Elias Pettersson Is A Baby Faced Assassin
It's been a bit of a rough stretch for the Vancouver Canucks since losing in the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals. They've gone to the playoffs 3 times since then but they only won 3 games total in those series. They also haven't made the playoffs in the past 4 seasons, and are now living in a post-Sedin era.
It's still October but this feels like the year that it turns around for Vancouver, and a lot of that is thanks to their baby-faced assassin Elias Pettersson. 8-3-1 through the first 12 games of the season, 2nd place in the Pacific to close out the first month of the year, and this kid is an absolute freak. I know the Kings are a retirement home dumpster fire and most of those guys have been in the league longer than Pettersson has been alive, but a goal and 3 assists in a 5-3 win? Freak.
Just listen to the ping on this snipe.
Bar South. A thing of beauty. Great feed from Boeser and then that thing was a fucking laser. I can't believe Jonathan Quick thought that he would go anywhere else besides top corn with that puck.
So now we've seen Boeser go cross-ice to Pettersson, let's return the favor and have Pettersson go cross-ice to Boeser (yes, I know that chronologically these goals are out of order but still).
I mean…c'mon, man. This is just cruel and unusual. Forces Martinez to soak the first shot, winds up again knowing that everybody is going to be terrified to take the next Pettersson bomb, and then perfectly sets himself up for the slap pass to Boeser.
That right there is the work of a highly skilled and highly trained assassin. He also had a tasty assist later in the game where he thread to needle to send Boeser in on a breakaway. Easy cookies for Boeser. 3&1 on the night for Boeser, 1&3 on the night for Pettersson. Not a big deal.