Elias Pettersson Reflects On An Eventful Rookie Season & Wayne Gretzky Comparisons 

When he said I don’t wanna be treated any different then anyone on my team that made me so happy😭 love our squad and this kid! Class act

I'd be afraid to share a dimly lit room with Kypreos.

Class act 👌 very mature for a 20 year old

“Comparing me to Gretzky? Putting a lot of pressure on me” Love this guy and how he handles the media. Kinda reminds me of Kevin Bieksa

We're so lucky to have him.

His reactions to some of the questions he gets actually make laugh out loud. He's an amazing hockey player, and he still has a bit of that cocky swag. Love it, love it, love it. Don't change kid.

OUR alien.

This guy is a stud. A good dude off the ice . An amazing guy on the ice. Respects his teammates and coaches . This kid is the definition of humble. Vancouver has got a good one. Major L’s for the devils and flyers for picking busts instead of this superstar player. This guy is gonna be a HOFer when his career is over

Humble and swedish like the Sedins

This guy has got class and poise... he is Captain material.

Awesome interview

MVPettersson

He's a Generational Talent. This is how Canucks fan's felt with Pavel Bure. Pettersson and McDavid are going to be scary good in their primes.

So humble and talented

So humble, I like that

Im lucky to have pettersson on my team

I love that first goal reaction!

One of the few videos with Kypreos I've enjoyed

7.15 minutes of goosebumps, my god I love this kid ! Need to buy a #40 jersey 🇸🇪

What a beauty

Great interview, really!

Wow watching that side by side replay of Gretzkys and Petterssons slapshot, its crazy how similar it is, I think I would even go as far to say its completely the same!

Great guy. Hope the the Canucks make it to playoffs

He is a good character. Respectful, careful with his words and a lovely player. I love when he's a little bit shy tho. Ive always heard this in Sweden: You 're not better than anyone else on this planet. Everyone is worth the same.

I’m so happy I got to see his 2nd career game and 2nd and 3rd career goals in calgary

I don't care what other Fans say about him or the Vancouver Canucks. I have been a hockey fan since 1982. I have seen most of the best players to ever play hockey live and in Person. He will be spoken along side Wayne Gretzky when he finishes his career. He may never get as many points. But he will have an impact like him. I'm just thankful he's a Canuck. How could the 4 teams ahead of the Canucks in his draft year, pass on him? Because of his size is my guess. All of those teams scouts should be fired.

class act, wish I was able to watch him play us last night ( Leafs )

Great interview 👌🏼 #EP40 !!

A true hard working talent

Greate interview by Nick

Awesome player, and seems like a great dude.

Cringed when he put the side by side with Gretzky, Pettersson handled it well.. let the rookie get his own identity

I love this mann

Pettersson Death Stare, 3:07

5:03 it just blows my mind the difference between this and the near constant "GOAT" conversation in the NBA right now.

Hard to not be excited with the rookies and prospects of modern athletics, this kid is a prime example.

SHL are so underrated... When teams in SHL bring in NHL stars with 500+ games, or hockey players in different leagues in the world nearly everybody flopped... Just saying, SHL, AHL and KHL is 3 very good leagues.

3:05 reminds me of the times when i would come to class baked and the teacher ask's me something lol

Truly a franchise guy

Improving his english fast. That surprised me in a nice way. No Aspberger. What a relief! He'll get a life outside of hockey... By the way...he is by far the most entertaining player in the NHL, right know. Nobody is even close. No arguments needed.

so let me get this straight... first he steals Gretzky old time slapper... then he steals the Sedin bank pass... then the other night on his 2nd goal of his Hat Trick, he stole the Ovie one-timer? is Daft Punk build a machine or something? Stronger (POWER). Faster (AGILITY). Harder. (POWER). Better (IM A FAN OF THESE THINGS).

Imagine we draft Jack Hughes 🔥 Forward J. Hughes Pettersson Boeser Defensemen Q. Hughes Olli Juolevi That's gonna be one hell of a lineup

Horvat - The boss Edler - Consigliere Pettersson - Underboss Boeser - Capo Virtanen, Goldobin and Leivo - The soldiers Thoughts?

Bad thing about Canucks is that the team doesnt protect him from bad hits and injuries! He needs to be protected or else his career will end in like 2,5 years

Wow, what an impressive young man & unbelievable talent. His English is extremely good for this being his 1st year over here. This guy truly is an exceptional talent. Obviously you have all the hype around McDavid, Matthews etc. Pettersson is in their class.. already. He even does some things better than McDavid at this stage (for example he has a much better shot & is just a flat out better Goal scorer). Elias literally does everything on the ice at an elite level. He has All the tools.. he even plays Defense at a high level, which is rly rare for a Rookie that is such a great offensive player. The Canucks are back now with this core built around Elias, Boeser & Horvat, with Q. Hughes & Juolevi on the way to rly take the defense to the next level. There’s Hart’s & Art Ross’s in Elias’ future, as well as the Stanley Cup for Van City.

His English is really good already, he seems like a cool dude

Speed. Agility. Power. Grip it n' rip it. Petey

Around 5:15 what a class act

Let’s go Vancouver

I'd love to see a Landeskog or Arvidsson kind of linemate with Petey and Boeser. It'd be unstoppable.

Best rookie💙

5:19 Oof left him in the dust 🔥

I am a huge Saints fan (Nfl) and I just experienced the worst possible outcome of my entire life as a fan. Being a Canucks fan as well, this guy helps me get over that Saints loss.

"skated for two hours, went home for dinner, went back for more training" The harder you work, the more talanted you get.

Mvp Elias Pettersson 🐐🐐🐐💙

No one should ever call any draft pick a reach ever again. This kid has proved that if a club makes an off the board pick it's because they see something special!

Intro song????

Whoever does the custom bucket work to fit that mellon deserves a raise.

FUTURE CAPTAIN

Waynias gretzkysson

Kupreos is so good

U know what i dint like kotkaniemi before i saw this vid. I thought he got away with that hit and not appologizing but he apparently did. Hope everything works out for both player, petey gettin healthy soon, and media to chill on kotkaniemi

I’m a Golden Knights fan, even though he plays for our division rival I love his play

PETEY SAYS ITS PLAYOFF TIME LETS GOOO

I can’t believe Bettman let us get him. Picked as low as possible as Bettman demanded and still got a star

He's phenomenal on the ice, but I hope he matures into more of a Forsberg-type character who' once was shy but now is quite funny and relaxed. Just please don't let him be as dull as the Sedins...

There was lots of hype and when I saw his stats in the "SHL" I believe, I thought he was something. Still, I didn't expect it to translate to the NHL instantly.

Just like how u compared Connor McDavid to Wayne Gretzky

Thank you Petey.

I don’t think we’re ready for the playoffs yet. I’d rather lose for Hughes and in 2 years have Pettersson, Boeser, Horvat, Q Hughes, J Hughes on the roster. Then I’ll be ready for the playoffs :P also wouldn’t mind a Tom Wilson or Ryan Reaves on the team. McQuaid can still kick ass too

Canucks got Bo Horvat from a pick for Cory Schneider, got Jacob Markstrom for Luongo, and picked Brock Boeser 23rd overall and Elias Pettersson 5th overall ... That's how mafia works.

Elisas Pettersson is the new "SUPER SWEDE" after the F1 driver Ronnie Petterson!

Is there a timetable for his injury?

PETEYYYYYY

Is that a trace of facial hair on his face??? He is such a treat to watch.

2:09 "Yunior" lol

Captain material

Hopefully Petey saying it wasn't a dirty play can calm down the pitch fork fans in Vancouver. The Canucks forums lit up with people calling Kotkaniemi dirty and saying they wanted someone to hurt him back. Fans have no chill.

It's as if the Sedins and Pavel Bure all got thrown in a blender and out came Elias

Elias should be called The iceman!

Smh there was so much hate on kotkaniemi about the hit cuz everyone thought it was a dirty play but here pettersson himself says it wasn’t sooo

Flyers should have this man. Instead chose a bust

that wasn't nearly as awkward as i thought it was to be before it started

You don't talk to Petey. Petey talks to you.

5:03

Ryan gosling could play him in a movie

this is très cute

Yo he looked Soo pissed after he got Tangled up

This kid is so talented. To bad he plays for Vancouver. But comparing him to Gretzky, he’s a different player and Gretzky was just a different animal. I hope he can put on some weight or he will never see a full NHL season.

Kids a keeper...

Needs to put on muscle and he'll be unstoppable

😁👍🏼

“Pyay hyim Hyis myoney” John malchovic

Imagine if Vancover got 1st overall pick and not draft elias, that would be tilting.

Keep buying swedes! They are Amazing!

Next Canucks captain

Someday the Canucks will figure out that they need to protect him.

Why are “bank passes” not icing?

in pettey we trust

6:08 only if he kept doing that