Starts at 26:10. Apparently the full interview with Petey that they filmed on a boat in Stockholm will air soon.
https://www.sportsnet.ca/podcasts/32-thoughts/
– Friedman said Petey didn’t want to say anything else about his contract situation other than what he posted yesterday, which is Petey saying he’s in no rush to sign and wants to focus on having a good start. He wouldn’t answer other questions about his contract.
– Friedman thinks there’s no reason to panic and that Petey is not closing the door on the Canucks. He got the sense Pettersson is confident in what the Canucks have now, but wants to see the results.
– Petey knows this is going to be his biggest contract but he’s not really worried about that. He wants to make sure everything is going in the right direction.
– Friedman thinks Canucks are prepared to pay him and pay him long term.
– “The guy just wants to win. And he wants to make sure is [in Van]”.
– Friedman says Petey is upholding his end of the bargain. You can see he’s stronger, he’s serious, he moved to Stockholm to be closer to his trainer.
– Friedman said Petey brought his own lunch on the trip because he’s eating only what he’s supposed to eat. He said he’s seriously working on everything this summer.
– Petey knows he has a good shot and said he wants to score more. Friedman thinks Petey watches other players like McDavid scoring 60 goals and wants to be more like them, more dangerous and more selfish.
– Marek raises the point that the Pacific is an excellent division and Vegas, Edmonton, LA and Seattle are better than the Canucks. And not even by a little bit, A LOT better. So winning is going to be hard.
– Friedman says Canucks can only focus on what they can control without looking at the other teams around them.
– Friedman says Petey likes the way last season ended, he believes that Tocchet was pushing them in the right direction.
– Friedman brings up Miller’s comments about the last two seasons being a shitshow and everything calming down with Tocchet and says Petey won’t say this directly, but he could tell that’s what he was thinking.
– He thinks for Petey is all about having a plan and a proper direction for the team.
– He said Petey talked about some of his big moments and always mentioned the crowd in Vancouver. And talked positively and passionately about it.
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“Friedman says Petey is upholding his end of the bargain. You can see he’s stronger, he’s serious, he moved to Stockholm to be closer to his trainer.”
* Seems like Allvin and Pettersson have a verbal agreement. This is good. Petteson wants to be more like McDavid. He’s already the main offensive dynamo for our team and all offense will run through him. I am excited to see how much stronger and better Pettersson is after the season he had.
“Marek raises the point that the Pacific is an excellent division and Vegas, Edmonton, LA and Seattle are better than the Canucks. And not even by a little bit, A LOT better. So winning is going to be hard.”
* Man, I have been saying this for a while now. Seattle is going to be a better team that Vancouver for the foreseeable future. Their team is built like Vegas-lite. Once they get their own Eichel, it’s going to be a heavy team that is disciplined and tough to play against.
“He thinks for Petey is all about having a plan and a proper direction for the team”
* Now that Benning is gone, hopefully Allvin laid out the plans for Pettersson to see what areas we would be improving in.
It’s cool he’s back in Sweden to be closer to his trainer, but bringing his own lunch to an interview to stick to a dietary plan is commitment. Pettersson is coming into his prime production years and sounds like he’s been on a tear this offseason.
He’s going to have a monster season, he’s going to get paid, and he’s going to be worth every penny.
I hate being a pessimist but I am preparing for the fact that Petey will be on the trade market at the end of this season. I’m not saying it’s a sure thing, just that it’s hard to put faith in this team to make the playoffs after being let down year after year. Basically just keeping my expectations low so I can’t be disappointed, but also this team always manages to find a new low so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
My only hope is that if this season is another tire fire, we blow it up for real.
> * Friedman said Petey brought his own lunch on the trip …
Was it in a Canucks lunchbox?
You heard it here first. Pettersson calls Mcdavid Selfish
I still would take Canucks forwards over most of the pacific.
There’s no reason for them not to be just as good as the elite teams when your core consists of Demko, Hughes, Pettersson, Kuzmenko, and Miller. If Tocchet can get them to play the right way then they’re going to surprise a lot of people.
I agree the oilers and Vegas are much better than the Canucks but are the kings and kraken really that far off? I would argue they both got weaker this off season.
It’s crazy how one good season in Seattle got everyone onboard their bandwagon. My feeling is that they regress this year as we all know progress isn’t linear. LA got Dubois but also gave up a lot of depth , hard to say how that will turn out.
I never heard the Miller comment about the last two years being a shitshow. Was this a shot at Bruce Boudreau?
How is Seattle A LOT better than us? We can’t say that based off last season where we had AHL level goaltending for 50~ games and totally revamped our D/bottom 6.
If canucks don’t have a good start we basically can count on Petey being gone. Sad how we drafted a #1 center, #1 D and #1 goalie yet we have been so bad
I bet Petey has no intention on resigning. His comment “…I got one year left over there” is anything but reassuring.
I think there’s A LOT standing in the way of the Canucks becoming a cup contender, including a significant transformation of the defense, but I really don’t think that much stands in the way of the Canucks jumping into the LA/Seattle category if they were to un-shit-show a few things.
The Canucks have better high end talent than those teams. With the right coaching, better team defense, and some good goaltending, they could leap up the standings in short order. I wouldn’t bet on it because this org is in the habit of disappointing, but I’m just speaking theoretically.