Canucks: Has Inspired Play Changed the Elias Pettersson Conversation?

Elias Pettersson is doing a little bit of everything for the Canucks

Ryan Johnson and Manny Malhotra have been clear about what they want from Elias Pettersson this season: they don’t care about points. But the points are nice. “He’s really taking on that mentality of just being harder to play against,” said Malhotra after Saturday’s game against the Calgary Flames. “Points aside this year, he’s done a much better job of just being heavier on pucks and coming out of puck battles and trying to be as physical as he…

Canucks: Has inspired play changed the Elias Pettersson conversation?

Through four games, Pettersson has six points (2-4), a league-leading 19 hits, and a 50.1 per cent saves percentage. How he turned a corner

Sunday Overreactions: Canucks’ Pettersson boosting trade value

Vintage Elias Pettersson. It’s a phrase we haven’t uttered very often over the past two seasons. But it was justified Thursday night, when Pettersson ripped a one-timer off a cross-ice pass for his second power-play goal of the season. He’s up to four points in three games and is showing glimpses of the player that was once one of the most promising young centres in the NHL. Even when he didn’t find the scoresheet Saturday night, Pettersson stil…

Sunday Overreactions: Canucks' Pettersson boosting trade value

With Elias Pettersson's impressive start to the year in Vancouver, could the Canucks' forward eventually intrigue a desperate team on the trade market? Michael Amato discusses Pettersson's resurgence and more in his Sunday Overreactions.