Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 11:12 am
"He's changed his whole mindset. He's been doing it for four to six weeks now,
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Certainly reinforces the belief that his problems stem from preparation, work ethic off the ice.
Yes, truth always come out.
4-6 weeks, eh? Should have been doing it for 4-6 years. But it appears this alien has always had it easy, relying solely on natural talent.
So, people really expected teammates in cutthroat professional sports to not be harping on a supposedly frontline player? Some may approach it in gentler ways, but eventually they will just give up and look out for themselves.
Between the destruction caused by the 3 baldies, guys have to live through this everyday at the rink. Why wouldn't they want to move on instead of grinding on for a bunch of clueless idiots? Finally, the 5 year rebuild to competitiveness can begin this June.
"Look, I'm just a bitter old man, ok! "
- Anonymous
Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 12:35 pm
So how do all these coaches explain his utter dominance before he was taught to ride stationary bikes and shit?
He just checked out because his teammates were assholes to him
Yup. This played a part in it.
but, 2 goals does not mean its over. With luck, he ups his perceived value enough he is moveable in the offseason.
The 'Chain of Command' is the chain I am going to beat you with until you understand I am in charge.
Madcombinepilot wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 12:49 pm
but, 2 goals does not mean its over. With luck, he ups his perceived value enough he is moveable in the offseason.
A 16 game run during mean-nothing games is not going to change his value. It might give him incentive by mentally linking his effort to his results that could get him to work over the summer and be ready for training camp - then IF he starts getting his shit together, he may increase his value - but then maybe we keep him as one of the few weapons we have? Or take another first +
Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 12:35 pm
So how do all these coaches explain his utter dominance before he was taught to ride stationary bikes and shit?
He just checked out because his teammates were assholes to him
Yup. This played a part in it.
but, 2 goals does not mean its over. With luck, he ups his perceived value enough he is moveable in the offseason.
I would believe a narrative which saw Petey see himself on an uninterrupted trajectory of development and success (to the point he expressed more interest in 'building his brand'), and couldn't handle it when it got derailed - wrist injury or knee tendonitis. Never had to have that everyday work ethic because he had the talent. Now that he can't rely on talent alone, he has to develop those habits that coaches, management and other players have perhaps been harping at him to adopt.
IIRC, management made noises pre-contract that they wanted to see certain things from Pettersson in terms of preparation and off-season training before committing to him to such a contract. This is where I suspect that Petey may be more about performative competitiveness and work ethic vice real competitiveness; try just hard enough to believably say you tried if that's what you think management wants to see - point totals be damned as long as he's not getting defensively caved-in stats-wise. He probably gets no respect out there but hey, he's getting paid and has a hot wife so what the fuck does that matter to him?
Then again, the tin man may have found a heart somewhere.
I think his problem has always been that things came easier to him than others. He never had to put in the tough off season that pros need to do. He probably thought he was putting in the work, and things just came easy. Then he got a few boo boos, a few teammates challenged him to be better, to put in the work. Players around the league began to figure him out, as always happens. He didn't have a frame of reference for doing the hard things, to changing his game, or whatever pros do to keep getting better. He has seemed reluctant to working it out with others. The entitled prima donna attitude?
If he is in the process of figuring it out we will know early next season. One thing for sure is that he was coddled by this management team. The Allvin factor. He loves his Swedes. Perhaps he too was deluded into thinking his pure talent alone would be enough.
I hope he does figure it out. We need a top line centre. It does appear we have a good top six centre in Rossi. That would bode well for the future. Or, it would bode well for a trade. We won't score a home run on any deal but perhaps a good draft pick and a good prospect.
It seems like the owner is onboard with sponsoring a 12-step program for afflicted Canucks fans... which would likely take up to 5 years. We can all agree this is a realistic timeline.
Which current players on the roster would see this and not start calling their agents? A real organization would look at shipping out older players slowly with only a few current young guys still around when this team is actually competitive.
Buium for sure. Willander if he maintains his trajectory as 2nd pairing. Ohgren if he can produce more consistently as a middle six. Possibly Rossi, who would still be in his prime at 29 at that 5 year mark.
This team needs more picks to continue the rebuild. Why would you keep running a turkey farm for some of these dudes? Pump n Dump is the solution.
More pain is actually required for real change.
"Look, I'm just a bitter old man, ok! "
- Anonymous
With his contract, all we can do is hope he figures it out one year. That’s the epic tease about this guy: if he becomes a 100+ pt 2-way 1C that he was once, what does that do to a team after potentially two top-5 picks and attendant surplus of picks? Does that tempt - again - an impatient owner if Pettersson figures it out and turns it around with the arrival of highly-drafted talent??
Then again, unless Demko comes back from the infirmary or Medvedev pulls out of his developmental tail-spin, the team won’t do much anyway.
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