The thing with Burnaby Joe and Stevie Y is that they both still produced offensively even in their early years when their teams were not very good. I thought the Oil were very beatable, if EP40 was producing at his usual ppg pace and a couple goals here and there, we could have taken that series. His .50 ppg and 1G into a yawning cage doesn't cut it.Picker of Cherries wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 10:59 pm I won’t write off Pettersson yet. I remember people saying Yserman and Sakic would never lead their teams to cups when they were young…until they did. Something has been wrong with Petey since the all-star game. Don’t know if it was physical or mental.
I guess that wonky knee injury was a factor in his poor play since Jan and I sure hope it was. I just found it kinda odd that Millzy and some other guys got the last regular season game off and some maintenance days, while Petey just kept playing through it. If the injury was that bothersome, maybe they would have given Petey some games off? I mean, the team secured a playoff spot back in like early March? Even early in the playoffs, Tocc was asked if EP40 was playing through an injury. Tocc replied we don't make excuses, there's nothing wrong with him and he'll just agree with what a great Canuck playoff performer said (Trev16's comment that EP40 needs to get into the fight).