Hockey Widow wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 11:12 am
"He's changed his whole mindset. He's been doing it for four to six weeks now,
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Certainly reinforces the belief that his problems stem from preparation, work ethic off the ice.
Yes, truth always come out.
4-6 weeks, eh? Should have been doing it for 4-6 years. But it appears this alien has always had it easy, relying solely on natural talent.
So, people really expected teammates in cutthroat professional sports to not be harping on a supposedly frontline player? Some may approach it in gentler ways, but eventually they will just give up and look out for themselves.
Between the destruction caused by the 3 baldies, guys have to live through this everyday at the rink. Why wouldn't they want to move on instead of grinding on for a bunch of clueless idiots? Finally, the 5 year rebuild to competitiveness can begin this June.
"Look, I'm just a bitter old man, ok! "
- Anonymous
Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 12:35 pm
So how do all these coaches explain his utter dominance before he was taught to ride stationary bikes and shit?
He just checked out because his teammates were assholes to him
Yup. This played a part in it.
but, 2 goals does not mean its over. With luck, he ups his perceived value enough he is moveable in the offseason.
The 'Chain of Command' is the chain I am going to beat you with until you understand I am in charge.
Madcombinepilot wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 12:49 pm
but, 2 goals does not mean its over. With luck, he ups his perceived value enough he is moveable in the offseason.
A 16 game run during mean-nothing games is not going to change his value. It might give him incentive by mentally linking his effort to his results that could get him to work over the summer and be ready for training camp - then IF he starts getting his shit together, he may increase his value - but then maybe we keep him as one of the few weapons we have? Or take another first +
Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Thu Mar 19, 2026 12:35 pm
So how do all these coaches explain his utter dominance before he was taught to ride stationary bikes and shit?
He just checked out because his teammates were assholes to him
Yup. This played a part in it.
but, 2 goals does not mean its over. With luck, he ups his perceived value enough he is moveable in the offseason.
I would believe a narrative which saw Petey see himself on an uninterrupted trajectory of development and success (to the point he expressed more interest in 'building his brand'), and couldn't handle it when it got derailed - wrist injury or knee tendonitis. Never had to have that everyday work ethic because he had the talent. Now that he can't rely on talent alone, he has to develop those habits that coaches, management and other players have perhaps been harping at him to adopt.
IIRC, management made noises pre-contract that they wanted to see certain things from Pettersson in terms of preparation and off-season training before committing to him to such a contract. This is where I suspect that Petey may be more about performative competitiveness and work ethic vice real competitiveness; try just hard enough to believably say you tried if that's what you think management wants to see - point totals be damned as long as he's not getting defensively caved-in stats-wise. He probably gets no respect out there but hey, he's getting paid and has a hot wife so what the fuck does that matter to him?
Then again, the tin man may have found a heart somewhere.
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