The Petey Predicament

Welcome to the main forum of our site. Anything and everything to do with the Vancouver Canucks is dicussed and debated here.

Moderators: donlever, Referees

dbr
CC 1st Team All-Star
Posts: 590
Joined: Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:37 pm

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by dbr »

Cornuck wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 3:49 pm
dbr wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 3:46 pm Not nearly as well, and he is clearly (iirc) having the worst offensive season of anyone with his AAV or higher.
How many in that "AAV neighbourhood" play on the PK as well?
About half. The big difference in ice time among this group is that most get 15+ minutes of even strength ice time per game (and four of them are over 16) whereas Pettersson is under 13:30, next lowest is Marner at a little over 14.
User avatar
Cornuck
Moderator & MVP
Moderator & MVP
Posts: 5550
Joined: Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:39 am
Location: Everywhere

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by Cornuck »

Thanks,
User avatar
Lancer
CC Hall of Fan Member
Posts: 1541
Joined: Fri Oct 08, 2004 10:41 am
Location: Kingston, Ontario

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by Lancer »

dbr wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 3:46 pm
Mëds wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 2:22 pm
dbr wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:51 pm
Topper wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 12:44 pm 0.5 g/gm is not a rebound for an $11.6M player. It is a slump.
The stats don't really agree with this, there are more $11.6m+ forwards than there were 41+ goal scorers last year (10 vs 8).

And of those ten forwards just four of them are on track to score 41+ goals at this rate (all of whom make more than Petterson).
Yeah. That’s a good point…..I’ll have to look and see where he stacks up with them on PPG.
Not nearly as well, and he is clearly (iirc) having the worst offensive season of anyone with his AAV or higher.

And his poor assist numbers can’t be hung entirely on his shit linemates, at $11.6m he should be able to carry them at least a bit better than he has.

But, I think the offensive standard for his salary isn’t actually quite as high as one might expect.
I think consensus was established early-on that Petey could never carry a line - or, at least, not a top line. He needs someone else that teams have to respect to give him an option to give him time and space - or be the play-driver that allows him to slip into space to shoot or pass. Looking at him lately, he's deking nobody out of their skates anymore like he did earlier on.

He's not a #1 centre, and I don't think - with the dings and cracks he's accumulated over the years - he ever will be. Does that make him an overpaid #2 centre? Yup. Will it be a boat-anchor contract if he increases his production by just a smidge while contributing solid 2-way play? Likely not. It's not like he's reached OEL status... yet.

If management needs him as a #1 vice #2 centre, just trade him and get what you can - but that's more a matter of addition by subtraction vice trying to get fair value for him. Or you just accept that he can be a #1 on a shit team, but nothing more than a skilled, non-physical #2/3 centre whose career will be defined as a placeholder for the real top-2 centre for a competitive team.

Otherwise he's... well... he exists... on our team... like it or not. Sad that he's the most skilled player on the team, but that's a big reason why the team is in the basement. That's why he'll likely be remembered by fans in the same vein as Petr Nedved: high draft pick head case who had more potential than was ever realized in Vancouver.
Love the Sport. Love the Team.

Hate the League.
User avatar
Meds
MVP
MVP
Posts: 5227
Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:50 pm

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by Meds »

Nedved wasn’t really a head case like this.

He got Irish’d in negotiations.

Petey was offered very fair compensation and snubbed it.

When a player says that $27K a day for 8 years is not enough, and then gets $32K a day by holding out, he needs to earn it.

Bad decision by ownership/management to give in, but the player definitely wears his share.
Somewhere in NW BC trying (yet again) to trade a(nother) Swede…..
User avatar
donlever
Moderator & MVP
Moderator & MVP
Posts: 5576
Joined: Tue Feb 28, 2012 2:07 pm

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by donlever »

DeLevering since 1999.
User avatar
Cousin Strawberry
MVP
MVP
Posts: 9128
Joined: Sat Jul 09, 2011 10:19 pm
Location: in the shed with a fresh packed bowl

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by Cousin Strawberry »

Ha wtf is that
If you need air...call it in
User avatar
Topper
CC Legend
Posts: 7926
Joined: Wed Sep 15, 2004 8:11 pm
Location: Earth, most days.

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by Topper »

Socials saying Canucks need to retain 25% for the market to light up.

25% of $11.6M = $2.9M

$11.6M - $2.9M = $8.7M

The market speaks on Scooters value.

Dipshits
Over the Internet, you can pretend to be anyone or anything.

I'm amazed that so many people choose to be complete twats.
User avatar
JelloPuddingPop
MVP
MVP
Posts: 1612
Joined: Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:53 pm

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by JelloPuddingPop »

Topper wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:07 am Socials saying Canucks need to retain 25% for the market to light up.

25% of $11.6M = $2.9M

$11.6M - $2.9M = $8.7M

The market speaks on Scooters value.

Dipshits
And by the "market" you mean Socials?
User avatar
Madcombinepilot
MVP
MVP
Posts: 1458
Joined: Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:54 am
Location: Saskatoon, Sk.

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by Madcombinepilot »

Topper wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:07 am Socials saying Canucks need to retain 25% for the market to light up.

25% of $11.6M = $2.9M

$11.6M - $2.9M = $8.7M

The market speaks on Scooters value.

Dipshits
They better not retain on any contract that is more than 2 years in length.
The 'Chain of Command' is the chain I am going to beat you with until you understand I am in charge.
dbr
CC 1st Team All-Star
Posts: 590
Joined: Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:37 pm

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by dbr »

I wouldn't worry about any of it, we're talking about what online aggregators have produced (Canucks will have to retain to get value in these trades we keep hearing about!) after gobbling up what Frank Seravalli shat out (my crystal ball says teams are growing suspicious that Petterson may be traded). Not exactly high quality info
User avatar
Meds
MVP
MVP
Posts: 5227
Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:50 pm

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by Meds »

Madcombinepilot wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 5:25 am
Topper wrote: Mon Jan 19, 2026 6:07 am Socials saying Canucks need to retain 25% for the market to light up.

25% of $11.6M = $2.9M

$11.6M - $2.9M = $8.7M

The market speaks on Scooters value.

Dipshits
They better not retain on any contract that is more than 2 years in length.
3 years. Think length of an ELC. I like shorter myself, but 3 is a workable term.
Somewhere in NW BC trying (yet again) to trade a(nother) Swede…..
User avatar
Megaterio Llamas
MVP
MVP
Posts: 7691
Joined: Mon Feb 03, 2020 3:23 am

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by Megaterio Llamas »

Apparently, Peter is due a whopping $10 million payout this summer under that ridiculous contract. Once Mr Aquilini pays out on that, things might begin to unclog.

Peter bent these guys over a barrel, and now they find themselves in a pickle.
Hughes, Tocchet, Miller, and Horvat are all a bunch of quitters
dbr
CC 1st Team All-Star
Posts: 590
Joined: Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:37 pm

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by dbr »

I thought those were payable at the beginning of the year a not at the end, in which case we paid him $12m on July 1 2024 and $10m on July 1 2025.

His base salary is $11m this upcoming season, $9.45m the year after and just $3.7m in the final three years so franchises with internal budgets would probably find him very appealing as of the summer of 2028 - four years left on his deal and about (edit: I was way off here, it’s $38m) in real money owed.
Last edited by dbr on Tue Jan 20, 2026 7:35 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Megaterio Llamas
MVP
MVP
Posts: 7691
Joined: Mon Feb 03, 2020 3:23 am

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by Megaterio Llamas »

dbr wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 6:48 pm I thought those were payable at the beginning of the year a not at the end, in which case we paid him $12m on July 1 2024 and $10m on July 1 2025.

His base salary is $11m this upcoming season, $9.45m the year after and just $3.7m in the final three years so franchises with internal budgets would probably find him very appealing as of the summer of 2028 - four years left on his deal and about $18m in real money owed.
Ah, interesting. I guess what I was reading was BS then.

Sorry folks.
Hughes, Tocchet, Miller, and Horvat are all a bunch of quitters
User avatar
Megaterio Llamas
MVP
MVP
Posts: 7691
Joined: Mon Feb 03, 2020 3:23 am

Re: The Petey Predicament

Post by Megaterio Llamas »

Ooh, sexy :lol:


Image
Hughes, Tocchet, Miller, and Horvat are all a bunch of quitters
Post Reply