Ben Kuzma of The Province: No one would blame Elias Pettersson if he bet on himself this upcoming season to set up a larger contract. It is poetic that a Brock Boeser quote could apply to Pettersson for the next training camp.
“This year was a fresh start and I just felt that I needed to get back to my game,” he said. “Not overthinking things and just playing off instinct.”
Again, there are comparables to Mathew Barzal of the New York Islanders. It has been widely talked about how Barzal took a three-year $7 million AAV.