Friedman: Vancouver and Carolina discussed possible Pettersson trade; VAN and EP resume extension negotiations

[FlyguyOX]

Canucks, Pettersson resume negotiations after trade talks with Hurricanes

According to multiple sources, the Vancouver Canucks and Carolina Hurricanes had discussions about Elias Pettersson that advanced to a stage where both the Canucks and the player needed to make serious decisions about where their relationship was headed.

www.sportsnet.ca

My guess is Necas, one of morrow/ nikishin, and Kotkaniemi

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[Canucks LB]

What an absolute f***ing bombshell

 

[TheBigLetowski]

As a Canes fan, I was shocked and scared at what would be the price. Canes need EP. Would've been a massive package I imagine.

 

[FlyguyOX]

Great GM work all around by VAN

 

[Canucks LB]

Canucks, Pettersson resume negotiations after trade talks with Hurricanes

According to multiple sources, the Vancouver Canucks and Carolina Hurricanes had discussions about Elias Pettersson that advanced to a stage where both the Canucks and the player needed to make serious decisions about where their relationship was headed.

www.sportsnet.ca

My guess is Necas, one of morrow/ nikishin, and Kotkaniemi

No way, that’s enough.

Necas, Nikishin + a major add

 

[EdJovanovski]

Perhaps the Necas rumors were linked to this?

Or maybe Svech for the synergy with Kravtsov

 

[Canucks LB]

Great GM work all around by VAN

And just like that, pettersson loses all leverage.

canucks put on crazy pressure

 

[FlyguyOX]

As a Canes fan, I was shocked and scared at what would be the price. Canes need EP. Would've been a massive package I imagine.

It is funny how they’re always “in the mix” for elite players but never get them. Tkachuk, now EP

 

[Mrfenn92]

HF boards servers thanks Elias for his extension

 

[trellaine201]

That is quite the bombshell. Definitely caught me off guard. Juicy.

 

[Empoleon8771]

This seems like ludicrously risky of them and they're lucky Pettersson decided to extend.

Trading Pettersson in-season as they are the #1 seed in the West would have absolutely dropped a bomb in that locker room, and I bet it would have killed any chances they had at contending this year. I don't understand why a GM would make a decision to do something that massive on a team that is playing as well as the Canucks are playing.

I would totally understand trading him in the off-season, but moving him at the deadline in the middle of them having a great year? That would have basically thrown this year away.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Aho - Svechnikov
Pettersson - Jarvis

Potential mini dynastic forward core.

 

[FlyguyOX]

This seems like ludicrously risky of them and they're lucky Pettersson decided to extend.

Trading Pettersson in-season as they are the #1 seed in the West would have absolutely dropped a bomb in that locker room, and I bet it would have killed any chances they had at contending this year. I don't understand why a GM would make a decision to do something that massive on a team that is playing as well as the Canucks are playing.

I would totally understand trading him in the off-season, but moving him at the deadline in the middle of them having a great year? That would have basically thrown this year away.

Seems like great due diligence to be prepared

 

[Detroit Knights]

I think this would have broken the internet...at least hf boards. There is no one on this green earth that though carolina was in on this right? This seems like totally out of left field for me.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Thank god the Canes aint getting Petterson!

 

[Avs44]

Man, that's one hell of an aggressive management group in Vancouver. I can't imagine many GMs would feel comfortable telling their star forward, in the middle of a great season, that you either re-sign immediately and drop the whole 'wait until the offseason shtick' or get traded.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Seems like great due diligence to be prepared

It's "great due diligence" because it worked to get Pettersson to extend. That doesn't change it was an insanely risky move that probably would have backfired horribly had it not worked out.

Good for the Canucks for getting it done, but that doesn't change how insanely risky it was to go that route.

 

[RangerBoy]

Canucks, Pettersson resume negotiations after trade talks with Hurricanes

According to multiple sources, the Vancouver Canucks and Carolina Hurricanes had discussions about Elias Pettersson that advanced to a stage where both the Canucks and the player needed to make serious decisions about where their relationship was headed.

www.sportsnet.ca

My guess is Necas, one of morrow/ nikishin, and Kotkaniemi

Jarvis

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Jim Rutherford slapped his big ole' wrinkly schlong on the table for this one.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Just imagine the reaction on this site if instead of Seravalli announcing that contract talks had started again and that Pettersson was likely to re-sign... He instead announced that Pettersson had been traded to Carolina.


HF servers would have melted. For sure.

 

[Three On Zero]

As a Canes fan, I was shocked and scared at what would be the price. Canes need EP. Would've been a massive package I imagine.

Until you got hoodwinked and traded for the defenceman

 

[Artemi Panarin]

I gotta say...

Vancouver's got a good GM.

 

[Three On Zero]

And just like that, pettersson loses all leverage.

canucks put on crazy pressure

Imagine that conversation

“Either we make some headway with this contract, or you’re headed to Carolina”

Rare instance of a played wanting to stay in Canada

 

[spockBokk]

Canes always the bridesmaid…

I guess it would have been Necas + Nikishin + picks + maybe Teravainen for cap. Who knows, maybe more details will leak.

 

[BoHorvat 53]

Man, that's one hell of an aggressive management group in Vancouver. I can't imagine many GMs would feel comfortable telling their star forward, in the middle of a great season, that you either re-sign immediately and drop the whole 'wait until the offseason shtick' or get traded.

Realistically though, if Pettersson was serious about wanting to stick around (which now is very clear he is), he would've reacted as he did by giving his agents the green light to negotiations. If he wanted out, this would've given him a way to get out.