Canucks Young Guns

[Topper]

The Red C

[Per]

Chickens... Hatching... All that shit.

Sound great , but the kid has to play in the big league.

Reefer likes this post.

And you must need your head examined.

Hey, young Petterson is in some pretty good company there...

Like a good preacher I have converted a few.

All I ever say is that Europe and AHL means only a little to how successful they will be in the NHL.

Definitely some truth to that. The different Leagues have different rink sizes and slightly differing interpretation of the rules, which means some players due to their style of play may fare better or worse than expected. Not to mention that injuries (like in the case of Rödin) may throw their trajectory out of course.

Nevertheless, here's a look at the NHL performance of the top twenty players based on seasonal PPG performance in the SHL before they turned 20:

PLAYER STATS...................................................................... NHL
# PLAYER.......................... SEASON GP G A TP PPG PIM - GP G A TP PPG PIM
1.   Kent Nilsson (C)............ 1975-1976 36 28 26 54 1.50 10 - 553 264 422 686 1.24 116 
2.   Elias Pettersson (C/RW) 2017-2018 22 11 18 29 1.32 12 -
3.   Peter Forsberg (C)........ 1992-1993 39 23 25 48 1.23 92 - 708 249 636 885 1.25 688
4.   Thomas Gradin (C)........ 1975-1976 35 16 23 39 1.11 23 - 677 209 384 593 0.88 298
5.   Tomas Sandström (RW). 1982-1983 36 23 14 37 1.03 50 - 983 394 463 857 0.87 1193
6.   Michael Hjälm (F)........... 1982-1983 36 13 24 37 1.03 20 -
7.   Markus Näslund (LW) .....1991-1992 39 22 18 40 1.03 54 - 1117 395 474 869 0.78 736
8.   Markus Näslund (LW) .....1992-1993 39 22 17 39 1.00 62 see above
9.   William Nylander (C/RW) 2014-2015 21 8 12 20 0.95 6 - 129 32 59 91 0.71 40
10.   Henrik Sedin (C)........... 1999-2000 50 9 38 47 0.94 22 - 1273 239 793 1032 0.81 658
 
11.   Niklas Eriksson (RW)....... 1988-1989 33 18 12 30 0.91 20 -
12.   Daniel Sedin (LW).......... 1999-2000 50 16 26 45 0.90 28 - 1250 375 623 998 0.80 510
13.   Jörgen Pettersson (LW).... 1975-1976 29 18 8 26 0.90 6 - 435 174 192 366 0.84 117
14.   Nicklas Bäckström (C)..... 2006-2007 45 12 28 40 0.89 46 - 758 191 556 747 0.99 380
15.   Jan Eriksson (RW).......... 1975-1976 36 14 18 32 0.89 8 -
16.   Tomas Sandström (RW).. 1983-1984 34 20 10 30 0.88 81 see above
17.   Per-Erik Eklund (C)......... 1982-1983 34 13 17 30 0.88 14 - 594 120 335 455 0.77 109
18.   Peter Larsson (C)........... 1987-1988 34 14 15 29 0.85 20 - .
19.   Daniel Sedin (LW).......... 1998-1999 50 21 21 42 0.84 20 see above
20.   Marcus Krüger (C).......... 2009-2010 38 11 20 31 0.82 14 - 420 33 76 109 0.26 188
 
21.   Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (C) 1977-1978 32 15 10 25 0.78 10 - 629 196 359 555 0.88 196
22.   Patrik Sundström (RW)..... 1980-1981 36 10 18 28 0.78 30 - 676 219 369 588 0.87 349
23.   Thomas Steen (C).............. 1979-1980 18 7 7 14 0.78 14 - 950 264 553 817 0.86 753

It reads like a list of hockey nobility. Three players (Markus Näslund, Tomas Sandström and Daniel Sedin) had two seasons in the top twenty, so I added three more players to reach a full twenty. Out of these twenty only four (other than Elias) never played in the NHL and the fifteen who have have 6 Stanley Cups and 9 individual Awards between them, including 3 Art Rosses.

And the four who did not play in the NHL weren't flashes in the pan either. They all had long healthy hockey careers, albeit not in the NHL. I was actually surprised to realize Mikael Hjälm never played there. He played in two WJCs, two World Chamionships and two Olympic tournaments and was one of the better players in the SHL for several years. But I digress.

Anyway, the egg hasn't hatched yet, but realizing that Pettersson is performing better at this age than any Swedish player ever to play in the NHL, except for Kent Nilsson, really gets my hopes up. As he adds some weight and experience, he could really become a fantastic player!

Forsberg, Gradin, Sandström, Näslund, Nylander, Sedin, Sedin, Pettersson, Bäckström, Eklund, Krüger, Gustafsson, Sundström, Steen.... He's better than all of them. At this stage. Let's hope he can take it to the next level as well.

[Chef Boi RD]

like Boeser, Gaudette, Demko, Tryamkin, Lockwood, Benning steals another one in Pettersen

[Per]

2 assists for Pettersson tonight in a game Växjö lost 5-3 to Luleå.
That brings him up to 31 points in 23 games.

Växjö were ahead 3-1 when former canuck prospect Daniel Rahimi (also playing for Växjö) hit a player in the head causing a concussion. Rahimi got a match penalty, and in the ensuing 5 minute power play Luleå scored four (sic!) goals and turned the game around,

[Chef Boi RD]

Genius was on display once again, last night:

DiPietro - named 1st star
Demko 32 saves on 33 shots. Utica wins 2-1. S/O
Gadjovich - 2 goals, 1 assist - 2nd star
Lind - 1 goal/1 assist First game back after missing 7 with strep throat
Gaudette - 2 goals
Lockwood - 1 goal

Boeser - rookie of the month
Pettersen - generational!

[SKYO]

It's like a better Leonardo Da Vinci piece - first Edmonton with mcdavid, the boring leaves matthews and then mr Elias Pettersson to add some Euro flav' to the Canadian renaissance.


Remember when pittsburgh used to tank to get all those all-stars? well those times have changed....fuck Pittsburgh...I'd move hell and earth to not let them win again-ala Edmonton.

[Blob Mckenzie]

I think you’d have trouble getting a box of sparks

[Chef Boi RD]

Tryamkin named KHL defenceman of the month, 2nd month in a row. Not gonna say it.....gonna say it - genius.

[rats19]

Tryamkin named KHL defenceman of the month, 2nd month in a row. Not gonna say it.....gonna say it - genius.

Does us a lot of good ....

[Blob Mckenzie]

Tryamkin named KHL defenceman of the month, 2nd month in a row. Not gonna say it.....gonna say it - genius.

Does us a lot of good ....

No kidding. They chased him out of town. It’s doubtful he will return

[Chef Boi RD]

Tryamkin named KHL defenceman of the month, 2nd month in a row. Not gonna say it.....gonna say it - genius.

Does us a lot of good ....

Patience grasshopper, this kid is too good Not to return to the NHL. The force will bring him back. Genius - "Nikita. You are my son."

[rats19]

Tryamkin named KHL defenceman of the month, 2nd month in a row. Not gonna say it.....gonna say it - genius.

Does us a lot of good ....

Patience grasshopper, this kid is too good Not to return to the NHL. The force will bring him back. Genius - "Nikita. You are my son."

I really hope so dude

[Mickey107]

Tryamkin named KHL defenceman of the month, 2nd month in a row. Not gonna say it.....gonna say it - genius.

Does us a lot of good ....

Patience grasshopper, this kid is too good Not to return to the NHL. The force will bring him back. Genius - "Nikita. You are my son."

How much $$ now?
Add in probably Olympic stardom too.
Oh well, we will have cap space, right?

[Strangelove]

Tryamkin named KHL defenceman of the month, 2nd month in a row. Not gonna say it.....gonna say it - genius.

Does us a lot of good ....

Patience grasshopper, this kid is too good Not to return to the NHL. The force will bring him back. Genius - "Nikita. You are my son."

How much $$ now?
Add in probably Olympic stardom too.
Oh well, we will have cap space, right?

He'll be back IMO and he'll get whatever money he deserves.

And yes we'll have the cap space.

He wasn't ready to leave the Motherland and he hated the lunatic Desjardins.

Didn't he also hint that he did not get along with one of the vet dmen?

I always had the impression it was Edler, but I could be wrong, just a hunch.

But yeah, Special Ed will be gone and Tree will be back, book it!

[Hockey Widow]

In the last reported interview with him he stated clearly he saw himself returning the the NHL. He added something along the lines of, he had a three year contract in the KHL so he wouldn't talk about it anymore until that contract was up.

He wasn't ready emotionally for the NHL when he came here. Apparently his coach tried to tell him that. But by coming when he did he burned through his ELC. And I do think the chance to be selected for the Olympic squad did/does play into his thinking. This could be he one shot at representing Mother Russia. If he does get to do that, and if he performs well, he could cement a spot for future international tournaments.

His biggest problem with WD seemed to be confusion as to his ice time. He clearly felt he was top four and felt he wasn't getting top four minutes. He complained about not being on the ice in the last minute of a game to hold a lead, as an example. The other problem of course was he felt he was being pushed into a physical role/style that wasn't where he wanted to go. I think most of us would agree that as the season went on he should have played more. But I also think most of us agreed or hoped he would play more physical on a consistent asshole-ish way.

He has taken big steps to increase his points and be a leader on his team. I think his time in the NHL helped him whether he sees that or not. Will he return to Vancouver? I think that will depend greatly upon the state of the franchise and the role he sees for himself when his current contract is up. With our luck Luongo will retire early and we won't have the cap to sign Trymakin