Elliotte Friedman on Elias Pettersson dealing with the noise, Brock Boeser’s future and more
Hockey Night in Canada Insider Elliotte Friedman joined the guys and talked about the thoughts he shared on the 32 Thoughts Podcast about Elias Pettersson and more.
It’s getting pretty pathetic we have to coddle and make excuses for a player that is supposed to be a leader. It sounds like he should be on Dr.Phil rather than the NHL.
Petterson always has these half season slumps. Like this isn't the first time he's been low production for 30 – 40 games. They were always around wrist injury which meant he wasn't able to shoot those amazing shots as often.
I do NOT take anything Eliotte Friedman says seriously regarding the NHL. Just like Kevin Bieksa and Kelly Hrudey, he's just another Ron Mclean Hockey Night mouthpiece. Elliotte is always going to be vanilla in his comments, because he can't make hard criticisms or else he'll be blacklisted by the players and the teams. I don't need Elliotte to make excuses and do PR work for Elias Petterson. These excuses about him "going through the process" and "he wants to do very well" is the same old BS we've been hearing for the last couple of seasons. Let's just skip all the public relations —- The fact remains — Petterson is one of the Top 10 Highest Paid players in the NHL in 2024, and he is NOT performing at the level fans are expecting. Will he or won't he? All us Canucks fans are waiting for him to turn into the superstar he is getting paid to be, but it's becoming highly doubtful.
Are we not just codeling Petty to much this is not a ribbon for everyone world. Tired of hearing he wants to be good, either you can play and contribute or you can't treat him like all players. Would he wake up in the AHL for a few games. He's got his money, time to produce.
In a Canadian market, there are always those what I call nationalists who will pick on anything about non-Canadian players. Look at the Sedins after all what they have accomplished. At first, it's the same old, same old, "soft" Europeans. When they blossomed, then it's they hadn't won anything. When they got Ross and Hart trophies, they didn't win the Stanley Cup which, by the way, players like Darryl Sittler and Wendel Clarke, who are great players in their own right, didn't either. It's always something. Lest we forget, these players are relatively young in age. When you point a finger at someone else, look at the other fingers pointing back at you. What have you done when you are 25? Now criticisms are healthy for improvements but they have to be constructive in order for improvement to happen. It boggles my mind how many of the criticisms are directed at the players' salary. First, remember what the frustration and angst from the Vancouver market when Pettersson said he wouldn't talk contract until last season was over? Now that he's under a long-term contract, he's a bum because he didn't produce as much as you like? Stop with the salary. It's not as if someone put a gun to the Canucks management's head to pay him that much. They could have easily said no and let him walk (which some of you are saying now they should). But they didn't. Of course, in social media, everyone is more knowledgeable than those who actually work in the organization. Yeah, if only you were the GM or the coach, the Canucks will win the Cup every year. Such a big loss for the team that you are not in charge.
I know why Elliotte doesn't comb his hair. In his interview with Hronek (in Europe), you could see Elliotte's growing bald spot. The fuzzy hair is to mislead you into thinking he is one of the Beatles.!
Petterson is well-compensated to be a franchise player for the Canucks. As would and should be expected- with great pay, comes great responsibility. Petterson is a grown-a$$ man now. It is time for him to man up and for the sensitive feelings bit to end! While the Canuck fans can deal with some pointless nights, we do expect to see a consistent level of compete each and every game. If he can not overcome this performance fragility, then I would suggest it is time to consider a trade before his overall trade value drops.
It’s beyond pathetic at this point how weak Petey is in so many ways. Bambi legs lacking killer instinct is now falling down the rabbit hole of fan criticism and letting it affect him. He is soft making 11.6🤦♂️
Pettersson is way over paid. I know he's light, but I think he falls on every shift. Trade him now while he's worth something even tho 11.6 million scares off a few team.
Brock is going to be targeted by the Wild. He and his agent are from the Twin Cities and the Wild will have some money to spend for the first time in a long time.
The OEL contract buyout doubles next year so they'll only have 10 mil in cap space for Boeser, 2-3 other forwards and 2-3 D-men. They're going to have a lot of rookies in the lineup next year unless they trade someone or the cap goes up quite a bit.
It would be nice if hockey fans could just be hockey fans instead of being forced to look at every player through the lens of Bettman's cap accounting. He shut the league down twice to turn everybody into nerd accountants.
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It’s getting pretty pathetic we have to coddle and make excuses for a player that is supposed to be a leader. It sounds like he should be on Dr.Phil rather than the NHL.
Donnie, dahli and Friedman are good in my books 📚
Petterson always has these half season slumps. Like this isn't the first time he's been low production for 30 – 40 games. They were always around wrist injury which meant he wasn't able to shoot those amazing shots as often.
It's not that Friedman does his own hair it's that nobody does his hair.
Trade Pettersson he isn’t a $11 million player. Get a Canadian or American player that puts an effort in.
I do NOT take anything Eliotte Friedman says seriously regarding the NHL. Just like Kevin Bieksa and Kelly Hrudey, he's just another Ron Mclean Hockey Night mouthpiece. Elliotte is always going to be vanilla in his comments, because he can't make hard criticisms or else he'll be blacklisted by the players and the teams. I don't need Elliotte to make excuses and do PR work for Elias Petterson. These excuses about him "going through the process" and "he wants to do very well" is the same old BS we've been hearing for the last couple of seasons. Let's just skip all the public relations —- The fact remains — Petterson is one of the Top 10 Highest Paid players in the NHL in 2024, and he is NOT performing at the level fans are expecting. Will he or won't he? All us Canucks fans are waiting for him to turn into the superstar he is getting paid to be, but it's becoming highly doubtful.
Honestly, I’m not at all worried about Petey.
He played the majority of last year with third and fourth line wingers and still averaged over a point per game.
He’s looked noticeably better the last couple of games so things look like they’re headed in the right direction.
Keep doubting Petey Leafs fans, see you June "Core Four"
…we'll bring tissues for Mitch
I love Elliott Friedman's unpolished look, it makes him for relatable.
Disrespectful, slob behaviour.
I was thinking the same thing about Sundin.
With the Vancouver buyout money, OEL's total salary goes back to over 8 million, next season.
Over under and Alias getting traded in-season?
Are we not just codeling Petty to much this is not a ribbon for everyone world. Tired of hearing he wants to be good, either you can play and contribute or you can't treat him like all players. Would he wake up in the AHL for a few games. He's got his money, time to produce.
In a Canadian market, there are always those what I call nationalists who will pick on anything about non-Canadian players. Look at the Sedins after all what they have accomplished. At first, it's the same old, same old, "soft" Europeans. When they blossomed, then it's they hadn't won anything. When they got Ross and Hart trophies, they didn't win the Stanley Cup which, by the way, players like Darryl Sittler and Wendel Clarke, who are great players in their own right, didn't either. It's always something. Lest we forget, these players are relatively young in age. When you point a finger at someone else, look at the other fingers pointing back at you. What have you done when you are 25? Now criticisms are healthy for improvements but they have to be constructive in order for improvement to happen. It boggles my mind how many of the criticisms are directed at the players' salary. First, remember what the frustration and angst from the Vancouver market when Pettersson said he wouldn't talk contract until last season was over? Now that he's under a long-term contract, he's a bum because he didn't produce as much as you like? Stop with the salary. It's not as if someone put a gun to the Canucks management's head to pay him that much. They could have easily said no and let him walk (which some of you are saying now they should). But they didn't. Of course, in social media, everyone is more knowledgeable than those who actually work in the organization. Yeah, if only you were the GM or the coach, the Canucks will win the Cup every year. Such a big loss for the team that you are not in charge.
Trade Him canucks don't need cancers to the team on pace 30 points lowest since rookie 66
Damn, people are really stupid in vancouver.
Good ideas from Elliotte
I know why Elliotte doesn't comb his hair. In his interview with Hronek (in Europe), you could see Elliotte's growing bald spot. The fuzzy hair is to mislead you into thinking he is one of the Beatles.!
Friedman looks like a drifter who just threw up in a bus depot bathroom.
Petterson is well-compensated to be a franchise player for the Canucks. As would and should be expected- with great pay, comes great responsibility. Petterson is a grown-a$$ man now. It is time for him to man up and for the sensitive feelings bit to end! While the Canuck fans can deal with some pointless nights, we do expect to see a consistent level of compete each and every game. If he can not overcome this performance fragility, then I would suggest it is time to consider a trade before his overall trade value drops.
So does Elliot not own a comb and toothbrush?…is this his 'everyman' look?
It’s beyond pathetic at this point how weak Petey is in so many ways. Bambi legs lacking killer instinct is now falling down the rabbit hole of fan criticism and letting it affect him. He is soft making 11.6🤦♂️
Actions speaks louder then words .
Pettersson is way over paid. I know he's light, but I think he falls on every shift. Trade him now while he's worth something even tho 11.6 million scares off a few team.
Brock is going to be targeted by the Wild. He and his agent are from the Twin Cities and the Wild will have some money to spend for the first time in a long time.
ever heard of hair gel Friedman…jeez
The OEL contract buyout doubles next year so they'll only have 10 mil in cap space for Boeser, 2-3 other forwards and 2-3 D-men. They're going to have a lot of rookies in the lineup next year unless they trade someone or the cap goes up quite a bit.
He looked much better tonight. If he gets his game back tge rest of the league is in trouble. Right now we are winning without him.
What was the quote Elias gave a few years back "I want to win" well, bud, we want a player that lives up to their 12 million cap hit.
It would be nice if hockey fans could just be hockey fans instead of being forced to look at every player through the lens of Bettman's cap accounting. He shut the league down twice to turn everybody into nerd accountants.