise/generational talent at this point. That much is obvious. He’s not dominating or taking games over on his own.

He’s an elite cornerstone for this team to build around, but he isn’t dragging this team to the promises land on his own.

That said, we’ll see how he progresses.

Uhhh what??? He’s on pace for 99 points in his 2nd year in the league, and he’s just getting started...he’s not even at the top of his game yet. He has the will to get better and has the work ethic, IQ and every quality you can ask for. He’ll slowly get bigger as well. He’s easily a Franchise player. Generational talent? No. That’s reserved for Crosby/Ovechkin and now Mcdavid

 

[swedehollow]

He needs to be more selfish, cheat more and use his speed to take the step take the step into generational territory. At the moment, he will not perform better than his team mates let him and he will not "dominate" by passing a team mate, only to get the play broken up the moment after...

 

[maroon 6]

He's not a generational talent but he's certainly a franchise player. There are very few guys in the league that I would trade him for.

 

[Bankerguy]

Generational players are good enough that they dominate the league as the best player for a decade,
Crosby, McDavid etc.

Franchise players are like elite first line players, Kane, Tavares, Kopitar, etc. Pettersson looks like he's at the start of cementing a career where people would say that he was a franchise player.