{"id":423886,"date":"2026-01-19T19:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423886\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T19:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:50:07","slug":"red-wings-interested-in-canucks-elias-pettersson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/423886\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Wings Interested In Canucks’ Elias Pettersson"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Vancouver Canucks look to retool their roster, speculation has begun to grow surrounding the availability of forward Elias Pettersson<\/a>. Speaking on Sportsnet\u2019s Canucks Central<\/a> last week, Frank Seravalli reported that the Detroit Red Wings are one of the interested teams if Vancouver becomes serious about moving Pettersson.<\/p>\n

The news follows a\u00a0report<\/a> from last week indicating that the Canucks are willing to consider offers for Pettersson, although they are not yet actively committed to trading him. Regardless, given the multiple hurdles present in his contract, trading Pettersson would be one of the most complicated in-season trades to manufacture, and is likely better suited for an offseason move.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In our write-up, PHR\u2019s Ethan Hetu clearly articulated these hurdles, saying, \u201cPettersson\u2019s situation is quite a bit more complicated. First and foremost, the full no-move clause on his $11.6MM AAV deal gives the player and his representatives (led by CAA\u2019s Pat Brisson) full control over where he is dealt to. Pettersson needs to sign off on any trade before it can be completed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, of all the competitive teams this season, the Red Wings are one of the few that could add Pettersson\u2019s large cap hit outright. Additionally, given their success with Swedish players for the last three decades, Pettersson may be more apt to sign off on a trade to HockeyTown.<\/p>\n

Pettersson\u2019s fit in Detroit\u2019s lineup is less obvious. Even with a return to his 2022-23 form, there\u2019s no chance he\u2019d usurp Dylan Larkin<\/a> as the Red Wings\u2019 top center, meaning he would become one of, if not the highest-paid, second-line center in the league. Throughout the past two years with Vancouver, Pettersson has scored 28 goals and 74 points in 104 games played, whereas Larkin has registered 54 goals and 114 points in 132 contests.<\/p>\n

This season, the team has been utilizing Andrew Copp<\/a> to center their second forward unit. Although he\u2019s been best used as a third-line center for most of his career, he\u2019s been one of the league\u2019s top scorers for over a month. Since the calendar turned to December, Copp has scored seven goals and 21 points in 24 games with a 51.2% faceoff percentage, giving Detroit a formidable duo in their top six.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, and what is the most important point for Detroit specifically, is that General Manager Steve Yzerman<\/a> has historically held his cards very close to the vest. Given that there have been very few leaks coming from the Red Wings organization since Yzerman took over, a larger grain of salt must be consumed when Detroit is tied to a particular player. Still, given their lack of moves at recent trade deadlines and current spot in the standings, it would make a ton of sense for the Red Wings to take a shot or two leading up to this year\u2019s deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Vancouver Canucks look to retool their roster, speculation has begun to grow surrounding the availability of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,3064,2369,575,85,2371],"class_list":["post-423886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-elias-pettersson","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}