Probably shitting his pants.
Why?I'm legit sad for you right now.
I want that 5th rounder backLafferty has virtually been useless, too. I am 100% not re-signing this guy if he has one job and doesn’t really do much. Not seeing hits or any net drives.
Literally one guy is struggling. And it isn't that he's struggling, it's that he looks like a complete zombie.
Hes wearing a tracksuit under his gear
Pfft Sopel fan has a faster rebound timeMyers, literally shot in the face, is back as suspected
I might be coping pretty hard, but I have so much leeway to give after being free of the Benning disaster. Pettersson's getting on my nerves quite a bit, though. This core really will sink or swim with him, which is what is most concerning.'Getting experience' was a 2020 thing.
This isn't a young core anymore. This is win-now time.
Miller/Boeser/Hughes/Demko before getting hurt are all playing well and doing what you'd expect. Pettersson looks like he's terrified to touch the puck. It can't be understated how bad he's been. He's making Mitch Marner's worst playoffs look like 1991 Mario Lemieux.
0.3 xG vs .5 xG
Petey needs to lose bis shit. Take a penalty, go Alex Semin and play the bongos on someone, scream into the crowd like hes lost his mind, f***ing anything to get the blood flowing
When you're just the best and most talented out of everyone by far in junior, it's easy to have a lot of confidence that lets you play loose and casual. Everything is working, so you don't have to think twice about what move you're going to make. He was immensely successful right away in the SHL and I think that carried over to his rookie season. In the NHL, you're not necessarily always the smartest or the most skilled in the room anymore, even as an elite young player, so you have to build your game up again. Pettersson has really obviously tried to add a lot to his game over the years, and I think he can get overwhelmed with trying to do everything on both ends of the puck when his bread and butter used to just be skill and handle in transition.