{"id":342828,"date":"2026-05-30T03:56:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=342828"},"modified":"2026-05-30T03:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:26:30","slug":"a-thin-free-agent-center-market-could-re-spark-interest-in-elias-pettersson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/a-thin-free-agent-center-market-could-re-spark-interest-in-elias-pettersson\/","title":{"rendered":"A Thin Free Agent Center Market Could Re-Spark Interest in Elias Pettersson"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Chris Johnston Show<\/strong><\/a>: Chris Johnston and Julian McKenzie on Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson<\/a> and the way a skinny free agent market, could re-spark interest in Pettersson.<\/p>\n

** NHLRumors.com transcription<\/em><\/p>\n

Johnston: \u201cSo you realize there\u2019s 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\u2019re right, they\u2019re prominently featured across this board, you realize it\u2019s to not say all of those players will move, but you may see why teams could be on the market gauging a worth.<\/p>\n

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And it\u2019s why I even wonder about someone like Elias Pettersson, Julian, who you realize we\u2019ve discussed on and on and on, and his profession has taken a turn, and there\u2019s latest management now in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s huge risk along with his contract in the event you take it on at full value, and he doesn\u2019t return to being something, even when it\u2019s not the precise player he was when he signed it. But when he doesn\u2019t show an improvement in his offensive game, you realize, it\u2019s quite a lot of money to be paying someone to try this.<\/p>\n

But, you realize, at the top of the day, he\u2019s 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\u2019re on the lookout for is that offensive upside to return so as to justify, you realize, $11 plus million a yr contract.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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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\u2019s this offseason or next yr on the deadline or next offseason.<\/p>\n

Like, I, it\u2019s hard to assume it, just appears like there\u2019s quite a lot of water under the bridge in Vancouver. , I do know the brand new management group isn\u2019t going to rush into anything, they don\u2019t feel like they should deal him, but you realize he\u2019s someone I could see moving for type of the explanation we\u2019re talking about. There\u2019s just not quite a lot of, how else do you fill a hole down the center?\u201d<\/p>\n

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