Sportsnet: Mike Halford and Jason Brough on whether or not the Vancouver Canucks will put some strain on Elias Pettersson and his brokers to speak a couple of contract extension forward of the commerce deadline.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Halford: “I do know lots of you could be tempted to textual content into the present and go ‘you media idiots Petey mentioned he didn’t wish to speak about this in the course of the season, so why are you pushing him to speak about it in the course of the season?’
Properly, iMac (Iain McInyre) reached out to Petey’s agent Pat Brisson, one of many brokers and Brisson informed Sportsnet it’s doable that they might negotiate in the course of the season. He mentioned I can’t say whether or not it is going to be in two weeks or two months however negotiations may positively nonetheless occur this season.
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It’s essential to keep in mind that Nylander was going to be a UFA, Petey’s an RFA. It’s not the identical state of affairs. And Petey, or Brisson mentioned that he may attain out to Petey after this street journey is finished to type of say like, ‘Hey, what do you wish to do right here?’
So regulate that. And I believe there’s one thing to the truth that the Canucks are beginning to put slightly little bit of strain on Petey to start out speaking, particularly forward of the commerce deadline. Which, hear, let’s let’s play this out slightly. As a result of I’ve to say that it does type of irked me every time we hear either side spin the distinction between Nylander and Pettersson as a result of whereas technically true, that Nylander was UFA and Petey is an RFA, and there are variations in that.
Everyone knows that Petey, if he wished to, may drive his approach out this summer time. It’s actually not that a lot of a unique state of affairs. Petey may simply say ‘I’m going to take my qualifying provide after which I am going to UFA.’ After which you must commerce him, proper? If, Petey is in as a lot of management of leaving Vancouver as Nylander may have been in Toronto.Agree or disagree?”
Brough: “The ole Matthew Tkachuk.”
Halford: “Yeah, precisely. And the Canucks just about should commerce Petey if he simply indicators his qualifying provide and may develop into an unrestricted free agent after subsequent season. I imply, they don’t have, they might.
Okay. Let’s face it when you’re Allvin, you’d actually wish to know what Petey goes to do earlier than you embark on every other vital strikes. The Canucks can nonetheless make a number of minor trades earlier than the deadline or add a short-term rental with out actually realizing what Petey is pondering. However so much adjustments if Petey all of the sudden doesn’t wish to be Canuck anymore. In actual fact, if Allvin learns Petey doesn’t wish to be a Canuck after this season, it’d make sense to go all on this season whereas Petey continues to be on the group. Which might be why you’re beginning to see slightly little bit of, once more, very cautious public pleading from the Canucks to get Petey to the negotiating desk.”
Brough: “I believe I simply wish to have their stance on the market for everyone and anyone to know. I imply, and it’s other than leaning on them to really get the negotiations began, the messaging has remained fairly constant on the Canucks facet of issues, is that the ball is in Petey’s nook.
I imply, the Canucks could as effectively acknowledge it, they’ll quote unquote, strain him or lean on him, or perhaps drive Brisson’s hand, however the actuality of it’s, is that they know and everybody is aware of that Pettersson dictates the place that is gonna go. each when it comes to when the negotiations are gonna get began, how they’re gonna go, and actually how the contract goes to finish up.
And if there was ever extra manifestly apparent, it occurred within the seven video games that this group has performed for the reason that calendar flip to 2024. As a result of since that’s occurred, and since he’s been reunited with a lotto line, Pettersen has 9 objectives and 14 factors in seven video games.”
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Halford: “That’s good proper?”
Brough: “That’s averaging two factors a recreation. He’s averaging over a objective a recreation and the Canucks have gone six and one in these seven video games.
Now, no one wanted that to both emphasize or affirm the Elias Pattersson is a extremely good participant and that this group wants him.”
