The_Rocket

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

Wouldn’t world juniors though prevent him from playing that many games? One opportunity that could arise for him is if he doesn’t make the Olympic team, he’ll most likely be the best player in the SHL for those two weeks as all the really good players will probably be in the olympics. Might be a good opportunity for him to pad his stats?

Petterson has now matched the offensive output of Willam Nylander in his best season in the SHL (8-12—20) but did so in four fewer games than nylander.

I like this line up a lot. One change could be if Gaunce has a good year, I wouldn’t be surprised to see JB ship Dorset out and replace his role with gaunce. Gaunce won’t drop the gloves like Dorset, but he can’t play that crash and bang shut down role

Not to mention, our other top 6 is over 220 in no horvat. It’s not like we have nugent Hopkins behind Petterson. Horvat can match up against big centres much in the way Kesler did in the 2011 playoffs

Look at the top line centre for the 2015 Blackhawks, 2014 kings, 2011 bruins, or 2010 Blackhawks. If bo horvat can turn into a 60 point centre with an excellent two way game and good face offs, he can be a first line centre

He put up a 42 point pace last year so I think he’s have to around a 50 point pace this year to get 4 mill AAV. However, if he improves his defensive play to the point where he can be a reliable penalty killer, he could probably negotiate a 4 x 4. Based on his play at this point in the year though, I’d say 3.5 x 3 or 4 years is fair. Less than sutter but more than gagner.

I know the popular thing to do is hate on Virtanen and compare him to ehlers and nylander, but let’s not forget that 2 spits ahead of Virtanen in the draft Calgary took Sam Bennett who has 0 points in 13 games this season. At least we have a contributing forward on our team who brings a physical element to the game and is helping the team even when he’s not scoring.

Yeah I actually think OJ is closer to a ppg on that team than palmu is

Yeah I agree, health played a factor in increase FO%. Many also became the development coach last season to help them with face offs, too. It it was probably a mix of both health and coaching that resulted in increased FO wins.

Horvat has taken the most draws in the team and is 54% in the circle. Clearly it’s not all sutter and sedin, especially since both sutter and sedin were healthy most of last year too