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[Report] Canucks re-sign Pettersson to 8 year contract @ $11.6M


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The term is terrific. Glad it was under 12 million. This makes it the largest contract in Canucks history and one of the largest in the NHL. I hope he is up for the task and knows he has to perform at both ends of the ice on a consistent basis

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15 minutes ago, Rip The Mesh said:

Miller and Pettersson are very good friends. The way they were carrying on at the All star break was nothing less then hilarious.  

Exactly. On ice, they're good and there's nothing to worry about.

 

Two guys at different places in their lives....sure, they likely don't have a lot in common or hang  out after practice together. But none of that matters. It's on ice that matters and they're both highly skilled fierce competitors and likely have a mutual respect for one another based on that. They're striving for a common goal and we need both of them to get us there.

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37 minutes ago, HKSR said:

I think 10 more lbs by his late 20s is doable.  He asking him to put on 20+ lbs is asking a lot.  Plus it'll probably throw off his game as his balance and everything will be affected.

His balance ???? Like he may start fallig down a lot? 🤣

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30 minutes ago, Captkirk888 said:

So what you are saying, is at 196lbs he would be falling just as much….

I gained 20 pounds in a year and it improved everything - you figure out accuracy if you just keep practising

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1 hour ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said:

Fans in Carolina after learning Petey will not be a Cane

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Careful, his NMC starts in 2 years, still might be getting calls now that the contract is solid. In fact will likely be getting even more calls.

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19 minutes ago, Nuck1991 said:

vancouver media generating fake rumors about trading him finaly gets the ball rolling. Glad he is signed, need more superstars in Canadian markets.

Media & Fake rumours ... a Trump-et like response!

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20 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

 

its funny, because we pretty much have core pieces of both the Swedish and American olympic teams. Milano is going to be hard for Canadian Canucks fans. 

Why? Is he a flat-Earth Trump supporter or something?

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Tad lower than I thought it'd be, figured he'd get 12M or a little more, but pretty close 

 

Little surprised he opted for term, but it puts where he'll be playing to bed 

 

Likely ends up a career Canuck, one who holds some all-time offensive records for Canuck forwards

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39 minutes ago, Grinch said:

Lindholm licking his lips 

Why?  Is he on pace for his second 100 point season in a row?   
Or is he following up a dog shit season with another dog shit season where he got traded, then continued to do nothing at all.  
Lindy has Loui E written all over him.  
He should have taken the 9 mill offer from Calgary and run because at this point, 6 mill is too much. 
 

The guy stinks and I hope we let him walk

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1 minute ago, D.B Cooper said:

Why?  Is he on pace for his second 100 point season in a row?   
Or is he following up a dog shit season with another dog shit season where he got traded, then continued to do nothing at all.  
Lindy has Loui E written all over him.  
He should have taken the 9 mill offer from Calgary and run because at this point, 6 mill is too much. 
 

The guy stinks and I hope we let him walk

Can't say I'm all that impressed yet. Good defensively, but meh offensively. 

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19 minutes ago, I.AM.THE.WALRUS said:

I gained 20 pounds in a year and it improved everything - you figure out accuracy if you just keep practising

Not a problem, a smattering of 

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Petey by end of summer

 

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In all seriousness, Petey in the 195lbs +/- would be awesome and as an earlier poster mused, some serious time with the Twins would probably do wonders.

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1 hour ago, Jeremy Hronek said:

 

$11.6 million is a hometown discount?  Seems like he got paid on par with market value (not a bad thing, but I'm not seeing much of a discount here).

 

Like I said - I'm happy that we've got a good young Center that is locked up for the next 8 years.  

 

Pettersson is currently the 4th best player on the team, and is bordering on being a franchise level star.  

 

He has that potential - we saw it during the first 10 games of the seasons, and periodic flashes after that.  

 

Having said that, he's going to need to step up if he wants to live up to this new contract.  

 

Hopefully, with the contract distraction in the rear view mirror now, we can see the Elias Pettersson that we saw during the 2nd half of the 2021/2022 season.....or the Pettersson that we saw during the first 10 games of this season.  

 

If Pettersson took a discount it's likely by a few hundred thousand, which amounts to nothing really 

 

Maybe that extra 400k makes the difference for a bottom six guy, but he simply got close to market value imo

 

Most stars don't take significant discounts, or discounts at all

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Nice. Under $12M so he took a slight discount.  At $11.6M cap hit, I’m expecting 110-120pts per year.

 

Now let’s make a run for the cup!!!

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