When Elias Pettersson launched his NHL career with ten goals in his first ten games, Vancouver Canucks fans were put on notice that they had something special here. And his play throughout his first two seasons has cemented his status as one of the top young forwards in the game today.
But where exactly would he be slotted among the NHL’s other young stars? How does he measure up against the likes of Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews and Jack Eichel, just to name a few? We shall conduct a comparative analysis to help us answer this question.