Thomas Drance is a good hockey commentator, but he's doing PR work for the Canucks about Petterson. He is not going to say anything negative because if he does, he'll be blacklisted by the team. So it's up to the loyal fans like me to object, based on watching the Canucks ever since WHL days and NHL expansion I've been watching Petterson ever since his first great rookie year, and like everyone I had high hopes. However right now I just do NOT see him as an elite team leader on the same level as the other players in the Top 10 Highest Paid NHL Players List. The last couple of seasons the team leaders on Canucks have been JT Miller and Quinn Hughes. both of whom were consistently in the Top 20 NHL League Leaders stats all season long, for goals/assists. Petterson was always way behind those guys. So now we are supposed to believe Canucks media men like Thomas Drance that Petterson is very soon going to start exploding on the same elite level as McDavid, Matthews, McKinnon, Dreisatl, Nylander, Ovechkin, etc? That he will also be in the Top 20 stats list with Miller and Hughes too? All the fans like myself would love to see it, but I will remain very sceptical based on what I have seen so far.
Last season has no bearing on this season for any player or team. Look at the here-and-now, and the eye test shows that Petey is not playing up to the standard we expect of him.
I am betting Pettersson has an injury that he hasn't recovered from. Not bad enough to get him on the IR, but nagging enough to affect his level of play.
If Pettersson is really injured why is he playing this doesn't add up except his salary. Louie Ericsson was better 😂. No line mates are good enough what is really the problem. He can take his scooter 🛴 and go. He looks lost out there. No this is not sudden.
Pettersson is a 2 way OPEN ICE center. That is an important distinction.
Petey is probably the weakest outside player in the league. I haven't seen him win a battle on the outside in literal years. Not one.
He's not even NHL quality in that sense. Early in his career he went in and fought, got rough housed and got right back up and kept fighting.
Now he looks like he's lost the will to grind. Like he lost motivation and became dejected. Thinking he's just a weakling who will get pushed over and coaches will keep demanding he be something he doesn't think he is.
Petey has to figure out that side of his game. Some way he needs to move his feet and be effective on the outside.
You are not a real top 6 player in the NHL if you don't or can't engage on the outside. Simple as that.
Petey looks like he’s finally gone through puberty those 50 games ago, and his voice (by that I mean play) has cracked. Now, he’s finally noticing girls, and thinks battling for pucks & shooting one-timers is stupid so he won’t do it. I feel like the entire Vancouver fan base is grandpa Simpson: https://youtu.be/UyEAmnfmCvE?si=W2IjP5qU3J3Rsbs3
If we can deal Pettersson, we should. I've seen enough over a long enough period that I would rather hedge my bets elsewhere. Depends on the haul obviously, we shouldn't give him away by any means. But if we can get back a good package, we should be listening.
Okay one half of equation wasn't addressed –he needed to find examples of similar slump lengths and how they did or didn't recover.I can't remember ever seeing someone go this far south for this long in any sport so that's the part that seems unique to EP40's situation
Don't fucking trade him (or start suggesting we should)! Holy shit this market drives me nuts with how quick y'all want to abandon ship and trade players just because it doesn't always go perfect for a period of time!
He will figure it out, get off his back, and instead work on propping him up instead of weighing him down further!
Drance is a huge Petey water carrier, of course he’ll use stats to ignore bambi flopping around on the ice. It’s ridiculous how much line the media is giving Petey when these issues go back to halfway through last season. Drance is delusional.
Pavel Bure was never as good after his knee injury so to say a star doesn't just go out isn't true it just takes awhile for the commentators to figure it out and climb down from the lame horse.
Canucks had no choice but to extend Pety. If you didn't give him that money, who would you sign in FA who can replace him? Would you rather pay $9-10mil per season for Stamkos? Would you pay$7.5-8mil/season for Elias Lindholm…?
Petey is not a first line centerman in Vancouver and never has been . That is J.T. Miller. He was 7 for 8 in the circle tonight-46%. Not even second line centers suck it that bad. He played over 20:00 with zero points. He is not driving play. He is not physical.
Unless there is some type of ailment hurting his play Petey is not playing like a second line center,never mind the franchise best paid player. That would be J.T. Miller and/or Quinn Hughes. At times it is B..B. and even Garland brings a consistency that Petey lacks.
Look at Miller lead. Even strength. PP. Whenever. Wherever. Hear Miller speak to the press. None of that sounds or looks like EP 11.6.
If he has an ailment he can come back from this but right now he is the black hole sucking cap space and ice time..
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Drance Sucks
hope drance is right
Thomas Drance is a good hockey commentator, but he's doing PR work for the Canucks about Petterson. He is not going to say anything negative because if he does, he'll be blacklisted by the team. So it's up to the loyal fans like me to object, based on watching the Canucks ever since WHL days and NHL expansion I've been watching Petterson ever since his first great rookie year, and like everyone I had high hopes. However right now I just do NOT see him as an elite team leader on the same level as the other players in the Top 10 Highest Paid NHL Players List. The last couple of seasons the team leaders on Canucks have been JT Miller and Quinn Hughes. both of whom were consistently in the Top 20 NHL League Leaders stats all season long, for goals/assists. Petterson was always way behind those guys. So now we are supposed to believe Canucks media men like Thomas Drance that Petterson is very soon going to start exploding on the same elite level as McDavid, Matthews, McKinnon, Dreisatl, Nylander, Ovechkin, etc? That he will also be in the Top 20 stats list with Miller and Hughes too? All the fans like myself would love to see it, but I will remain very sceptical based on what I have seen so far.
Exactly he's Mitch Marner with the Huberdeau flu
How's that deal a win for the team drance
Suddenly is sputtering. My guy he's been this inconsistent year over year since year 2 and 8 goals in 50 games. Drance smoking his own ass
Drance lives in the world of projections. Those are hypothetical number you fucking moron
Deal Petey, fix our defense and we'll be good
shouldve kept lindholm and zadorov
Rick fact checked Thomas and called him out…love it!
Last season has no bearing on this season for any player or team. Look at the here-and-now, and the eye test shows that Petey is not playing up to the standard we expect of him.
Oilers fan here, this is awesome… PETEY! Is retired, he has that huge contract :3 no need to play anymore
I am betting Pettersson has an injury that he hasn't recovered from. Not bad enough to get him on the IR, but nagging enough to affect his level of play.
If Pettersson is really injured why is he playing this doesn't add up except his salary. Louie Ericsson was better 😂. No line mates are good enough what is really the problem. He can take his scooter 🛴 and go. He looks lost out there. No this is not sudden.
Pettersson is a 2 way OPEN ICE center. That is an important distinction.
Petey is probably the weakest outside player in the league. I haven't seen him win a battle on the outside in literal years. Not one.
He's not even NHL quality in that sense. Early in his career he went in and fought, got rough housed and got right back up and kept fighting.
Now he looks like he's lost the will to grind. Like he lost motivation and became dejected. Thinking he's just a weakling who will get pushed over and coaches will keep demanding he be something he doesn't think he is.
Petey has to figure out that side of his game. Some way he needs to move his feet and be effective on the outside.
You are not a real top 6 player in the NHL if you don't or can't engage on the outside. Simple as that.
Petey looks like crap. This isnt a case of a prolonged period of bad luck, dudes completely invisible.
Petey looks like he’s finally gone through puberty those 50 games ago, and his voice (by that I mean play) has cracked. Now, he’s finally noticing girls, and thinks battling for pucks & shooting one-timers is stupid so he won’t do it.
I feel like the entire Vancouver fan base is grandpa Simpson: https://youtu.be/UyEAmnfmCvE?si=W2IjP5qU3J3Rsbs3
Drance is right, he may want to get the hell out of this market. Just like Eichel wanting out of Buffalo
Petterson is useless
If we can deal Pettersson, we should. I've seen enough over a long enough period that I would rather hedge my bets elsewhere. Depends on the haul obviously, we shouldn't give him away by any means. But if we can get back a good package, we should be listening.
Okay one half of equation wasn't addressed –he needed to find examples of similar slump lengths and how they did or didn't recover.I can't remember ever seeing someone go this far south for this long in any sport so that's the part that seems unique to EP40's situation
Don't fucking trade him (or start suggesting we should)! Holy shit this market drives me nuts with how quick y'all want to abandon ship and trade players just because it doesn't always go perfect for a period of time!
He will figure it out, get off his back, and instead work on propping him up instead of weighing him down further!
Canucks record 0-3-2 oct 21st
Canucks should have traded Pettersson at the deadline and extended Zadorov and Lindholm instead
Drance is a huge Petey water carrier, of course he’ll use stats to ignore bambi flopping around on the ice. It’s ridiculous how much line the media is giving Petey when these issues go back to halfway through last season. Drance is delusional.
3.5 million GM’s in Vancouver 😂
Pavel Bure was never as good after his knee injury so to say a star doesn't just go out isn't true it just takes awhile for the commentators to figure it out and climb down from the lame horse.
Canucks had no choice but to extend Pety. If you didn't give him that money, who would you sign in FA who can replace him? Would you rather pay $9-10mil per season for Stamkos? Would you pay$7.5-8mil/season for Elias Lindholm…?
History does not predict the future, It tells us how we get here so we can learn from its lessons.
Petey is not a first line centerman in Vancouver and never has been . That is J.T. Miller.
He was 7 for 8 in the circle tonight-46%. Not even second line centers suck it that bad.
He played over 20:00 with zero points. He is not driving play. He is not physical.
Unless there is some type of ailment hurting his play Petey is not playing like a second line center,never mind the franchise best paid player.
That would be J.T. Miller and/or Quinn Hughes. At times it is B..B. and even Garland brings a consistency that Petey lacks.
Look at Miller lead. Even strength. PP. Whenever. Wherever. Hear Miller speak to the press.
None of that sounds or looks like EP 11.6.
If he has an ailment he can come back from this but right now he is the black hole sucking cap space and ice time..