{"id":49433,"date":"2025-08-07T03:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/49433\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T03:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T03:30:08","slug":"elias-pettersson-goalie-rankings-contract-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/49433\/","title":{"rendered":"Elias Pettersson, Goalie Rankings, Contract Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a less-than-stellar season last year, Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson<\/a> is out for \u201crevenge\u201d this upcoming season. Speaking with NHL.com\u2019s Peter Ekholm, Pettersson appears to be on a mission after producing just 15 goals and 45 points last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know what I\u2019m capable of. Actually, I haven\u2019t thought about it, but for myself it\u2019s revenge. I\u2019m not happy with last season,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Pettersson, 26, produced nearly half as many points as he did in the 2023\u201324 season, when he recorded 34 goals and 89 points. After posting three consecutive 30-goal seasons, Pettersson fought through injuries last year, which resulted in him appearing in just 65 games. To address this, Pettersson said he has added muscle to his listed 176-pound frame, noting that the added strength will not only help keep him healthy but also make him faster.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always about building your base strength, to get quicker on the ice. To gain a few pounds, get stronger in general, that\u2019s always the goal. But for me it\u2019s a bonus to gain a few pounds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere around the league:<\/p>\n

As a part of a summer Talent Tiers series, TSN\u2019s Travis Yost<\/a> examined the league\u2019s goaltending depth charts and ranked all 32 teams into five categories, from Tier 1 through Tier 5. Only three teams were included in Yost\u2019s top tier: the New York Rangers, New York Islanders, and Winnipeg Jets. The Islanders were added to the top tier thanks to the combination of veterans Ilya Sorokin<\/a> and Semyon Varlamov<\/a>, while the division rival Rangers made it thanks to former Vezina Trophy winner Igor Shesterkin<\/a> and veteran backup Jonathan Quick<\/a>. For Winnipeg, the play of Connor Hellebuyck<\/a> \u2014 and his three Vezina Trophies \u2014 is enough to lift the team into Tier 1. On the other hand, four teams were placed in Yost\u2019s Tier 5: the Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins.
\nThe Athletic\u2019s Dom Luszczyszyn<\/a> recently took a look at every player\u2019s market value over the remainder of their contracts to determine which team is spending money the most efficiently. In his view, three teams earned an \u201cA+\u201d rating in this category: the Tampa Bay Lightning, Carolina Hurricanes, and Colorado Avalanche. Notably, the back-to-back champion Florida Panthers rank fourth in Luszczyszyn\u2019s latest rankings, while the Edmonton Oilers dropped from second last year to eighth this season. On the flip side of the coin, three teams achieved a league-low \u201cD+\u201d rating: the Nashville Predators, Chicago Blackhawks, and Seattle Kraken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a less-than-stellar season last year, Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson is out for \u201crevenge\u201d this upcoming season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,2369,575,85,2371],"class_list":["post-49433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-elias-pettersson","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49433","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=49433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}