MAJOR: star player Elias Pettersson has a direct link to Martin St-Louis
Elias Pettersson will be an independent player with compensation at the end of the current season. He will certainly be a priority for the Canucks throughout the season.
If he has as good a campaign as last year, when he scored 102 points, the GM in Vancouver will have to get out his chequebook if he wants to keep him, otherwise it will be difficult to sign him long-term.
It remains a thorny issue, but that's not what this article is about. According to advanced statistics expert JFresh, Pettersson's superb 102-point season compares at best to Martin St-Louis' season when he was 35.
Pettersson was 24 last year, which just goes to show how good St-Louis was. We're talking about a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Makes you want to see the Swede in a Canadiens uniform!
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OCTOBRE 7 | 31 ANSWERS MAJOR: star player Elias Pettersson has a direct link to Martin St-Louis Would you like to see Elias Pettersson with the Habs for $10 million a season? | ||
| Yes | 12 | 38.7 % |
| No | 19 | 61.3 % |
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