-Vintage Canuck- Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Quote Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that the club has signed forward Elias Pettersson to a three-year entry-level contract. "Elias is a talented offensive player with tremendous vision and skill," said General Manager Jim Benning. "Like most Canucks fans we watched with excitement the incredible season he had in Sweden. This is an important offseason of training and development for Elias and we expect him to be ready to challenge for a roster spot in training camp." Pettersson, 19, recently completed his first season with Vaxjo HC, leading the SHL in both regular season (24-32-56 in 44 GP) and playoff scoring (10-9-19 in 13 GP) en route to the SHL Championship as well as Rookie of the Year, Best Forward, MVP and Playoff MVP honours. The 6-2, 161-pound forward's point totals in both the regular season and the playoffs also set a new SHL record for scoring by a U20 player. On the international stage, the Sundsvall, Sweden native recently registered three points in five World Hockey Championship games. He also helped lead Sweden to silver at the World Junior Championship, tying for fourth in tournament scoring (7) and shots (23). Pettersson was drafted by Vancouver in the first round, fifth overall, at the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/vancouver-canucks-elias-pettersson/c-298749566 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Wooohoooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fateless Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombieksa Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 About time! Super excited for what he brings to camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 STANLEY CUP HERE WE COME!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdeath Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Who was the last team to have back to back Calder nominees? Asking for a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I'm actually thankful that the Sedins retired. I'd hate for Elias to play in their shadow instead of asserting himself and the player he is right away out of some misguided sense of respect (not that he doesn't respect the Sedins). Should be interesting to see Pettersson and Boeser on the same power play. My lord that is going to be fun to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Training camp is going to be real interesting this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike0099 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I was so scared he was gonna join Lebron in LA. whew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorevat Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 lets goo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 9 hours ago, VanGnome said: I'm actually thankful that the Sedins retired. I'd hate for Elias to play in their shadow instead of asserting himself and the player he is right away out of some misguided sense of respect (not that he doesn't respect the Sedins). Should be interesting to see Pettersson and Boeser on the same power play. My lord that is going to be fun to watch. Look what Sundin did for the Twins. I don't think it would of hurt his development. It just means there's more room for young players to step up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reyezone Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 This is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I imagine they offered him the best ELC they could, signing bonuses and all, which is what they should have done, looking forward to seeing the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon.Duck Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 With Elias we stand. Without Elias we fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cramarossa Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Welcome home, Elias! So happy to have you. Swedecouver lives on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CanuckGAME Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Das it man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rindiculous Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Pettersson and Boeser are going to be the next Kuznetsov and Ovechkin duo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan's Moustache Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 ........ or Hull & Oates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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