Hockeydb has Hughes at 5'11 - 175. So despite being 3" shorter that Pettersson he weights tge same. No need to try to make him sound smaller than he is
And Once again. He just turned 22. Pettersson's faceoff percentage at 21 was 44.3%. That's better than Hughes last season but still nothing to write home about. Pettersson's game has matured. Hughes will too. Do you think the kid is a finished product at 21?
Pettersson scored 103 with a winger shooting at an unsustainable 27% accuracy on a system that by in large ignored defence. There's no guarantee Pettersson will ever top last season any more thsn there is that Hughes will . Saying a 21 year old has topped out his potential is just silly.
I'm not gonna get in a passing match about who's better or who could be better. The bottom line is Hughes has more TRADE VALUE due to his younger age and cheap contract.
Hughes put up 99 points as a 21 year old. Yes Pettersson is better ATM. But to assume Hughes is done refining his game as a kid who just turned 22 is myopic. Both players still haven't hit thier ceilings.
But Hughes is also signed to a very team friendly deal for 7 years. Even if Pettersson signs it's going to be for a lot more than $8m. Considering where he is already and adding in his contract I think most GM's would value Hughes over Pettersson
Hughes pretty much matched Petterssons point output this past year and he did it being 2 1/2 years younger. I think it's premature to declare EP40 the superior player when Hughes is 2 years behind in development.
He apparently already signed with Laval earlier this offseason. This trade just allows Montreal to sign him to a NHL contract if he does well enough to earn one
Jack has more value than Pettersson. He's 2 1/2 years younger. Put up an 43 goals 99 points in 78 games and is locked up for another 7 years on onecof the best value contracts in the league. EP 40 is two years away from UFA status and if he does sign with the Canucks it'll be for substantially more than $8m a season
I can't see any circumstance where they'd move Hughes straight across for Pettersson, let alone swapping Luke for Hronek (who is far more expensive, has big question marks regarding his health and is also 2 years away from ufa status)
I'm not sure using Matthews as an example helps your argument. Matthews was/is on a very good team that has cup aspirations. The team he was rumored to be going to is crap and an absolute tire fire. And he certainly didn't leave any money on the table.
By comparison Pettersson has been on a team with little to no success during his tenure with the team. If wanting to be on a team with a chance to win is really his goal (and I'm not saying that's the case) then forcing his way out of town like PLD and Tkachuk seems like a possible tactic.
You may want to lower your expectations. Jeff Petry, only returned a conditional 4th from Detroit.
Petry is a better player than Myers, is also a big right hand D, and his retained cap hit is only $2.34m
Like I said. A lot of far fetchec ifs. Literally everything would have to go the Canucks way this season for all those things to happen. I'll throw some ifs at you. What if last season was an outlier and he comes back down to being a ppg guy? What if he misses some games due to injury and isn't in rhe top 10 in scoring? What if the Canucks miss the playoffs again (as the oddsmakers are predicting)?
He evidently wants to see what the team looks lime on the ice before signing any kind of extension. He can get paid no matter where he goes. What he wants is to play meaningful hockey