The Vancouver Canucks will likely be within the highlight come the beginning of the 2024-25 NHL season. Vancouver misplaced in Recreation 7 to the Edmonton Oilers within the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. However there have been query marks surrounding Elias Pettersson and his efficiency within the playoffs.
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Pettersson signed a brand new eight-year extension that begins this season, carrying an AAV of $11.6 million. A playoff is anticipated to make that sort of cash to carry out within the playoffs. Six factors in 13 playoff video games with one purpose won’t reduce it.
Whereas Pettersson is a superb regular-season participant, particularly final season, which was a bounce-back season, ought to he be within the dialog as a top-five participant within the league?
TSN Hockey Analyst Frankie Corrado joined SportsCenter to debate the most well liked subjects within the NHL. This time he was requested concerning the flooring or ceiling of Vancouver Canucks ahead Elias Pettersson and if he was a top-five participant within the NHL.
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Host: “ Western Canadian groups, we’re gonna play flooring to ceiling with our NHL analyst Frankie Corrado. So, let’s begin with Elias Patterson. He has the fifth-highest AAV subsequent season. Frankie, his ceiling is the highest 5 participant within the NHL, and his flooring is underperforming his contract. Do you suppose he’s nearer to the ceiling or flooring?”
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Frankie Corrado: “Nicely, simply primarily based on the default issue that the highest 5 gamers within the NHL are very solidified, he’s nearer to the ground, and that’s not an indictment on Elias Patterson. Sure, he has to play higher within the playoffs. Sure, he needs to be near a 100-point participant within the common season. However take into consideration that prime 5. Everybody can identify it.
It’s McDavid, it’s Makar, it’s MacKinnon, It’s Draisaitl, It’s Matthews; you possibly can throw Kucherov up in there, like yeah, we are able to argue concerning the order, however there’s simply no approach that Elias Pettersson is making his approach into that prime 5 gamers within the NHL class. So due to that, he’s nearer to the ground.”
