RW/C Elias Pettersson - Växjö Lakers HC, SHL (2017, 5th, VAN) Part 3

[Filthy Dangles]

Good player. Should end up a good 2C. A few tiers below Matthews.

wtf is this garbage?

 

[PinkFly]

wtf is this garbage?

What? I like to use Matthews as a benchmark for elite young centers since he can do it all.

 

[inthewings]

What? I like to use Matthews as a benchmark for elite young centers since he can do it all.

Go away

 

[Agent Zub]

that's quite an odd comparison, not sure i see that. Better skating Schiefele would be Eichel for me. those 2 guys are more meat and potatoes, Pettersson is more finesse and nifty style of player. He reminded me a bit of Datsyuk and Nikita Kucherov when I watched him last night. but to each his own.

Scheifele is 90 percent hockey sense. He doesn't have any one elite attribute except his IQ and his hands. He just never makes a mistake. That's what I see in Petterson.

Eichel is pure skill power and speed.

 

[Siludin]

Good player. Should end up a good 2C. A few tiers below Matthews.

How does one partition these tiers? A few tiers must mean you use a 50-tier system.

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

He was the best Canuck in the game, I think he was, Bo was great but I think Pettersson was better. Goldobin had enough chances for a hatrick because of Pettersson

Give aways Pettersson 1
Virtanen 0

He was definitely better than Horvat in that game. Goldobin & Pettersson look to be building a bit of chemistry. This could be a great thing for Goldobin.

 

[lawrence]

How does one partition these tiers? A few tiers must mean you use a 50-tier system.

In PinkFly's definition everyone is a few tiers below Matthews. Personally I love it when other fans underestimate our players. It's hilarious when it backfires.

 

[42]

He'll be better than Matthews.

 

[ZEBROA]

Only one team can have Matthews so who cares? Its how the team plays together thats important , not individual players. Anyone heard the legend of the golden knights of Vegas?

Hope Alien become as good as he can for the team. No need to compare with others.

 

[JAS 39 Gripen]

What? I like to use Matthews as a benchmark for elite young centers since he can do it all.

No he cant?
Oh, sorry, am I "hating" on Matthews by saying that now?

 

[Ippenator]

Scheifele is 90 percent hockey sense. He doesn't have any one elite attribute except his IQ and his hands. He just never makes a mistake. That's what I see in Petterson.

Eichel is pure skill power and speed.

Seems like some people haven’t lately watched Scheifele play. Last season the Jets coach Maurice said clearly in an interview that the fastest skater in the whole Jets team isn’t Ehlers and neither Wheeler, but guess who? Yes, Maurice said clearly that Scheifele is the fastest skater in the whole team. Honestly I don’t see there much if any difference at all with Scheifele’s and Eichel’s skating. And this I base on seeing them both play in a lot of games last season.

Scheifele is an extremist in developing himself and he for sure has done an excellent job with developing his skating. Eichel is for sure no slouch in developing himself, but still he doesn’t have the same insane drive that Scheifele has for it. Scheifele is really Crosby-like in that, and there are not many others in the whole league with that kind of drive and ultra-professional attitude with their training. And I don’t mean just the training amounts, but also the will and the commitment to find the best approaches and experts to help them with their development.

Oh, and to get clearly back to the topic, Pettersson will become a world class player latest in a couple of years when he has filled his skinny frame. Might even become an instant star, but that I’m still a bit careful about until I see him play in at least 10 regular season NHL games.

I could see him becoming even a better player in his prime than Matthews, but he has a long way to make that happen. And he might as well not become the class of a player that Matthews becomes in his prime. I guess the latter scenario is the more likely one still. I wouldn’t though be horribly surprised if even the 1st scenario becomes reality after all. I really like the skillset that Pettersson has.

 

[supermann_98]

What? I like to use Matthews as a benchmark for elite young centers since he can do it all.

It’s more about the fact that you use Matthews name because it’s obvious you are trying to get a reaction from Leaf fans.

 

[PinkFly]

How does one partition these tiers? A few tiers must mean you use a 50-tier system.

Not at all. Matthews is an elite first liner so he goes in the S+ tier. Pettersson would probably go into B tier with other good 2nd liners like Laine and Boeser.

 

[Saekk]

It’s more about the fact that you use Matthews name because it’s obvious you are trying to get a reaction from Leaf fans.

He's a Leaf fan though.

 

[hamzarocks]

He's a Leaf fan though.

Hes not. He is a nucks fan. Check out his post history pretty sure he says he is a nucks homer in his 3rd or 4th post.

 

[Ippenator]

Not at all. Matthews is an elite first liner so he goes in the S+ tier. Pettersson would probably go into B tier with other good 2nd liners like Laine and Boeser.

It’s really obvious what you are trying to do. Shame on you, you funny guy living under the bridge...

 

[VictorLustig]

I have to disagree with this criticism. I can think of one time where he took a low percentage shot from a stand still in over 7 minutes of PP time. It led to the goal you described and encouraged the PKers to cheat away from him less when he had the puck.

I could see the argument that he wasn't generating enough movement when he held the puck. I could also see the argument that he passed to the net front guy for a jam play too often (about 4 by my count; I don't think it would have worked more than once against an NHL team).

But those are minor criticisms. Overall I still think he did a great job on the PP.

The best thing I can say about him was how adept he was at starting break outs from his own end. More than once he was the last man back and two passes later he had a break away.
He already looks like he can suceed as a centre, which I wasn't necessarily expecting.

That was a pass.

 

[McNurse]

I really can’t wait to see what this kid can do through the season, I’m hoping he can hit the ground running

 

[Bevans]

That was a pass.

If the shot wasn't a shot then I must have been thinking about the other shot that was a shot.

 

[42]

I really can’t wait to see what this kid can do through the season, I’m hoping he can hit the ground running

Calder winner.

 

[Gaunce4gm]

Him and Nikolay Goldobin have clicked immediately and seem to have some nice chemistry developing.

Would really like to see him and Goldobin stick together this year and watch them make some magic. Both kids just ooze talent.

 

[DDRhockey]

Calder winner.

Stiff competition from dahlin and Svechnikov.

 

[Boxscore]

Calder winner.

I like Pettersson a lot, but I doubt he beats out Dahlin for the Calder. I'm thinking Dahlin will lug between 24-26 minutes a night on average and will score between 40-50 points as a D. I do, however, think he could rival Svechnikov and the rest of the rookies.

I've been watching Pettersson very closely and the NHL player he reminds me of the most is Brad Richards. Although he's taller and lankier, his playing style is very similar. Very good hands and elite IQ... past-first player but has the ability to score as well.

 

[Breakers]

Now we just have to see him how he plays against elite centers or teams top 2 centers.

Baby steps
He's handled everything before this very well

 

[42]

Stiff competition from dahlin and Svechnikov.

I think Pettersson and Svechnikov will be very close. Don't think Dahlin wins it, as good as he is, dmen very often take longer to hit their stride in the NHL and Dahlin will be no exception. He won't score more than 45 points and I think Pettersson gets 70+.