Malgré le tumulte dans lequel les Canucks sont plongés cette saison, le centre joue le meilleur hockey de sa carrière.
Il avait excellé en 10 duels avec le club-école du Canadien de Montréal, affichant un taux d’efficacité de ,920 et un dossier de 6-3-1. «Nous essayons de jouer avec rapidité, a enchaîné Pettersson. par rencontre sur la patinoire. Il a inscrit quatre buts et six points en sept duels, tout en passant en moyenne 19 min 11 s. - À lire aussi: Samedi, le Suédois a malmené les Flyers de Philadelphie en amassant cinq points, dont deux buts, dans une victoire de 6 à 2.
Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson has many things: an elite shot, great skating skills, and, apparently, a potty mouth.
“Yeah, there’s a lot of speculation, obviously a lot, but he’s a teammate that I respect… if that’s the right word, but he cares a lot and he just wants to win.” “We’ve had our differences, maybe in some games, but I mean, he’s a teammate that I respect and yeah, he’s someone I like to play hockey with,” Pettersson added to Friedman and Marek. “I think a mix of both,” Pettersson said. “He’s a teammate that’s passionate, he only cares about winning. [I don’t know if that’s] the right word,” Pettersson added, before offering his apology for the curse.
Elias Pettersson's five points Saturday gave the centre 71 points to surpass his career high of 68. He's on pace for 40 goals, 107 points.
For just $3.50 per week, you can get unlimited, ad-lite access to The Vancouver Sun, The Province, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. He then made it two short-handed, empty-netters by stick handling past a pair of Flyers in the neutral zone and finding the net from the sideboards. “They were out there for a long time, but I got some space.” I thought he managed the game a lot better (Saturday). There’s a time and place of when to go and when not to go. However, his play away from the puck is just as impressive. Pettersson not only established a career high Saturday with his fifth five-point night, he did it with patience, playmaking and positioning. “I haven’t actually thought about that,” added Pettersson. Pettersson has also placed a priority on playmaking over shooting, which seems odd because of his heavy and accurate shots. “The stick from last year was too whippy and too soft.” Piling up points often comes with neglecting the tough stuff. Article content