NHL Insider, Elliotte Friedman reported the Vancouver Canucks are internally speaking on the future of Elias Pettersson with the organization. Mark Pye breaks down this, a update on the team and more on this episode of Canucks Digest.
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ELLIOT FRIEDMAN IS A MAKE UP STORY AZZCLOWN HE DOESNT HAVE A FKING CLUE WHAT THE CANUCKS ARE GOING TO DO
Elias Pettersson stats since the Quinn Hughes trade: G-7, A-20, PTS-27 in 44 games
Pettersson needs to work on his skating this offseason. Biggest thing holding him back.
Well, if the Canucks can find a team willing to take his contract without retention AND have it be a place that EP40 is willing to go… I’d move him for a bag of pucks since that 11.6 million in cap space can then be leveraged to acquire more 1st round picks by taking on a bad contract or two. That would help expedite the rebuild.
WE've been thinking "he will rebound next year" for the past 2 years. He's not rebounding. time to move on. I will take a prospect, 1st rounder in 2026 a XXX roster player and move on
Bambi has to learn how to stay on his skates instead of his knees!
Send him packing!
You would think that the Canucks have had multiple conversations with EP40 to see "what can be done to get you back to where you were before" or the entire management and coaching staff should be fired for negligence. I just don't think the EP40 that scored 100+ points will ever come back, at least, not in a Canuck uniform anyway. What is the better question asked maybe whether the team will get back a player that will be serviceable for the remaining time on his massive contract – if he can be a point-per-game player who blocks shots and kills penalties, then even though those contributions would not be worth 11.6 mil a season, I would say the Canucks would still be better off keeping him than trading him away for what most likely would be garbage in return.
As a Swede I can say this: EP40 should waive his no move clause and play for a contender such as Detroit. He will be a 8 – 10 x 100 point player in his career if playing with the right team and line mates. Several years of maturity gained. A future hall of famer two-way offensive player. But on a terrible team he will not thrive at all. Such as Canucks.
He’s gonna bounce back by next season ? What’s prevented it from happening already , dump him and dump him fast
EP 40 is not a foundational player to build around. They got rid of the wrong one in the Miller/Petterson fiasco. It started when he signed his extension right before the big playoff run they had a couple of years ago. Petterson wanted to leave and sign somewhere else … after the season was over. But management was going to trade him or sign him and he wasn't ready to be traded. So he signed that ridiculous deal and became a Luongo. Can't trade him.
If they couldn't get rid of EP 40 at the deadline, what makes you think teams will take him at any other time. You'd be lucky to get a bag of pucks for his contract.
ep40 is the biggest waste of money in the league. Get rid of the bum.
He needs sports psychology therapy
I say keep him for 1 more year get him some winger to play with and go from there if it doesn't work, then bye
You move on from him because he's a toxic element left over from a core/team of players that aren't around anymore. It doesn't matter anything else. You rebuild, dump his contract and get what you can. Then move on. Maybe that's why this organization always loses. They just can't let go.
EP40 does need a good talking to as well as power skating lessons, a great workout schedule to put on 20 pounds of muscle, therapee to finally get over Miller and a new coach who can get the most out of him.
I think Detroit has a spare bag of pucks…
Petterson has enormous negative value. He’s basically untrade-able
I love the Canucks, but sometimes, I really hate the fan base. They make me miss Neil MacRae.
you keep EP40 and hope he bounces back. If he doesn't, he just gets easier to buy or trade in the future as you progress through the contract. You have to attach assets/eat money to get rid of him, so why bother moving him now unless someone is willing to make a reasonable deal. Look at what the Pens did with Jarry-he was awful and everyone in Pitt was done with him last year. Instead of buying him out, they held onto him, let him rebuild his value and then found a sucker in Bowman to take Jarry and get actual assets back for him! This is simple cost/benefit analysis.