TSN: Hockey Analyst Frankie Corrado joined Jay Onrait final week on SportsCenter as he broke down the one burning query dealing with the seven Canadian groups. Transferring to the Western Convention, Corrado believes the largest query dealing with the Vancouver Canucks is Elias Pettersson and if he can put the noise to the aspect and produce his greatest hockey within the playoffs.
** NHLRumors.com transcriptions
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Jay Onrait: “As for the Vancouver Canucks, they lose Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov to their hated rivals, the Boston Bruins. So that they do steal away Jake DeBrusk from the Boston Bruins so as to add some depth, and so they re-signed Filip Hronek. What’s the largest query for Rick Tocchet as he seems at his roster?”
Frankie Corrado: “Can Elias Pettersson play like a famous person? Can he play like a participant who will get paid $11.6 million? And it’s humorous proper now, should you take a look at the Canucks roster, you see Pettersson down the center, you see Miller down the center. And should you’re considering who’s primary and who’s quantity two, you’ll be able to mainly flip a coin proper now.
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You realize, the wage would let you know that Pettersson is the primary middle, however with the way in which that issues went final yr, J.T. Miller was that primary man. The Canucks need to be aggressive within the Pacific, and I imply that with the Edmonton Oilers, you’re going to be going head-to-head in opposition to Connor McDavid.
And which means Elias Pettersson has lots of duty to be near that 95-100 level vary and bear that load and that’ll be a query for Rick Tocchet so far as, how can Pettersson get his recreation to that degree, preserve it at that degree and particularly preserve it at that degree of come playoff time as a result of that’s once they’re going to wish him to be at taking part in at that $11.6 million degree essentially the most.”
Onrait: “Nicely, that was going to be my follow-up to Frankie, watching Pettersson within the playoffs final yr at any level to only say to your self, is that this only a terrific common season participant and perhaps somebody who isn’t constructed for the playoffs essentially?”
Corrado: “No, I don’t assume that Jay. I feel that you understand after we’ve seen Pettersson wrestle previously, and we don’t know this for certain, however you hear rumblings, there could possibly be the wrist problem, or it could possibly be one thing that’s lingering along with his skating, and it appears like when these questions appear to come up, his play tapers off fairly a bit.
And people issues are going to occur to each participant. They occur to one of the best gamers on the earth. However there’s some guys which can be in a position to get by means of that and performed by means of that and never let it have an effect on them as a lot. So for Pettersson, I feel it turns into a bit of little bit of a query of you’re not at all times going to really feel 100%, however you continue to must discover a approach to produce and play on the degree that they pay you and count on you to, and he’s you understand, name it for what he’s he’s he’s a really distinctive expertise.
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He’s not the quickest participant, however man, is he shifty? You realize, he’s obtained an ideal shot, he’s obtained nice palms when he’s taking part in with confidence there’s not lots of gamers that may play the the way in which that he performs, however he’s gonna must have that confidence most of the time, and I’m certain Rick Tocchet is banking on him having that confidence this yr.”
