The_Rocket

I think you meant to say Griffin Reinhart

His stats in the AHL are basically the same as Pettersson in the SHL. The two leagues are quite comparable really, slightly more scoring in the AHL though. I would put pettersson higher because he is 1 1/2 years younger than strome while achieving similar numbers. Strome is in his draft+3 year and still can’t cut it full time on an NHL team. Pettersson is in his draft +1 and breaking scoring records

Pronmans excuses for things like that are always so bad too. “Uhhhh well yeah this guy is scoring lots of points and plays in every situation and his coach and teammates love him but I’m a bit concerned about his foot speed so yeah he’s a bad prospect”

Is strome as in Dylan Strome? That guy has been incredibly disappointing this year. He’s a great player but everyone and their mom thought he would make the coyotes this year. But he’s been out shine by Keller and Domi and stuff. Can’t believe he would get ranked above pettersson who is a year behind in development but scoring at a computable rate in a comporable league (comparing shl to ahl)

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Thatcher Demko named 1st star today. That is now the 13th time this year he’s been named one of the 3 stars.

Demko first star tonight, feels like he’s one of the three stars in every game he plays. Anyone know a website or anything that keeps track of things like that? Would be interesting to see Edit: I just went through all of Utica’s post game tweets and I counted that her Demko is one of the 3 stars in 12 games this season. He has played 23 games so far this season, so over 50% of the time he’s one of the top 3 players in the game

???? How can you know this? The kid is only 21 yrs old. Who knows what his ceiling will be. He’s progressed miles in the last few years. Maybe he keeps going, you can’t really assume with players like this

Honestly looking at team Sweden, there’s only 3 players who have been offensive threats in their respective leagues: Pettersson, Dahlin (good points for a defensemen) and to a lesser extent Anderson. Liljgren a little as well. Everyone else on the team would have to be way more successful offensively in the tournament the. They have been in the respective leagues for this team to be good.

Basically, if Patrice Bergeron is a 1st line Center (he is) the Kessler in his prime is a 1st line Center. Similar roles, similar scoring.

Something to keep in mind with pettersson, pretty much every year an undersized player is taken in the first round who eventually grows into his frame and becomes an impact player. Some examples (all players are between 5'11" and 6'1"): 2007 - Kyle Turris 165 pounds when drafted, 190 pounds now 2008 - Erik Karlsson 165 pounds when drafted, 191 pounds now 2009 - Evander Kane 170 pounds when drafted, 212 pounds now 2010 - Evgeni Kuznetsoz 170 pounds when drafter, 204 pounds now 2011 - Ryan Nugent Hopkins 164 pounds when drafted, 191 pounds now 2012 - Filip Forsberg 176 pounds when drafted, 205 pounds now 2013 - Andre Burakovsky 176 pounds when drafted, 201 pounds now 2014 - William Nylander 170 pounds when drafted, 191 pounds now 2015 - Matt Barzal 175 pounds when drafted, 189 pounds now All draft weigh-ins retrieved from http://www.mynhldraft.com, all current weigh-ins from nhl.com Should also be noted that a lot of these players dropped lower in the draft because of concerns about their size. Pettersson was listed at 6'2" 160 pounds when drafted, currently around 161-165 depending on which website you check only ~6 months since the draft. quite reasonable to assume he will eventually get to 185-195 in a few years. If he reaches this weight, he will be around the same size as currents centres in the nhl such as Stamkos (194), McDavid (192), Giroux (185), Trochek (182), and Monohan (195) all of whom are in the top 15 for scoring among centres in the NHL. Also important to remember that Bo Horvat is 223 pounds and can easily be matched up against other teams top lines, meaning Pettersson won't be relied upon to serve that Big-body centre role. TL;DR anyone worrying about Pettersson's weight is complaining about basically nothing

Looks like Boucher might get the call now. Baertschi our 4-6 weeks. Canucks will probably look to put grandlund or burmistrov at centre to open up a wing for Boucher

Keep your eyes peeled for a Boucher call-up. No idea where goals are gunna come from now for the Canucks

Well let’s bring him up here! Surely he must be a better fit for the team than chaput, though I guess it would force Grandlund to centre again

Gotta imagine he’s the front runner for MVP this year right now eh? Hopefully has an equally good December

Pettersson is 10 points Behind Daniel Sedin's best ever U20 season in SHL (EP: 35 points, DS: 45 points). EP with 25 games played, Daniel played 50 Edit: trying to guess how many games he will play this season. He'll miss 3 - 5 games for WJC depending on how far sweden goes and when he gets released. Let's assume 5 cause the swedish team looks to be one of the favourites going in. If he goes to the olympics, I think he would miss 3-4 games (there is a game for vaxjo 2 days after the olympics ends). so he could miss 8 or 9 games, putting hime around 43, 44 total games this season (assuming no injuries). If he plays 44 games, he could cool off to 1.00 ppg for the rest of the season (very do-able for EP) and still tie the all-time point scoring record for SHL players Under the age of 20

Could be looking to call him up to maximize cap relief when they put dorsett on LTIR

Only thing is he’ll miss some games for wjc and possibly a game or two during olympics if he goes. Probably wont get the full 52

So what’s the deal here with Boucher? Scored another goal tonight, nice wrist shot down the wing in OT, to put him at 18 points (9-9–18) in 17 games with Utica. Easily one of their best players this year. I imagine we’re just keeping him around so that when injuries pile up and we sell some vets at the TDL we can plug him in for some games. He doesn’t really fit the long term plan. Should canucks look to trade him out or just let him walk when his contract expires?

To be fair though, both Vanek and eriksson play lw and rw. You could easily take out one of burmistrov, Gaunce or even gagner (tho I wouldn’t) and juggle some lines around to fit in goldobin. Eg move Vanek to the left, gagner in the middle, and goldy on the right and take out burmistrov

We’re in year 4 of Bo-lieving, but it still feels like this guy is underrated, like in the radio and stuff I always hear people talking about Brock and virtanen and stuff (for good reason), but rather about Horvat. This guy: -leads the team in faceoffs taken -has the highest faceoff win % of all centres on the team -plays the most minutes amongst forwards -plays pk, pp, and double shifts at 5v5 for some defensive zone draws (particularly if grandlund’s line is out for a d-zone draw) -one of the top goal scores and point producers on the team -over 220 pounds and one of the fastest on the team -gives a great interview (see recent nhl studios visit) and shows respect and support for teammates -he’s only 22 seriously, this guy is our best player hands down. Just wanted to throw some admiration his way. He could turn into one of the best all round players in the whole NHL.

Idk about pettersson. Comparables to him based on point production/age/position/size etc all have a 100% success rate. If EP winds up being a bust, it would be unprecedented for someone of his pedigree

When Rodin won it he missed considerable time due to injury, but he was on if the best points per game players that year which was a big factor as to why he won. I’d say if pettersson plays at least 40 games and maintains above 1.20 ppg he is in serious contention of winning

Hope he gets good ice time when he slots in. I’m guessing it’ll either be: vanek - gagner - goldobin or Sedin - Sedin - goldobin (eriksson would play on the Vanek/gagner lone in this scenario) I honestly think goldobin could step in and be a 40 - 50 point player if givin the opportunity

2 apples today. I believe he is over a point per game now