The Chris Johnston Show: Chris Johnston and Julian McKenzie on Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson and the way a skinny free agent market, could re-spark interest in Pettersson.
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Johnston: “So you realize there’s just not those those solutions on the free agent market, and so I believe teams are going to should make trades with centers. And also you’re right, they’re prominently featured across this board, you realize it’s to not say all of those players will move, but you may see why teams could be on the market gauging a worth.
And it’s why I even wonder about someone like Elias Pettersson, Julian, who you realize we’ve discussed on and on and on, and his profession has taken a turn, and there’s latest management now in Vancouver.
But I still think that there can be a point of shine on him, or interest in him, perhaps, is a greater solution to put it. , there’s huge risk along with his contract in the event you take it on at full value, and he doesn’t return to being something, even when it’s not the precise player he was when he signed it. But when he doesn’t show an improvement in his offensive game, you realize, it’s quite a lot of money to be paying someone to try this.
But, you realize, at the top of the day, he’s still a top two center, all you realize, in just about any team within the league, and might handle difficult minutes, and defensively, I believe gives you adequate that you have got comfort playing them, those type of minutes. , what you’re on the lookout for is that offensive upside to return so as to justify, you realize, $11 plus million a yr contract.
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But you realize, I believe the conditions are there for somebody like him to still be moved. And you realize the idea is I believe the fresh starts coming in some unspecified time in the future, whether it’s this offseason or next yr on the deadline or next offseason.
Like, I, it’s hard to assume it, just appears like there’s quite a lot of water under the bridge in Vancouver. , I do know the brand new management group isn’t going to rush into anything, they don’t feel like they should deal him, but you realize he’s someone I could see moving for type of the explanation we’re talking about. There’s just not quite a lot of, how else do you fill a hole down the center?”
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