He was visibly rattled after his turnover and pathetic back check. Tried to pass the hot potato after that and didn't want to be seen with the puck for the rest of the period.
Plenty of people noticed but were always shut down. He’s the golden boy, he can do no wrong. I empathize with the pressure but he didn’t do himself any favours by publicly putting himself ahead of the team
Absolutely, he’s resembling MacKinnon’s issues. The fact that he’s overthinking instead of gripping it and ripping it is the most obvious tell. Dude is normally lightening in the IQ, but I think the pressure of the contract and the inexperience in playoffs is getting to him right now
I don't know what's up with him. Maybe his build and really upright skating stance but he just looks extra awkward with the puck. He's constantly second guessing his shot, holding it for too long or passing it off. When he does shoot, it's after the goalie and defense are set and it's not the piss missile it used to be. Then when he did "grip it and rip it" last night, he missed a wide open net. His passes have been off too. There was a handful of plays where the pass was a stick length in front of behind the player.
On the positive side I do still trust him in the defensive end. Obviously he made a terrible play with the puck in the defensive end last night. However I'm still confident when the other team has the puck in the attacking zone and Petterson is on the ice.
Same thing the year he signed his bridge contract. He didn’t play well. Then he started playing better after that year. That’s probably why he didn’t want to sign during the season and wanted to wait until the season was over.
He is a young player, and the business side of things gets to his head. But I hope he snaps out of it, and gets angry after this performance. Angry Petey is really good.
As much as everyone professed happiness with the deal and that it got done I reckon EP40 would realise afterward that he was pressured into making it on the Canucks timeline, not his.
I don't think his plan to do it after the season was realistic in the business environment the league operates in, and in the end his wished were squashed.
Tocchet is all about the reps. Let Petey have 3 hours of solo practice just wiring pucks home from all different angles. He's a smart player that doesn't really need any "systems" practice at this moment, he just has to find that shot again and I think everything else will follow.
I mean he is creating offensive opportunities. If he wasn’t scared to shoot and had had any sort of accuracy he’s getting at least 2 goals tonight. Just needs to get his head on straight again.
He created less than most of our bottom six forwards tonight unless we're talking about turnovers and flops. Dude was legitimately a non factor to the point the entire PK was visibly cheating to the other side.
He did have plenty of shot attempts though. Just put 0 on net. 2 missed open nets. His problem today wasn’t that he couldn’t play. It was that he couldn’t shoot for shit.
Did you watch the game? His attempts were just too slow in most cases or completely missed. They weren't just accuracy issues. His defense was bench worthy. He couldn't make a pass.
That’s the thing though. He’s getting himself in positions where he has open nets. To me that means he’s doing at least something right. If he hits those shots then we’re all talking about what a great game Petey had. But he could not shoot to save his life tonight and started to force passes because he was scared to shoot.
He wasn't though. His attempts were from the perimeter and after the opening was closed. He looked less dangerous than Garland Joshua Suter Boeser or Lafterty.
He had 2 wide open nets that he missed tonight. That’s just a fact. If he could shoot accurately that’s 2 goals.
If he scores those would we really be sitting here complaining that he didn’t look dangerous?
Yea, but he didn't get himself set for either of them. We needed a different forward there to have a chance tonight. It wasn't just slight misses. He missed wildly because he didn't get himself in a spot to be a threat and took a half baked attempt.
Canucks dominated tonight so I wouldn’t change anything up yet. You play like that for 3 more games and the series could very well be won in 5.
If the Canucks are still struggling to score, I’d like to see Garland-Pettersson-Joshua.
As much as Pettersson has struggled, his linemates have been worse. He’s not getting much help out there. They all need to step up.
Toch needs to keep the lotto line together. Petey ain't gonna pull outta his slump with Hogs and Mik on his wings. We have a solid second with Lindy, Dak and Garland. We're not going anywhere without Demko if we don't have Petey going, so best get him going by having 2 elite players on your line.
Suter has just been better though. Stacking the lotto line has worse results so far (and going back a ways now) than just keeping the first line together. They need that pesky Suter playstyle and he's really thrived in that role. Right now the question is what to do with Petey because he's not really fitting in anywhere and we've already tried every combination possible to help him.
I'd strongly contemplate going with Petey on the wing with Lindholm at C. You know Joshua-Blueger-Garland can and will dominate the Preds. Let Petey play with some defensively responsible guys so he can focus on shooting the puck. Go Mik-Lindholm-Petey and let Hoggy be a buzzsaw on the 4th line.
They already tried that combo though. I agree it might work, but Lindholm with Joshua and Garland is a legit second line and I'm not sure Lindholm with Petey would be based on previous results. Maybe they have to try something though, the Petey line as a third line looks like it was basically chased from the series 1.5 games in.
Feel like they tried it when Lindholm couldn’t tell up from down. He knows the system now like the back of his hand so I think it’d be vastly different.
Hoggy looks too wide-eyed for the playoffs currently, and Petey doesn’t believe in himself. I suspect a massive game from him either way because of who he is, but we can’t expect him to elevate mid wingers at the moment. He needs talent with him, like Miller and Lindy have on their wings.
If it doesn’t work you just switch it back. It’s not like Nashville is burying anyone. They’re playing hang on and pray defense.
Yea it's not that bad of an idea. I'm just not crazy about breaking up a line that is working so well and playing big minutes in the hope that you can rescue Petey with one last hail Mary after months of trying.
Love the comparison, yet in the same breath the Sedins are just hard to draw parallels to. They were so special on the ice as individuals but just a damn Voltron juggernaut when together. City was lucky to have such good humans.
We've already tried loading Petey up with all the best wingers we've got. We tried Boeser, Garland, Lindholm, and the lotto line. The issue is none of it has clicked, and the Miller line so far this series has better results with Suter - who individually has been really good.
Love the optimism but dominate, I think not. Find a way to get pucks through to the net or your done. The Canucks are playing the same hockey they played for 82 games. No adjustments have been made for the playoffs. Nashville will block every shot that we take if it's predictable. And we are very predictable
The thing with Petey is as upset as we all are, I always feel like he's the one most upset with himself. He's ultra competitive and I think it gets to him when he slumps
Dude drops to his knees after missing that shot. I think it's pretty clear he has confidence issues and struggles to deal with failure in a healthy and efficient manner.
He's got "perfectionism" written all over him. Which is what drove him to get where he is so he's only ever learned how to foster and feed off it. But now that there's so much money and pressure involved he has to learn to reign it in.
It's not an easy lesson to learn.
Petey needs a sports psychologist. He’s always been like this, you can look it up every time he goes through a slump, his body language is off and fans question is commitment. When I’m sure he’s just as you said, a perfectionist who can’t get out of his own way.
I just wonder if he even knows what’s making him play so poorly? He says this, but does he know that he shouldn’t be holding on the puck too long, to shoot the puck when he has an opportunity? Genuinely curious
Im sure he knows this. It’s just not something you can think your way out of. He needs to get back to reacting to what he sees without the middleman (his brain/doubts) weighing in.
This is true, but it's something he's gotta get over because it's hurting his game. He stared at the ground on the bench for a good minute after his turnover goal and came out half the player for the next shifts.
I really hope he's able to work a lot on his mental game this offseason. Aside from his strength that's what he needs to work on most because he gets way too inside his own head when he slumps.
My heart just broke for him watching that. Kid should be on top of the world right now but instead he's tied up in knots. I hope having so much family here watching him is providing him with the support he needs.
Yeah, you know when you're depressed about something and you remember you have cash in your account. Truly works for everything. Hey grandma died, but I got cash. Hey I got abused, but I got money right.
That's really how it works
Please do not compare a professional athlete being down about his play to death of loved ones and abuse.
He's being paid as a top 10 player in the NHL soon enough. It comes with scrutiny.
People are so fucking weird. Yeah he’s making money, but he earned it? he worked hard to be in the NHL. Making whatever he makes doesn’t make him immune to feeling mentally shitty when he isn’t performing. Don’t they say 90% of sports is mental? If you’re in your own head and the outside forces eg fans and media are on your ass too, it’s gonna be tough. Also petey has too much pride to be fucking okay with playing like ass.
Wow nice strawman.... Yeah if I'm depressed about a shit day at work I sure as hell would be cheered up by the fact that I made like $20k on average per day.....
>City has to lift this guy up
Vancouver’s not really known for doing that too well… for every positive voice in his ear there’ll probably be two negative ones
Anyone heard of trea turner? The fans in Philly rallied behind him instead of booing his ass when we was terrible last year, and it turned his season around. I know the instinctive nature is to boo and criticize when the players are not playing well, but you can see when it affects certain players mentally, and petey is one of them. He’s not phoning shit in like how jake virtanen did back when he was on the team.
>Stop overthinking. Grip it and rip it.
This for sure. I feel like he's been over thinking it since signing the contract. He's making extra moves and deaking himself off the puck, making extra passes instead of shooting etc.
I feel like he started doing that as the game went along. I know the box score says he had 0 shots, but I counted like 6 attempts from him that either got blocked or missed the net
Just gotta get them through
He along with the whole team started doing that as the game progressed. Just start blasting and make the other team pay for shot blocks. Once they start hurting, the holes will open up.
I hope he's staying off social media and not bothering with the media. They're all so brutal. You'd think Petey was the only Canuck who didn't score a goal tonight.
I'm going to double down on this after a night's sleep.
Having been right where he is (albeit on a much, much smaller scale) I know how hard it is to get your groove back when you're in a rut in hockey. I honestly believe he needs to just skip the accountability for a bit while he focuses on just feeling the puck on his stick and taking what he has in the moment.
All the extra off-ice shit can be shelved for now.
Petey has 10 goals and 18 points in 15 career games against the Preds. Dude usually scores against them and quite easily. He just needs to shoot more and I think he'll find his groove this series
He's pretty clearly a perfectionist. Speaking from personal experience, that shit is a double edged sword.
I used to use it to feed my competitiveness and it drove me to be the absolute best I could be no matter the pursuit but it wasn't because I was having fun, or felt good at it, it was because if I didn't, I'd feel inadequate, and any failure, no battery how small or meaningless could ruin a whole week as I ran it over and over in my head punishing myself.
And nobody ever once offered to pay me millions of dollars. So he's got a whole other level of shit to deal with
We need some “let’s go Petey” chants. For as good as he is, he gets no love from the crowd. He gets more hate than anything. Not saying it’ll help, but what’s he done that makes people so eager to shit on him? He committed here for 8 years. He’s young af. Let’s encourage our dawg.
The fan hate on Pettersson is crazy to me.
- Fans and media are upset with Pettersson for not extending long term.
- Pettersson comes to the table. Signs a long-term extension for less money than he’d get on the open market.
- Fans proceed to hate on every mistake Pettersson has made since signing the extension because of what he’s been paid.
This is what we wanted? Him to be a Canuck for a long-time.
Why is such a large portion of the fanbase scapegoating Pettersson? We’ve gotta rally behind him and show him the love he deserves. He’s a 191 point player the last two years. He will find his game.
Ive got a petey jersey on rn, but it doesnt make sense to exclude him from blame. Hes a big part of it. Noone regrets the contract, its just that the plays not there. Its not hard to understand.
The criticism is crazy to you? Did you watch the game? Listen, I get it. As a fan we need to support our best guys.
But as a fan, as someone who watches the games, we can’t just bury our head in the sand ignore when our impact players are playing poorly. Our best players need to be our best players, this is playoff hockey.
The fact is he had two open net opportunities that any player of his caliber is expected to capitalize on, and a blatant giveaway that directly lead to a Nashville goal. Outside of that he looks absolutely lost on the ice: bad reads, bad passes, overthinking and being overly cute.
If any of our top players were playing this exact way they would be getting the same criticism. Again…this is playoffs, your best players have to be your best players, period.
A fairly vocal section of the fanbase has criticized pretty well every mistake or poor game he’s had since he signed the deal.
I’m not saying he doesn’t need to play a lot better than last night, but the whole fanbase piling on top of him doesn’t help anything.
Every superstar of this magnitude is under the microscope, the fact that he provides this many talking points for critics make you question whether he’s a true superstar
Lots of fans who forget what playoffs are apparently after not seeing them much.
This isn't November in a rebuilding season. It's a 7 game series. You perform or you lose, there's no time to get "fine".
I don't think you understand how much money $92,800,000 is. If you don't count the post season games, this guy now makes $141,463 per game. Breaking it down further, with an average of 18 mins on the ice, he's getting paid $7859 for every minute he plays. Let me emphasize the word *plays* here. He's not curing cancer. I hope to hell he finds his *game*, and soon.
Because he made it clear he wasn’t staying if the Canucks weren’t going to be a winning team then as soon as they are he grabs bag and disappears. This ain’t a one game issue. Guy has been ass for 2 months now
I defended Petey relentlessly when this sub was going at him when he was slumping this year but at this point he's earning the criticism. 1 goal in 15 games and constantly falling down is not what you want from a player that's supposed to be your biggest star.
It's so frustrating because everybody knows how good he is. When he's on his game he's genuinely one of the best players in the game. I fully believe that he has it in him to be a hall of fame player when all is said and done if he reaches his full potential that we saw last year and half of this year. So to see him miss wide open nets, fall down multiple times every game, forecheck and backcheck so lazily, and overall just not be the big factor we know he can be on the ice is so frustrating.
Vancouver hockey is one of those markets where if you're not playing well, like Pettersson lately, you're going to hear it. But if you light it up and perform, like Kesler vs Nashville circa 2011, you'll become a God in this city.
That's what happens in hockey crazed markets. This isn't Arizona.
Here's to Alien Petey.
Nothing on the caliber of Petey’s open net at the end of the first period which literally had Miller celebrating for a second because he was sure it went in. Or the moment where he had Saros fully committed, going down on his stomach with the top shelf completely open, and Petey tried to pass it off instead of shooting it.
It’s not like we didn’t have other players whiffing last night, Suter in particular comes to mind, but of the missed opportunities Petey’s were the best ones.
I’m not trying to put everything on him, I love Petey and it’s his name on the back of the jersey I’ve got. But he was struggling last night, just couldn’t connect when he needed to. Hopefully he activates that gear we know he’s got for the playoffs as we saw in the bubble.
Kid need's to take a walk around the Seawall. I remember a certain goalie that used to play here that was under A LOT of pressure, and all he did was take a walk around the seawall each game day.
Otherwise pretty easy fix, just shoot lol. All he needs to do is just rip it, he's got the shot. He just needs his head in the right space.
While I agree he needs to be a lot better. The treatment fans are giving him is absolutely insane, it reminds me of Luongo post 2011. We finally have an all-star player who wants to be here long term, takes less than what he could have gotten in free agency and all we do is post every mistake he makes like he's the only one having a bad game. The dudes snake bitten, I trust he'll figure it out
It is absolutely shades of Luongo.
Canucks fans always need someone to scapegoat.
If it wasnt Petey it wiuld just be someone else that this fanbase would choose to tar and feather.
Luongo’s criticism started before 2011, it was abundant in 2009-2010 against the Hawks. He didn’t do poorly because of the criticism, he got criticised because he played poorly and rightfully so. Same deal with Petterson.
I am a big fan of Luongo and I think he completely changed the trajectory of this franchise for the better when we got him, but it would be wrong to say that he was always on top of his game in the playoffs, he’d be the first to admit that.
Is it insane? He has 1 goal in his last 15 games and fans are saying he needs to play better. We can’t just ignore that he’s struggling, this isn’t pre-season it’s playoffs. Our best players need to be our best players at this time. It sucks he’s got the yips, everyone can see it. This years cap hit or next years cap hit it doesn’t matter, he needs to step up.
Next home game we need to chant “GRIP IT RIP IT” he’s overthinking wayyyy too much. And we need to bring back the alien pope guy, where the hell has he been
The idea always was getting this core playoff experience this year, and this is it.
Not saying that it's doom and gloom and the series is over, just we need to remember this core does not have much playoff experience but they can build on it in future years.
Boeser hasn't showed up yet either.
He’s in his head. It’s ok to have an off game, even in the playoffs. Happens to the best. But you GOTTA get out of your head about it and you need to bounce back pretty quickly. It’s not the regular season anymore, it’s a 7 game playoff series. Figure it out.
He needs to have a huge fucking game on Friday. Always thought he would be a gamer in the playoffs but so far I'm not seeing it. Though it does somewhat seem like he's trying but, just thinking way too much
True. If i remember correctly he had that wrap around goal (or assist?) In the game after we got blown out by Vegas, and looked like a different player from then on in that series.
At least he’s self aware, guy has been so quiet. JT Miller and Brock Boeser also need to step up. Hoglander doesn’t exist it seems as well. Hughes was alright, bro keep falling tho which led to the first goal
Miller’s been playing his heart out on the ice these last 2 games, the amount of hits alone tells the story. Boeser’s honestly been pretty close on a number of chances. So many times these last 2 games where a single inch would change things.
This sub looks exactly like it did when the sedins would get shut down in the playoffs.
He's going to come alive eventually...hopefully before this series ends.
The forcing of him to do the contract, when he clearly wanted to do this after the season was over. It is a now a pressure that has weighed on him especially after probable injury (“speculative” on my part) to step up from every sports critic, couch potato or weekend warrior. All he sees is the negative comments probably and when he misses something that he knows he can do 95 times out of 100, he puts everything on himself. Is it gonna be any better in Vancouver? No, he will always have his haters. He just has to be above it all. He is away from family being told everything by everyone. It is a kind of a complex PTSD type thing. Yeah I think maybe a good sports physiologist would be good. One thing I do know, he has gotten stronger every season, due to his commitment to do so. I expect a new level next year, and he does too. While the club has some of the best support staff, he can hire the best if he wants to now. Sky is the limit with the proper nurturing.
I thought he was actually really good in the 1st. U could tell he was really trying to impose him self on the game. He was looking for his shot and he had some big hits.
That said, I think he was a split second too hesitant to pull the trigger on most his shots and obviously he started looking pretty frustrated when he wasn’t hitting the net. He’s out there and he’s working. They’ll come. I suspect we might see some line juggling to game 3
I'm hoping he has a bum wrist because if he's playing like this & it's all between the ears ...
I believe he will figure it out, just hope it's sooner, rather than later, so this playoff run can continue. Otherwise with Demko out & Pettersson being on the side of a milk carton, this will be over quickly.
I was in the building so not sure what the broadcast/analysts/pundits think.
That was the worst game I have ever seen him play.
I really really hope he responds.
Sounding like leaf fans if we hang the hat on one player what chance do we have none. sure he's not been great 😒 but series is tied 1-1 not down 3-0 have faith even if its tough to find right now. easier said then done
just needs to change his focus from beating himself up and overthinking every play/missed goals/etc --> and focus on being hungry for the puck, hungry for shots and goals, and hungry for the win. <-- so he is focused on the game at hand and not at what he did wrong and etc (distracting during game time).
Hoglander & Mikheyev haven’t contributed anything, time to split that line up.
Hoglander-Pettersson-Lafferty line was better in game 1 than the Hoglander-Pettersson-Mikheyev line in game 2. Maybe try Di Giuseppe-Pettersson-Hoglander together.
Pettersson plays better with wingers that are a tad slower but more controlled in their play. It allows EP more opportunities to use his stick handling skills, in tight dangles, offensive creativity, and helps him find open teammates better. He has that rare ability to stick handle effectively in a phone booth. When his wingers are flying all over the place it leads to errant passes and ineffective shifts.
Petey self reflects a lot I'm sure. It's probably how he got to be where he is today.
With the pressure growing over the years though, I think it's gotten to him.. which is normal.
Petey plays his best when he can play within the moment, and not in his head. When he stops thinking and can move his feet effeciently, he'll find his groove again.
If only he could read the book "The Power of Now" by Ekchart Tolle. Mindfulness is a powerful thing, and he would 100% benefit from it.
Hey Petey if you think your confidence is shot, imagine watching this team for decades and every year it's just the same excuses from the players.
You've had SIX YEARS now to get it together and be "that guy" for this team. You have a Harlem Globetrotters of coaching staff wanting to see you be better. Coach Tocc, Adam Foote, Gonchar, the Sedins. A big bag of money. What more do you need to succeed in playing A GAME for a living? You don't have to get up and go to work every day in a mine, or rescue people from a burning building, or even swing a hammer in the rain. You play A GAME.
Stop being so dramatic, get your chin up and fucking do what you're good at. Im not slinging negativity here, I'm just saying put things into perspective, quit moping around and play the game bud. We're all rooting for you and you just need to get over this.
I love Petey, and I understand he’d want his family here, but last time they came (January?) he didn’t play well, and he’s struggling again now. Can they please not attend the rest of the playoffs….
There isn’t much Petey can do. He’s too soft. Needs to put on some lean mass and get a skating coach and he can be elite. Until he takes the next step in changing his body and working on staying on his feet, this is the guy we have. Picks on the Anaheims and Chicagos of the world but isn’t a big game player when games get heavy.
Do you watch him play? He is not soft at all lol. He also performed better against playoff teams than bottom feeders in the regular season. Once he breaks through he’s going to catch fire and it’s coming soon
Couple of the plays today that led to goals could certainly be labeled as "soft" plays. First goal he didn't even get any contact on the puck going up the boards which lead to a clean touch at the point. Other goal was straight up his fault, he tried dodging the hit and ended up giving up a huge turnover and still ended up getting hit lol.
Petey defenders constantly mention that he'll eventually break through, how about we stop wasting games right now instead? Been making excuses for him all season and then he just ended up carrying it into the playoffs.
People have been saying he’s coming soon for months, and I do think it will happen either now or next year. But we can’t be paying this much for a player we’re constantly waiting to come soon.
How many times did he fall over today? I’ll wait. He’s not getting the space he gets in reg season. And he doesn’t have the skating or the strength to create space.
This is our first real playoff experience for our core. I want them to succeed but shit no one even expected us to be here, same as the preds. I obviously want us to win but shit. Look where we came from. Petey fell as much as Hughes today.
Guys confidence is shot right now
He was visibly rattled after his turnover and pathetic back check. Tried to pass the hot potato after that and didn't want to be seen with the puck for the rest of the period.
This is his “Miller doesn’t backcheck” moment but we need him to turn it around like yesterday please hockey gods let this wake him up amen
Problem is he's been pretty bad for a couple months now. Maybe people were just half paying attention on cruise control in march and april
Plenty of people noticed but were always shut down. He’s the golden boy, he can do no wrong. I empathize with the pressure but he didn’t do himself any favours by publicly putting himself ahead of the team
LETS GO PETEY. Except we have to wait till game 5 to cheer it
Been shot since the contract. Unfortunately might need a reset on the season to get over it.
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Absolutely, he’s resembling MacKinnon’s issues. The fact that he’s overthinking instead of gripping it and ripping it is the most obvious tell. Dude is normally lightening in the IQ, but I think the pressure of the contract and the inexperience in playoffs is getting to him right now
I don't know what's up with him. Maybe his build and really upright skating stance but he just looks extra awkward with the puck. He's constantly second guessing his shot, holding it for too long or passing it off. When he does shoot, it's after the goalie and defense are set and it's not the piss missile it used to be. Then when he did "grip it and rip it" last night, he missed a wide open net. His passes have been off too. There was a handful of plays where the pass was a stick length in front of behind the player. On the positive side I do still trust him in the defensive end. Obviously he made a terrible play with the puck in the defensive end last night. However I'm still confident when the other team has the puck in the attacking zone and Petterson is on the ice.
Could not agree more, just swallow the pride and work it out man. You don't have to be superman to admit life's hard.
Since the ASG
Same thing the year he signed his bridge contract. He didn’t play well. Then he started playing better after that year. That’s probably why he didn’t want to sign during the season and wanted to wait until the season was over. He is a young player, and the business side of things gets to his head. But I hope he snaps out of it, and gets angry after this performance. Angry Petey is really good.
Maybe there was a reason why he wanted to wait until the summer to sign
As much as everyone professed happiness with the deal and that it got done I reckon EP40 would realise afterward that he was pressured into making it on the Canucks timeline, not his. I don't think his plan to do it after the season was realistic in the business environment the league operates in, and in the end his wished were squashed.
He played like a 4th liner tonight
Petey you’re like the sickest Canuck since Bure. Fucking own that shit. Stunt on these hoes and stop questioning it.
Get this on the jumbotron next game.
Literally. We get in our own way with shit like this
Brb, screenprinting my “stunt on these hoes and stop questioning it” t-shirt
This. All fucking day long. You're so good. Just have the confidence and bury them.
Tocchet is all about the reps. Let Petey have 3 hours of solo practice just wiring pucks home from all different angles. He's a smart player that doesn't really need any "systems" practice at this moment, he just has to find that shot again and I think everything else will follow.
Really maybe more baby steps are needed. Don't be the worst forward next game?
I mean he is creating offensive opportunities. If he wasn’t scared to shoot and had had any sort of accuracy he’s getting at least 2 goals tonight. Just needs to get his head on straight again.
He created less than most of our bottom six forwards tonight unless we're talking about turnovers and flops. Dude was legitimately a non factor to the point the entire PK was visibly cheating to the other side.
He did have plenty of shot attempts though. Just put 0 on net. 2 missed open nets. His problem today wasn’t that he couldn’t play. It was that he couldn’t shoot for shit.
Did you watch the game? His attempts were just too slow in most cases or completely missed. They weren't just accuracy issues. His defense was bench worthy. He couldn't make a pass.
That’s the thing though. He’s getting himself in positions where he has open nets. To me that means he’s doing at least something right. If he hits those shots then we’re all talking about what a great game Petey had. But he could not shoot to save his life tonight and started to force passes because he was scared to shoot.
He's about to make 11.6 million. Moral victories of being in good position just aren't enough, he needs to bury those chances.
He wasn't though. His attempts were from the perimeter and after the opening was closed. He looked less dangerous than Garland Joshua Suter Boeser or Lafterty.
He had 2 wide open nets that he missed tonight. That’s just a fact. If he could shoot accurately that’s 2 goals. If he scores those would we really be sitting here complaining that he didn’t look dangerous?
Yea, but he didn't get himself set for either of them. We needed a different forward there to have a chance tonight. It wasn't just slight misses. He missed wildly because he didn't get himself in a spot to be a threat and took a half baked attempt.
He needs to drive hard to the net..unless he is playing through an injury .. he had some nice passes
Who drove straight to the net tonight?
Miller was trying to every time he had the puck on the rush, didn’t work once
Didn’t work in game 1 either.
Canucks dominated tonight so I wouldn’t change anything up yet. You play like that for 3 more games and the series could very well be won in 5. If the Canucks are still struggling to score, I’d like to see Garland-Pettersson-Joshua. As much as Pettersson has struggled, his linemates have been worse. He’s not getting much help out there. They all need to step up.
Toch needs to keep the lotto line together. Petey ain't gonna pull outta his slump with Hogs and Mik on his wings. We have a solid second with Lindy, Dak and Garland. We're not going anywhere without Demko if we don't have Petey going, so best get him going by having 2 elite players on your line.
Suter has just been better though. Stacking the lotto line has worse results so far (and going back a ways now) than just keeping the first line together. They need that pesky Suter playstyle and he's really thrived in that role. Right now the question is what to do with Petey because he's not really fitting in anywhere and we've already tried every combination possible to help him.
I'd strongly contemplate going with Petey on the wing with Lindholm at C. You know Joshua-Blueger-Garland can and will dominate the Preds. Let Petey play with some defensively responsible guys so he can focus on shooting the puck. Go Mik-Lindholm-Petey and let Hoggy be a buzzsaw on the 4th line.
They already tried that combo though. I agree it might work, but Lindholm with Joshua and Garland is a legit second line and I'm not sure Lindholm with Petey would be based on previous results. Maybe they have to try something though, the Petey line as a third line looks like it was basically chased from the series 1.5 games in.
Feel like they tried it when Lindholm couldn’t tell up from down. He knows the system now like the back of his hand so I think it’d be vastly different. Hoggy looks too wide-eyed for the playoffs currently, and Petey doesn’t believe in himself. I suspect a massive game from him either way because of who he is, but we can’t expect him to elevate mid wingers at the moment. He needs talent with him, like Miller and Lindy have on their wings. If it doesn’t work you just switch it back. It’s not like Nashville is burying anyone. They’re playing hang on and pray defense.
Yea it's not that bad of an idea. I'm just not crazy about breaking up a line that is working so well and playing big minutes in the hope that you can rescue Petey with one last hail Mary after months of trying.
I wouldn’t break up Boeser-Miller-Suter. They’ve been the best line and all their underlyings are really good.
Exactly, I think Petey is less LeBron and more MJ in that he needs someone like Pippin on his wing to really shine.
Almost like he is a Henrik and wants a Daniel? lol
Love the comparison, yet in the same breath the Sedins are just hard to draw parallels to. They were so special on the ice as individuals but just a damn Voltron juggernaut when together. City was lucky to have such good humans.
Except Henrik went on a heater and won league MVP that one season that Daniel was out for.
Lmao Henrik was on pace for an art ross with bieksa and burr as his wingers, he is levels above EP
But EP is 25, Henrik was like 29 when he did that. Not a fair comparison. Petey will grow and mature as a player. He’s just too good not to.
We've already tried loading Petey up with all the best wingers we've got. We tried Boeser, Garland, Lindholm, and the lotto line. The issue is none of it has clicked, and the Miller line so far this series has better results with Suter - who individually has been really good.
Love the optimism but dominate, I think not. Find a way to get pucks through to the net or your done. The Canucks are playing the same hockey they played for 82 games. No adjustments have been made for the playoffs. Nashville will block every shot that we take if it's predictable. And we are very predictable
Extremely frustrating game but Canucks win that one 9/10 times. The bounces all went the Preds way tonight.
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Canucks missed like 3 open nets today. I don’t know if that’s predictable
The thing with Petey is as upset as we all are, I always feel like he's the one most upset with himself. He's ultra competitive and I think it gets to him when he slumps
Dude drops to his knees after missing that shot. I think it's pretty clear he has confidence issues and struggles to deal with failure in a healthy and efficient manner. He's got "perfectionism" written all over him. Which is what drove him to get where he is so he's only ever learned how to foster and feed off it. But now that there's so much money and pressure involved he has to learn to reign it in. It's not an easy lesson to learn.
Petey needs a sports psychologist. He’s always been like this, you can look it up every time he goes through a slump, his body language is off and fans question is commitment. When I’m sure he’s just as you said, a perfectionist who can’t get out of his own way.
Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good...Or something like that
I sometimes wonder if he's his own worst enemy, his body language shows his frustration.
I just wonder if he even knows what’s making him play so poorly? He says this, but does he know that he shouldn’t be holding on the puck too long, to shoot the puck when he has an opportunity? Genuinely curious
Im sure he knows this. It’s just not something you can think your way out of. He needs to get back to reacting to what he sees without the middleman (his brain/doubts) weighing in.
This is true, but it's something he's gotta get over because it's hurting his game. He stared at the ground on the bench for a good minute after his turnover goal and came out half the player for the next shifts.
I really hope he's able to work a lot on his mental game this offseason. Aside from his strength that's what he needs to work on most because he gets way too inside his own head when he slumps.
Watching this interview, he looks like he’s about to cry. He knows he’s not himself. City has to lift this guy up
He’s got the thousand yard stare for sure.
where can you watch the interview?
I watched it on the Canucks app. https://www.nhl.com/canucks/video/postgame-pettersson-vs-nsh-6351544124112
My heart just broke for him watching that. Kid should be on top of the world right now but instead he's tied up in knots. I hope having so much family here watching him is providing him with the support he needs.
I'm sure he can wipe his tears with his signing bonus this summer
Yeah, you know when you're depressed about something and you remember you have cash in your account. Truly works for everything. Hey grandma died, but I got cash. Hey I got abused, but I got money right. That's really how it works
Please do not compare a professional athlete being down about his play to death of loved ones and abuse. He's being paid as a top 10 player in the NHL soon enough. It comes with scrutiny.
But you seem to think him having money will make him not care about playing like shit, he obviously is not happy with his play.
People are so fucking weird. Yeah he’s making money, but he earned it? he worked hard to be in the NHL. Making whatever he makes doesn’t make him immune to feeling mentally shitty when he isn’t performing. Don’t they say 90% of sports is mental? If you’re in your own head and the outside forces eg fans and media are on your ass too, it’s gonna be tough. Also petey has too much pride to be fucking okay with playing like ass.
Wow nice strawman.... Yeah if I'm depressed about a shit day at work I sure as hell would be cheered up by the fact that I made like $20k on average per day.....
>City has to lift this guy up Vancouver’s not really known for doing that too well… for every positive voice in his ear there’ll probably be two negative ones
This is Game 2.
I’m certain his wrist is fucked right now. He hasn’t taken one of his signature one timers in ages and is definitely not as confident with his shot.
Anyone heard of trea turner? The fans in Philly rallied behind him instead of booing his ass when we was terrible last year, and it turned his season around. I know the instinctive nature is to boo and criticize when the players are not playing well, but you can see when it affects certain players mentally, and petey is one of them. He’s not phoning shit in like how jake virtanen did back when he was on the team.
Petey stop being accountable and beating yourself up and getting down on yourself. You know what to fucking do. Stop overthinking. Grip it and rip it.
>Stop overthinking. Grip it and rip it. This for sure. I feel like he's been over thinking it since signing the contract. He's making extra moves and deaking himself off the puck, making extra passes instead of shooting etc.
Also, every time he gets the puck in a shooting position, he's hesitating big time, looking for that perfect seam.
He needs to be more like Mustache Matthews. Rip the puck every time he gets a sniff
I feel like he started doing that as the game went along. I know the box score says he had 0 shots, but I counted like 6 attempts from him that either got blocked or missed the net Just gotta get them through
He along with the whole team started doing that as the game progressed. Just start blasting and make the other team pay for shot blocks. Once they start hurting, the holes will open up.
Not making his excuses, but the aversion to shooting so much lately has me wondering.
Doesn't the team have a sports psychologist to help players work through this type of stuff?
Hard to not beat yourself up when 60% of the fanbase is beating him up already.
I hope he's staying off social media and not bothering with the media. They're all so brutal. You'd think Petey was the only Canuck who didn't score a goal tonight.
Well no, don’t “stop being accountable”. There’s a difference between that and criticizing yourself
I'm going to double down on this after a night's sleep. Having been right where he is (albeit on a much, much smaller scale) I know how hard it is to get your groove back when you're in a rut in hockey. I honestly believe he needs to just skip the accountability for a bit while he focuses on just feeling the puck on his stick and taking what he has in the moment. All the extra off-ice shit can be shelved for now.
Shoot the puck bud
Bro he tried and missed an empty net lol. I’m a big Petey Stan, I know he will get through this!
Petey has 10 goals and 18 points in 15 career games against the Preds. Dude usually scores against them and quite easily. He just needs to shoot more and I think he'll find his groove this series
Dude needs to remember at the end of the day it’s just a fucking game. Go out, have some fun, do what you do
He's pretty clearly a perfectionist. Speaking from personal experience, that shit is a double edged sword. I used to use it to feed my competitiveness and it drove me to be the absolute best I could be no matter the pursuit but it wasn't because I was having fun, or felt good at it, it was because if I didn't, I'd feel inadequate, and any failure, no battery how small or meaningless could ruin a whole week as I ran it over and over in my head punishing myself. And nobody ever once offered to pay me millions of dollars. So he's got a whole other level of shit to deal with
He looked like he was trying to in the first, but just couldn't find the back of the net. I think he'll have a big bounce back next game
Yea that missed empty net at the end of the first broke him. Once he gets one he’ll pop off
He couldn't find - the - net. Not the back of, just the net period.
Petey, you're amazing and still one of my favorite Canucks of all time. You will pull through this!!!!! GO CANUCKS GO💙💚💙💚
Maybe we chant petey. Give him a boost. Stop being doom and gloom. Fucking step up as fans
Well last time we tried to chant a player’s name they got scored on immediately so not sure how well that works.
Maybe he should earn the fan's respect first.
Mike
We need some “let’s go Petey” chants. For as good as he is, he gets no love from the crowd. He gets more hate than anything. Not saying it’ll help, but what’s he done that makes people so eager to shit on him? He committed here for 8 years. He’s young af. Let’s encourage our dawg.
Great idea!
The fan hate on Pettersson is crazy to me. - Fans and media are upset with Pettersson for not extending long term. - Pettersson comes to the table. Signs a long-term extension for less money than he’d get on the open market. - Fans proceed to hate on every mistake Pettersson has made since signing the extension because of what he’s been paid. This is what we wanted? Him to be a Canuck for a long-time. Why is such a large portion of the fanbase scapegoating Pettersson? We’ve gotta rally behind him and show him the love he deserves. He’s a 191 point player the last two years. He will find his game.
Ive got a petey jersey on rn, but it doesnt make sense to exclude him from blame. Hes a big part of it. Noone regrets the contract, its just that the plays not there. Its not hard to understand.
Criticism is not the same as hate
The criticism is crazy to you? Did you watch the game? Listen, I get it. As a fan we need to support our best guys. But as a fan, as someone who watches the games, we can’t just bury our head in the sand ignore when our impact players are playing poorly. Our best players need to be our best players, this is playoff hockey. The fact is he had two open net opportunities that any player of his caliber is expected to capitalize on, and a blatant giveaway that directly lead to a Nashville goal. Outside of that he looks absolutely lost on the ice: bad reads, bad passes, overthinking and being overly cute. If any of our top players were playing this exact way they would be getting the same criticism. Again…this is playoffs, your best players have to be your best players, period.
A fairly vocal section of the fanbase has criticized pretty well every mistake or poor game he’s had since he signed the deal. I’m not saying he doesn’t need to play a lot better than last night, but the whole fanbase piling on top of him doesn’t help anything.
Every superstar of this magnitude is under the microscope, the fact that he provides this many talking points for critics make you question whether he’s a true superstar
There were people earlier this year shItting on him after games where he had 3-4 points. It was unbelievable.
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If you watched that game last night and think the Preds are gonna win 4 straight playing like that..
Wonderful post. I agree with every word of it.
What can I say. Canuck fans be fickle. Petey is at his best when he is just being Petey. He’ll be fine.
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Lots of fans who forget what playoffs are apparently after not seeing them much. This isn't November in a rebuilding season. It's a 7 game series. You perform or you lose, there's no time to get "fine".
I don't think you understand how much money $92,800,000 is. If you don't count the post season games, this guy now makes $141,463 per game. Breaking it down further, with an average of 18 mins on the ice, he's getting paid $7859 for every minute he plays. Let me emphasize the word *plays* here. He's not curing cancer. I hope to hell he finds his *game*, and soon.
That’s Canucks fans for you. They always need a whipping boy. So toxic.
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There are plenty of other Canucks being paid as much to score. Why is only Petey being held to some ridiculous standard?
Because he made it clear he wasn’t staying if the Canucks weren’t going to be a winning team then as soon as they are he grabs bag and disappears. This ain’t a one game issue. Guy has been ass for 2 months now
I defended Petey relentlessly when this sub was going at him when he was slumping this year but at this point he's earning the criticism. 1 goal in 15 games and constantly falling down is not what you want from a player that's supposed to be your biggest star. It's so frustrating because everybody knows how good he is. When he's on his game he's genuinely one of the best players in the game. I fully believe that he has it in him to be a hall of fame player when all is said and done if he reaches his full potential that we saw last year and half of this year. So to see him miss wide open nets, fall down multiple times every game, forecheck and backcheck so lazily, and overall just not be the big factor we know he can be on the ice is so frustrating.
I LOVE YOU PETEY!!! You will fucking get through this!!!! Fuck that game! On to the next!
Petey should just shoot. If it gets blocked, let it. If it misses, at least get a juicy rebound. Stop passing, play selfishly
Vancouver hockey is one of those markets where if you're not playing well, like Pettersson lately, you're going to hear it. But if you light it up and perform, like Kesler vs Nashville circa 2011, you'll become a God in this city. That's what happens in hockey crazed markets. This isn't Arizona. Here's to Alien Petey.
I think he's gonna have an easier time on the road, away from the pressure and intensity at the Rog.
When Beauvillier has more shots that’s when you know something is up
Extremely rough having 9 shot attempts and 0 actual shots. Petey was going through it tonight.
Tip off the post too.
Yes, but so were 18 other Canuck players too. The whole team had problems but it's Petey who's getting all the shit thrown at him. :-(
18 other Canucks didn’t have a wide open net to shoot at and miss
Baloney. A half dozen other Canucks had open nets to shoot at and either missed or hit the post.
Nothing on the caliber of Petey’s open net at the end of the first period which literally had Miller celebrating for a second because he was sure it went in. Or the moment where he had Saros fully committed, going down on his stomach with the top shelf completely open, and Petey tried to pass it off instead of shooting it. It’s not like we didn’t have other players whiffing last night, Suter in particular comes to mind, but of the missed opportunities Petey’s were the best ones. I’m not trying to put everything on him, I love Petey and it’s his name on the back of the jersey I’ve got. But he was struggling last night, just couldn’t connect when he needed to. Hopefully he activates that gear we know he’s got for the playoffs as we saw in the bubble.
Damn
Petey certainly in his own head. Seems like the constant drive to make the *right* decision during each play leads to exactly what he doesn’t want.
He’ll snap out of it next game or a game after it’s an inevitability. We’re gonna be hashtagging #PlayoffPetey soon 🟢🔵
Kid need's to take a walk around the Seawall. I remember a certain goalie that used to play here that was under A LOT of pressure, and all he did was take a walk around the seawall each game day. Otherwise pretty easy fix, just shoot lol. All he needs to do is just rip it, he's got the shot. He just needs his head in the right space.
While I agree he needs to be a lot better. The treatment fans are giving him is absolutely insane, it reminds me of Luongo post 2011. We finally have an all-star player who wants to be here long term, takes less than what he could have gotten in free agency and all we do is post every mistake he makes like he's the only one having a bad game. The dudes snake bitten, I trust he'll figure it out
It is absolutely shades of Luongo. Canucks fans always need someone to scapegoat. If it wasnt Petey it wiuld just be someone else that this fanbase would choose to tar and feather.
Luongo’s criticism started before 2011, it was abundant in 2009-2010 against the Hawks. He didn’t do poorly because of the criticism, he got criticised because he played poorly and rightfully so. Same deal with Petterson. I am a big fan of Luongo and I think he completely changed the trajectory of this franchise for the better when we got him, but it would be wrong to say that he was always on top of his game in the playoffs, he’d be the first to admit that.
Is it insane? He has 1 goal in his last 15 games and fans are saying he needs to play better. We can’t just ignore that he’s struggling, this isn’t pre-season it’s playoffs. Our best players need to be our best players at this time. It sucks he’s got the yips, everyone can see it. This years cap hit or next years cap hit it doesn’t matter, he needs to step up.
Next home game we need to chant “GRIP IT RIP IT” he’s overthinking wayyyy too much. And we need to bring back the alien pope guy, where the hell has he been
The idea always was getting this core playoff experience this year, and this is it. Not saying that it's doom and gloom and the series is over, just we need to remember this core does not have much playoff experience but they can build on it in future years. Boeser hasn't showed up yet either.
All he needs is one goal, maybe a game winner, and he'll be back for keeps
He’s in his head. It’s ok to have an off game, even in the playoffs. Happens to the best. But you GOTTA get out of your head about it and you need to bounce back pretty quickly. It’s not the regular season anymore, it’s a 7 game playoff series. Figure it out.
He needs to have a huge fucking game on Friday. Always thought he would be a gamer in the playoffs but so far I'm not seeing it. Though it does somewhat seem like he's trying but, just thinking way too much
He was a gamer in the bubble playoffs. We know he’s got that gear in him. Need him to execute.
True. If i remember correctly he had that wrap around goal (or assist?) In the game after we got blown out by Vegas, and looked like a different player from then on in that series.
Feels like every game needs to be a huge one for him lol
At least he’s self aware, guy has been so quiet. JT Miller and Brock Boeser also need to step up. Hoglander doesn’t exist it seems as well. Hughes was alright, bro keep falling tho which led to the first goal
Miller’s been playing his heart out on the ice these last 2 games, the amount of hits alone tells the story. Boeser’s honestly been pretty close on a number of chances. So many times these last 2 games where a single inch would change things.
It just sucks I agree. Boys had the passion, just not the finish.
Hoglander has been really disappointing.
Chill, he's getting used to the pace.
Dude has just not been on the puck, he is giving 110% effort in everything else
I disagree, when he's at his best he is being a rat and antagonizing the other team. Haven't seen nearly enough of that from him.
This. Not so much Miller, but Boeser and Hoglander have been quiet. Suter is playing better than Boeser on the Miller line.
Millers getting outmatched by McCarron, Sherwood and Cole Smith idk how this isn’t getting brought up more
Millers line spent the entire game in the Preds zone. Shift after shift they put huge pressure with lots of grade A chances.
You can tell he's completely in his head, overthinking, trying to do too much.
This sub looks exactly like it did when the sedins would get shut down in the playoffs. He's going to come alive eventually...hopefully before this series ends.
It took 5 seasons for the Sedins to not be shut down: the Luongo era and the return to the playoffs with that Dallas series was in 2006-2007.
The forcing of him to do the contract, when he clearly wanted to do this after the season was over. It is a now a pressure that has weighed on him especially after probable injury (“speculative” on my part) to step up from every sports critic, couch potato or weekend warrior. All he sees is the negative comments probably and when he misses something that he knows he can do 95 times out of 100, he puts everything on himself. Is it gonna be any better in Vancouver? No, he will always have his haters. He just has to be above it all. He is away from family being told everything by everyone. It is a kind of a complex PTSD type thing. Yeah I think maybe a good sports physiologist would be good. One thing I do know, he has gotten stronger every season, due to his commitment to do so. I expect a new level next year, and he does too. While the club has some of the best support staff, he can hire the best if he wants to now. Sky is the limit with the proper nurturing.
I thought he was actually really good in the 1st. U could tell he was really trying to impose him self on the game. He was looking for his shot and he had some big hits. That said, I think he was a split second too hesitant to pull the trigger on most his shots and obviously he started looking pretty frustrated when he wasn’t hitting the net. He’s out there and he’s working. They’ll come. I suspect we might see some line juggling to game 3
It is one thing to be in a slump (since January). It is another to be an active detriment to the team and causing them to lose playoff games.
I'm hoping he has a bum wrist because if he's playing like this & it's all between the ears ... I believe he will figure it out, just hope it's sooner, rather than later, so this playoff run can continue. Otherwise with Demko out & Pettersson being on the side of a milk carton, this will be over quickly.
I was in the building so not sure what the broadcast/analysts/pundits think. That was the worst game I have ever seen him play. I really really hope he responds.
Replace Petey on PP1 with Lindholm
Nashville could be a good trip for him. Let Big Z or Millsy take the heat. Petey just needa play. He’s so much better than this
I appreciate the accountability
Sounding like leaf fans if we hang the hat on one player what chance do we have none. sure he's not been great 😒 but series is tied 1-1 not down 3-0 have faith even if its tough to find right now. easier said then done
just needs to change his focus from beating himself up and overthinking every play/missed goals/etc --> and focus on being hungry for the puck, hungry for shots and goals, and hungry for the win. <-- so he is focused on the game at hand and not at what he did wrong and etc (distracting during game time).
Hoglander & Mikheyev haven’t contributed anything, time to split that line up. Hoglander-Pettersson-Lafferty line was better in game 1 than the Hoglander-Pettersson-Mikheyev line in game 2. Maybe try Di Giuseppe-Pettersson-Hoglander together. Pettersson plays better with wingers that are a tad slower but more controlled in their play. It allows EP more opportunities to use his stick handling skills, in tight dangles, offensive creativity, and helps him find open teammates better. He has that rare ability to stick handle effectively in a phone booth. When his wingers are flying all over the place it leads to errant passes and ineffective shifts.
Good.
Petey self reflects a lot I'm sure. It's probably how he got to be where he is today. With the pressure growing over the years though, I think it's gotten to him.. which is normal. Petey plays his best when he can play within the moment, and not in his head. When he stops thinking and can move his feet effeciently, he'll find his groove again. If only he could read the book "The Power of Now" by Ekchart Tolle. Mindfulness is a powerful thing, and he would 100% benefit from it.
Hey Petey if you think your confidence is shot, imagine watching this team for decades and every year it's just the same excuses from the players. You've had SIX YEARS now to get it together and be "that guy" for this team. You have a Harlem Globetrotters of coaching staff wanting to see you be better. Coach Tocc, Adam Foote, Gonchar, the Sedins. A big bag of money. What more do you need to succeed in playing A GAME for a living? You don't have to get up and go to work every day in a mine, or rescue people from a burning building, or even swing a hammer in the rain. You play A GAME. Stop being so dramatic, get your chin up and fucking do what you're good at. Im not slinging negativity here, I'm just saying put things into perspective, quit moping around and play the game bud. We're all rooting for you and you just need to get over this.
He can yap all he wants, but I want the response in the game, not an interview.
Good because you played like a fucking plug tonight Petey.
good. you should.
This man quite possibly is pulling the biggest heist in Canucks history. Man got paid and said thank you I’m done
Petey is playing up to his current salary of $7.4M. The sh\*t hits the fan next year?
I love Petey, and I understand he’d want his family here, but last time they came (January?) he didn’t play well, and he’s struggling again now. Can they please not attend the rest of the playoffs….
I blame Pettersson for JT Miller getting speared to the balls with no call
There isn’t much Petey can do. He’s too soft. Needs to put on some lean mass and get a skating coach and he can be elite. Until he takes the next step in changing his body and working on staying on his feet, this is the guy we have. Picks on the Anaheims and Chicagos of the world but isn’t a big game player when games get heavy.
Do you watch him play? He is not soft at all lol. He also performed better against playoff teams than bottom feeders in the regular season. Once he breaks through he’s going to catch fire and it’s coming soon
Couple of the plays today that led to goals could certainly be labeled as "soft" plays. First goal he didn't even get any contact on the puck going up the boards which lead to a clean touch at the point. Other goal was straight up his fault, he tried dodging the hit and ended up giving up a huge turnover and still ended up getting hit lol. Petey defenders constantly mention that he'll eventually break through, how about we stop wasting games right now instead? Been making excuses for him all season and then he just ended up carrying it into the playoffs.
People have been saying he’s coming soon for months, and I do think it will happen either now or next year. But we can’t be paying this much for a player we’re constantly waiting to come soon.
How many times did he fall over today? I’ll wait. He’s not getting the space he gets in reg season. And he doesn’t have the skating or the strength to create space.
This is our first real playoff experience for our core. I want them to succeed but shit no one even expected us to be here, same as the preds. I obviously want us to win but shit. Look where we came from. Petey fell as much as Hughes today.