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Vancouver Canucks draft Elias Pettersson fifth overall



The Vancouver Canucks select Swedish forward Elias Pettersson fifth overall at the 2017 NHL Draft.

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  1. Did anyone see what they said his NHL potential was? Just curious. Of course his was the one that I missed while watching and they skipped it in this video. Just kind of weird how many 2nd-3rd line centres got drafted before Tippet who is a projected first liner. Either way, I can see Dahlen and Pettersson being on our first or second line in the next 3-4 years

  2. If Jake turns into Shane Doan (also a late bloomer) and Elias into Nik Backstrom, with Dahlen on the other side, that could be a formidable forward line going 1A-1B with Bo's line with Boeser and Sven.

  3. Should've been 1st overall in this draft and Should've got as much hype as Austin Matthews and Rasmus Dahlin. A future Hall of famer.

  4. Man, reading the comments, and some of these have not aged well. 2017, people were labeling him "bust" before playing a single game, now in 2020, you have entitled fans saying "Pettersson will be much, much better playing for us than for the Canucks". Shows you how malleable people's opinions are within a few years.

  5. i love going back into time watching these draft videos of these kids, seeing them interact with other peers in the draft, and how they are now battling each other. Seeing their smile, enthusiasm, true love for the sport. Listening to these announcers on comparing them to NHL players, the outlook, some of these were spot on.

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