With a year of NHL experience under their belts, Canucks defencemen Elias Pettersson and Tom Willander came into this season knowing what to expect.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They both learned a lot last season, each playing 70 NHL games, and used that knowledge to prepare over the offseason. They are feeling more confident in their games, they also shared excitement as training camp and the season approaches.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like everyone is just so excited. I think everyone is looking forward to a good year, and just like I think everyone been saying it, the vibe in the room. The first weeks here, we’ve been having really fun, and I think that’s a big part of having success,\u201d Pettersson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI really like the group and the vibe we got going in the group right now,\u201d Willander said. \u201cIt\u2019s also easier when you know some faces from last year, but I think we\u2019ve got a lot of young guys, and you know, I think just in general, it’s a tight group.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
They discuss how the veterans have been leaders during informal skate, talking about Luke Schenn\u2019s ability to rally the team.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think just a great guy, great character, and I think he’s got a big voice in the locker room, and not at all in a bad way. I think he can push guys in the right direction. I think that’s very important, but also very kind and a good person all around,\u201d Willander said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can just agree with what Tom said, a really good guy [and] a lot to learn from him,\u201d Pettersson said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pettersson, Willander, and Faber also play Your Core Fore, drafting their top four burger toppings. While they were drafting toppings for a hamburger, Faber goes against the grain and makes selections consistent with a chicken burger.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Faber\u2019s picks were: bacon, pineapple ring, teriyaki sauce, and mayonnaise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis guy’s making a Subway sandwich. Is this a footlong? What’s going on with this burger,\u201d Willander laughed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Willander\u2019s picks: cheese, BBQ sauce, lettuce, and tomato.\u00a0<\/p>\n
D-Petey picks: caramelized onions, truffle mayo, crispy onions, and pickles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Get your votes in on X for the best burger in the draft and listen to this and much more on the latest episode of the Canucks Insider Podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With a year of NHL experience under their belts, Canucks defencemen Elias Pettersson and Tom Willander came into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-892230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}