[Jeff Paterson] Tocchet sur EP40 : « ouais, il faut qu’il s’y mette. Je ne sais pas quoi dire d’autre. »
#Canucks Tocchet on EP40: ‘yeah, he’s got to get going. I don’t know what else to say.’
— Jeff Paterson (@patersonjeff) May 15, 2024
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Understatement of the century. This fanbase will laugh at Toronto’s stars but bend over backwards to defend Petey.
Alright, let’s get it into it.
6 goals in his last 40 games, dating back to February 29th. The extension was signed shortly after. Not a good look.
He’s absolutely blowing the season. Draisaitl has more points in the last four games than Pettersson has shots on net.
There’s nothing there. No compete. No heart. He looks like he got the bag, and this is just a minor inconvenience until he can be on a beach somewhere. He’s not skating, he’s not hitting, he can’t handle the puck, he can’t stay on his feet, he can’t complete a pass, he can’t shoot unless the goalie is out of the net, like
#FUCK.
If he was even playing at 75% in this run, the Predators series is over in 5 games and this series is likely also over in 5 games. These extra games are allowing injuries to pile up.
I don’t know what the fuck you even do with him at this point. Allvin and Rutherford must be checking the contract laws to see if there’s a cooling off period, because the idea of giving him a $4 million raise to completely mail it in feels like a death sentence on top of the OEL buyout.
It’s just sad that Demko getting injured was somehow miraculously resolved, and our top line center checking out is going to be the real reason this team likely can’t make a deep run. Feels like his days in Vancouver might be numbered after this, the contract doesn’t have any protection next season.
It’s gonna be tough for him to get any love in this city if we get knocked out with him playing like this.
The dude can win Game 7 for us on a GWG and everything will be forgotten.
The problem is that I have a really difficult time seeing that happen.
Edit: He did not have a point today.
Yep. No chance we go deep without him. He’s our star forward. He needs to play like it.
Ok. Maybe not the time or place. But I don’t see 40 a Tocc type player. He better hope he doesn’t end up in that doghouse cuz…
He’s been playing like a passenger for sure. He’s not injured, the guy just doesn’t move his feet. I don’t know what’s wrong with him, why he’s playing like he doesn’t want to be there. Go watch him in this game, he was gliding to the puck numerous times and pretty much stopped skating.
The only positive thing he did in this game was winning that faceoff at the end that led to the tying goal. He’s just not playing with any passion, it’s incredibly disappointing to see.
Sounds what he said about Kuzmenko circa December
How long until the EP40 for Marner rumours start flying
He won’t-you read it here first.
The guy is just not motivated/doesn’t even get PO’ed when opposing players push him around like a little kid.
Help him Tocch.
He’s not going right now I agree but give him a talented linemate for some shifts here and there. There’s no excuse to have Karlsson on his wing that much. You have several wingers to use to double shift. We’ve seen scoring chances happen every time he’s out there with Suter and Boeser.
At the moment you’re asking him to score a goal on a solo Herculean effort or to set up a teammate for an empty net tap in, because we know Mik isn’t scoring if a goalie is in front of him, and he’s an even worse playmaker. Karlsson is a career AHLer ffs.
I’m not buying Petey not being a tocchet style player. If Boeser can play in this system, so can Petey.
Petey needs real linemates going into next season. But for now, you could give him real linemates and I doubt that would help.
Lotto line needs to be a full time line. Utilize home ice game 5 for it, and shelter anyone not in the Joshua – Lindholm – Garland line for third line minutes.
Our defense is keeping it close. Our goaltending is giving us a fighting chance. Boeser-miller are fighting. Lindholm’s thirst line is fighting.
Aman, Lafferty, petterson, hoglander, mik, karlsson, blueger… do something. One of those names is being paid 11. Do something soon.
Much rather have horvat right now. He had a goal and 2 assists in 5 playoff games with the Isles and he’s making a lot less than Pettersson will be. 68 points in 81 RS games isn’t bad at all.
JR should threaten trade him to Carolina again.
Dude left us holding the bag on this one so far
Since Miller is on McDavid duty maybe Tocc could put Brock with Petey now and then during the next game?
The problem with Pettersson is pretty simple. He’s lazy and he doesn’t work hard enough. He acts like he doesn’t need to put in the work to be an amazing player. As Shannon Sharpe says, I can teach alignment and assignment but I can’t teach effort. Petey has no effort.
He’s young. He feels the weight. He’s not paired with the type of players he was paired with before. He’s learning that he has to up his game. Yes, there is nothing there(heart) to us, but I bet he’s playing his heart out. It’s just not working for him unfortunately. This isn’t our cup year, it never was suppose to be, it’s a major learning year, a growing year. Be angry but be understanding, but better yet be reasonable about the expectations. Petey was always on the brink of breaking out and then falling back, he comes in flashes his time will come to go supersaiyen.
At this point I don’t think he will. It’s halfway through round 2 of the playoffs, if the switch hasn’t been turned on yet nothing will
One thing’s for sure.. I don’t ever want to hear EP40 say anything about wanting to play on a winning team if/when nux are having a bad season in the future. This year is a great opportunity to go win it all and he’s a no show. Most of everyone else has been showing up buying him time to find his damn self/game.
Silovs coming in with limited nhl experience giving the team a chance to win every night.. and EP40 can’t even have a few good games in the fking playoffs looking at what situation Silovs is put into and doing what he’s doing. It’s just really disappointing.
Pettersson needs to get going but the Canucks have to give him some guys to play with. In the last two games he’s played with a career AHLer, career 4th liner, and a guy who’s got 1 goal in his last 60 games.
How many other 8 digit players are playing with this level of talent beside them? You need someone who can create some space for Pettersson, set him up, or finish on his wing. There is no reason for the defense to respect his wingers.
I think the Canucks have to go back to Hoglander. He’s been poor, but he scored 24 5v5 goals this year. We know he’s more capable than the other guys.
I’m done trying to give him little victories on small things like he’s some plucky rookie getting his first minutes in the NHL.
He’s been shit all playoffs and most of the last 2 months of the season. If you took away his name and salary I’m not sure he would even be playing right now.
I scoffed when Tocchet was hired, thought – what are the odds a Coyotes coach was going to be a big piece of any turnaround for the Canucks
Couldn’t have been more wrong, and I admire everything Tocchet has done. And I say that as a dual Canucks/Oilers fan (don’t ask).
In a world of disingenuous double speak, He’s direct, honest, a great communicator and his expectations are crystal clear. No wonder his team loves him.
Both his linemates have 0 points in 10 games
It really feels like he’s doing his part to turn a 2006 Cam Ward type Cinderella story into another Canucks « what if » season
I don’t think Petey is showing up this playoffs.
I think Tocchet has to remind him about how rare of an opportunity this is for him. Who knows, maybe next year the team will look totally different and maybe we won’t be in the position we are right now. For now though, Petey has the opportunity to lead this team during this run and cement himself as a Canuck legend. Why would he want to pass that opportunity up?
Petey defenders bout to tell Tocchet he doesn’t know anything about hockey and doesn’t watch the game
Give him Joshua and Garland, at least for a few shifts. They deserve the extra ice time anyway. They got Lindholm going and had Blueger on a 40+ point pace. They legitimately seem to boost any center that plays with them.
Pettersson is a fucking disaster.
Why are we still fantasizing that he’s going to get going? It’s been literally fucking months. It’s not happening this season and they’d better hope it happens next season or they are completely fucked spending $11 mil per on a shell of a player.
The most frustrating thing about petterson is that he doesn’t look like he’s trying. I’m sure he is but damn man move your feet
The opposite would be garland, when he was struggling he still looked like he cared
Sorry, but he needs linemates who aren’t cast offs from the Leafs. It’s that easy. Put some skill with him and the narrative changes immediately. He’s not a line driver, and we’ve known that all along.
They should just bench him. Bring Podz in. Sure it’ll make a statement but honestly Petey is a liability out there. Every time I turn around, Petey is on his ass. It’s like he’s lost his will to compete. Did some chick do him wrong? Lol. I find it hard to believe it’s an injury.