vannuck59 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Long Grind trying to do too much over thinking is the problem. He is playing like he is unsure and makes way more mistakes Greens system seems to coach the offense out of players. You can see that when Pettersson's line is on they get hemmed in their own end a lot. JB can fix this with a better D core. A Big Skilled forward is what Pettersson and Boeser need added to their left wing to excel going forward. Kakko anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadcanucks Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 3/30/2019 at 12:23 PM, Kanukfanatic said: Yes it is quite the slump. And making up stories that it is because of injury is silly. Any proof he is injured? No...I thought not. The clown you're quoting must be a Canuck-insider. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generational.EP40 Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 5 minutes ago, Generational.EP40 said: This walk with Elias is the dumbest thing about EP40 mania tbh, and the fact Calgary does it too with Lindholm makes me hate it even more. I prefer the Alien dressed up as a Saint - he had it right. St. Elias, the patron saint of Dangles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Seeing a lot of eastern media picking Bennington over EP40 for the Calder Including the guy that's in the Province today. I guess we should prepare ourselves for the possible disappointment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shad0w4life Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 On 3/30/2019 at 1:14 PM, Tiger-Hearted said: 1 goal in 19 games is quite a slump because of fatigue. Maybe they should put Goldy back with him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Tre Mac said: Seeing a lot of eastern media picking Bennington over EP40 for the Calder Including the guy that's in the Province today. I guess we should prepare ourselves for the possible disappointment. I think they're just looking for stories and trying to spice up something that is likely pretty clear-cut. Same way that every year people try to spice up the "who's picked 1st overall in the draft?" story, even though it rarely goes against the consensus in the end. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tre Mac said: Seeing a lot of eastern media picking Bennington over EP40 for the Calder Including the guy that's in the Province today. I guess we should prepare ourselves for the possible disappointment. Saw that as well. Thanks for your support TOR. Was it that Traikos guy? Yeah, don't like him. Has a backup goalie ever won the Calder? Pettersson needs to get to 30 goals (3 to go) over the next two games. Edited April 4, 2019 by NUCKER67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, -AJ- said: I think they're just looking for stories and trying to spice up something that is likely pretty clear-cut. Same way that every year people try to spice up the "who's picked 1st overall in the draft?" story, even though it rarely goes against the consensus in the end. Honestly the Bennington love is just ignorance. Hes been playing very well for a rookie no dout, but lets look at a couple things here. Hes almost 26 years old... Many of his wins are team wins allowing less than league average shots. Here are the shots against in his 22 wins. (Shutouts are bolded) 25 29 22 30 13 20 24 32 31 23 21 31 33 32 19 27 41 17 22 42 25 26 Like I said hes performed well, but its not a 1 man show. 19 and 21 save shutout... whens the last time marky seen that few shots. Hes let in 4 goals on his last 25 shots. Showing signs of fatigue maybe. Hes slowing down after 28 games while EP carried us through 3/4 of a season amidst a concussion and a lower body injury. Lastly (this may be pure ignorance on my part) has anyone seen him make a rediculous save? Admittedly i dont watch many blues games but is he making saves behind his back and stacking pads, or are these shots coming from the outside mostly? Because EP was highlight central for 50 games. At the end of the day Bennington has performed admirably, but EP still gets my vote (shocker lol). Edit: To add to this the blue allow the 4 least shots per game. Edited April 4, 2019 by 73 Percent 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I agree 73%, goalies are sometimes the benefactors of a good team in front of them. STL brought in some players as well this year (O'Reilly, Perron, Bozak, Maroon), so they probably helped give STL success. Pettersson has been the far and away front runner all season, but then he stopped producing a couple of months ago. Jack and Quinn Hughes could be battling for the Calder next season. That should be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 28 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: Saw that as well. Thanks for your support TOR. Was it that Traikos guy? Yeah, don't like him. Has a backup goalie ever won the Calder? Pettersson needs to get to 30 goals (3 to go) over the next two games. Yeah. I would love to know if they put Canuck articles in the Toronto Sun lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktcy2 Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Anyone care to dissect what’s wrong with Petey and the first line for the last 25 games or so? My theory is that they have not been able to get the puck at all, loses almost all of the 50/50 battles. When you can’t retrive the puck you can’t score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanukfanatic Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 46 minutes ago, ktcy2 said: Anyone care to dissect what’s wrong with Petey and the first line for the last 25 games or so? My theory is that they have not been able to get the puck at all, loses almost all of the 50/50 battles. When you can’t retrive the puck you can’t score. He is a very young first year star player who has been introduced to the rigors of the NHL on a bottom feeder team with very little support always playing against the other teams best defense. There is nothing wrong with Petey. Carry on.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 43 minutes ago, ktcy2 said: Anyone care to dissect what’s wrong with Petey and the first line for the last 25 games or so? My theory is that they have not been able to get the puck at all, loses almost all of the 50/50 battles. When you can’t retrive the puck you can’t score. He's a rookie. 65 points is a Canucks all time record for rookies. And he did it in 69 games, which is even better than Bure. I am not sure why the long slump, most likely fatigue from a long NHL season, plus he had to deal with 2 injuries this year. We will see how he does next year with a full summer off and training. He has a very bright future ahead of him... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthycanuck Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 3 hours ago, ktcy2 said: Anyone care to dissect what’s wrong with Petey and the first line for the last 25 games or so? My theory is that they have not been able to get the puck at all, loses almost all of the 50/50 battles. When you can’t retrive the puck you can’t score. EP40 has kind of fallen off ever since the Leivo trade, and Green's penchant on favoring him. It wasn't a bad trade by any means, but now we are seeing that Goldy DID have hand in EP40's success, it just wasnt a guy just riding on his success. Goldy was able to get Pettersson the puck in good spots to score.They can say what they want about Goldy's deficiancies but he clearly had a hand in Petterssons success early in the season, thats why I wouldn't give up on him just yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanukfanatic Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 11 hours ago, filthycanuck said: EP40 has kind of fallen off ever since the Leivo trade, and Green's penchant on favoring him. It wasn't a bad trade by any means, but now we are seeing that Goldy DID have hand in EP40's success, it just wasnt a guy just riding on his success. Goldy was able to get Pettersson the puck in good spots to score.They can say what they want about Goldy's deficiancies but he clearly had a hand in Petterssons success early in the season, thats why I wouldn't give up on him just yet You have absolutely no proof goldly had any hand in how Petey played. That is not how evidence works son. Just because goldy gets benched for being lazy or whatever in no way connects to why Petey had a slump. That is called an assumption. Good god. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrwipeout Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Id say this is nothing more then a mental fatigue. Sharpness goes and the confidence gets lost. Next season he will be more prepared but also depends on how hard he will train for the season and how well he recovers during the summerbreak. The mental game is important for someone thats supposed to be racking up the points. Petey has been ok but no points has made it to the board so it just makes the struggle harder. how much he improves physically will definetly have an impact for the next season and hopefully he will mentaly be more prepared during these last stretches of the season, since he will have this years experience with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glug Datt Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I remember Brock slowing down last year around the same time.. even though his injury may have kinda masked that fact.. there's no way to account for the rigors of the NHL for a rookie.. maybe the same situation as when I golf a couple times a year, I'm pretty much done after 14 holes.. but I digress.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken. Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 I am surprised I don't see this posted yet - Petey puck skill trick Unbelievable really... if I didn't know better I would say it was staged 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 Wow. That is some kind of eye-hand right there. Can we pleeeease keep this guy forever and ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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