Nope, not going to happen. At least, not to Vancouver Canucks‘ forward Elias Pettersson. The sophomore slump has been a hot topic in recent years, with players such as Nikita Zaitsev, Scott Wilson, and even Vancouver’s very own Ben Hutton seeing a dip in production after their rookie campaigns in the NHL.
The worry with Pettersson would be the less than glamorous second half of his season. After finding success early on — from scoring ten emphatic goals in his first ten games to make everyone around the league take notice of him, all the way to his shifty moves and slick playmaking abilities that Canucks fans saw on a nightly basis — Pettersson saw a dip in production in the second half of the season.