Time to call out Elias Pettersson

[Bgav]

He's injured lol pretty obvious

 

[Breakers]

Yeah he’s playing like absolute garbage

 

[WetcoastOrca]

But it’s a good contract

/s

Let’s wait until the contract actually kicks in before deciding that.

 

[Szechwan]

He's playing injured, according to Rick Dhaliwal

Case closed

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

He's playing injured, according to Rick Dhaliwal

Case closed

What did he say?

 

[Rabid Ranger]

He doesn't appear capable of elevating lesser lights which is normally a hallmark of a top tier #1 center.

 

[credulous]

He doesn't appear capable of elevating lesser lights which is normally a hallmark of a top tier #1 center.

he's playing with absolute stiffs. no one is gonna succeed with mikheyev and hoglander alongside them

 

[WetcoastOrca]

He doesn't appear capable of elevating lesser lights which is normally a hallmark of a top tier #1 center.

Not through 5 playoff games anyways.
Small sample size to say the least.

 

[DearDiary]

he's playing with absolute stiffs. no one is gonna succeed with mikheyev and hoglander alongside them

I thought Hoglander was comparable to Guentzal?

 

[notsocommonsense]

he's playing with absolute stiffs. no one is gonna succeed with mikheyev and hoglander alongside them

Except he’s been poor on the power play too w elite linemates

 

[WiLBoY]

He hasn't just been playing bad in the playoffs.

He's been bad 2 weeks prior to his new contract

 

[Duodenum]

Ready for a 1g 1a game from him today.

 

[Pip]

He must be hurt right?

 

[Bozo Nicholson]

Leave Petey alone!

 

[Raistlin]

I think he's trending in the right direction. Offensively he's snake bitten, but he's much more engaged defensively than say.... Miller, who is just standing there most of the time and never challenging the puck carrier. He's close. He will score next game.

 

[Oak]

He had his best game last night imo but you can tell he is playing scared. He just hasn't been able to win puck battles and is struggling with lack of space to create.

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Shoe string.

 

[sting101]

Last night he wanted the puck and was looking to be a difference maker. Looked much more engaged and confident

In a bunch of instances his line mates were unable to string things together to get a decent scoring chance or it ended up on Mikhayevs stick which is pretty much at best a shot to the chest right now.

Was really close to burying the rush in the 3rd over Saros' shoulder. And McDonagh did an amazing job smothering his chance at the side of the net. In hindsight a more confident Pettersson probably pulls that back and roofs it

On the PP they went to Miller vs him again and again because that is what has worked since the all star break. He was much better on the walls

I think he's about to break through if he can just keep building vs having any more set backs like at the start of the series where he looked overwhelmed and lacked speed and energy which was really odd.

 

[CanucksSayEh]

Single handily costing the series.

He's been more involved with Nashville's offence than our own.

 

[Hansen]

He must be hurt right?

I think there's no way he isnt playing through a significant injury.

 

[OVO16]

He looks super soft and disinterested

 

[Regal]

I still think the Canucks take this series, but it’ll be really hard to take another without a significant improvement from Pettersson. Were some promising signs from him last game, and I think he was hurt more by his linemates not doing anything with the puck when he was giving it than previous games. I didn’t want to go to it before but I’d like to see Tocchet play the Lotto Line full time next game. Spreading out the offense doesn’t make sense if you’re still not generating offense. And if Pettersson can get some confidence back hopefully he can do more on his own line later in the playoffs.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

he's playing with absolute stiffs. no one is gonna succeed with mikheyev and hoglander alongside them

Barkov does.

 

[Sniperberg]

What did he say?

"Elias Pettersson is playing injured"

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

Pettersson of a.