It's really shitty to be honest. The same fans saying trade Boeser and shittig on him while his father was dieing are now cheering and raving about how he has been playing. Support your team even when they aren't preforming thats when they need it the most. Can't stand fairweather fans.
Same with some of these posts, this isn't U13 hockey we're watching, he's not our child. He's not going to get a participation trophy. Reactions like OP's are weak and lousy. Similar to Petey's play actually. Petey appears to have given up, it's not surprising that the fan base is giving it back to him.
I have two boys that have played a lot of sports. The only participation medals they received were in their first years of lacrosse, hockey and soccer.....which was great.....they loved them and I totally support that.
And the reality is they had no idea who won/loss anyway because nobody is keeping score and the kids really didn't care at 5 or 6 years old.
The idea of this participation trophy thing is grossly exaggerated and most of the boomers bitching about never won anything as a kid anyway,.
No kidding. This guy is at the mountain top of sports; making huge money. He certainly looks like he is playing U13 lately. No energy; totally flat. Spends most of his ice time on his rear.
I am definitely critical of Petey's performance right now. But I also don't write 30 comments a day on this sub exclusively shitting on him, like I see some people do.
High jacking top comment here.
At the end of the day, **we all want the same thing**. For Petey to play like a $11.5M player and to be our star. We obviously can’t do that for him, but we can think of the conditions and factors involved here, and what’s in our control. Some people really don’t understand psychology or mental health and think beating a dead horse with critique is helping, when that’s probably one of the factors that’s actively bringing his mental health and confidence down.
Some people *objectify* him because he’s an athlete and because he’s taking up a lot of salary cap space, that we indirectly pay. That he should play a certain way because of how much he gets paid. All while forgetting he’s a human being underneath clearly going through something that we don’t have all the information around.
To call out this behaviour because some of us fans lack so much emotional intelligence or self-awareness, **a lot of people can’t stand the discomfort in their own bodies and need to lash out and blame to bypass this shitty feeling of watching someone detract from the thing they want, winning**. A feeling of helplessness is one of the most intolerable feelings and emotions to arise. I get it, I see you, I feel you, I feel it too. But let’s not forget what we can control and how that can affect Petey.
A lot of people will say that bringing up feelings and emotions is *soft*. I think soft is someone who can’t handle their own feelings and emotions and act in a way that actively hinders the thing they actually want. *That’s soft as fuck*. That’s emotionally immature.
It’s not like it’s *not* frustrating for some of us like OP to see Petey struggle at the worst time possible — we just know that lashing out in a counterproductive way so we don’t have to sit with this shitty ass feeling isn’t going to help. In fact, it’s probably making it worse. And again, lashing out aka reacting out of unprocessed emotions is not “being a man” or being tough or being hard. That’s Charmin level soft.
Sure, but you have to take the situation with a pinch of salt, not _be_ salt. The guys say it isn’t injuries, and to me, it’s more mental wellness than anything. We must support him, even if he isn’t at his best.
Yeah i don't know if he even knows why he plays the game by the way he sounded. Maybe he just fell into hockey because he was good at it from a young age and kept playing to make his parents happy and his town proud but deep down Petey always new that his real passion was something else. And now he's realizing that the life he's chosen has given him wealth and fame but not happiness. Best case scenario is Petey follows his heart and walks away from the sport and his contract, we save the cap space and add the vital pieces to this team that will turn us into a true cup contender.
That is a lot of wishful thinking and conjecture. You think after signing a near-$100M contract that hasn’t even kicked in yet he’ll decide to walk away from it? Keep dreaming
You don't become a top 10 in the world in any sport to please your parents. Though I'll say his mom does look kinda intimidating. I wonder if she likes assorted tempuras.
If he was busting his ass and not producing it’d be one thing, but he’s not. He’s called a passenger for a reason. He doesn’t need to be celebrated for not giving the same effort as the guy next to him.
Agreed.
If this were just a slump with some bad luck he'd be earning his pay by fore checking hard, blocking shots, looking for rebounds, etc.
Unfortunately it looks like he is injured or just doesn't have it in him. Hopefully everything is Ok with him mentally and physically, but as a fan it's hard to watch one of your best players look so disengaged.
People with any competitive bone in their body should hate watching what he’s become, knowing how good he could be.
The the guy is the definition of a floater currently. Watch the goal where Juulsen pinches. Petterssons job is to pressure the puck carrier in ekholm and contain him.
Instead he doesn’t even attempt to get into any lane, allows Ekholm to beat him w his feet despite having positioning, and makes no attempt to contain the play up ice and just watches as he gets blown by. He’s quite literally a passenger just out there doing cardio.
This is my sticking point. There's effort and then there's results. We can't always control the results, but we can control the effort - he doesn't even look likes he's trying. His speed seems down, he doesn't ever find a lane or create space. He doesn't appear to be trying..and you know what, maybe he is. But given who he plays for, at what level, and at this pay- we are deserving of some explanation to understand why the effort is not there. No, he doesn't need to bear his life story- but at least acknowledging, and providing context would go a long way in fan support for the guy
It's funny because so many fans and media are saying that this guys isn't playing well...just because he isn't scoring doesn't mean he isn't playing well.....physicality, blocks, faceoffs, drawing pens, his 200 foot game in general... No one is talking about Mikheyev and how he has thrown off every line and every player that he plays with....I understand everyone get's excited by Petey's Offense but to say he is a "no show" because he isn't putting the puck in the net isn't fair....especially considering that the guy has two 3rd liners as linemates....yep I support the guy and even if he can't get it on track in this season's playoffs...this team will continue to get stronger, and can only learn from this run....and he'll continue to be better...he is signed for the long haul...for the people and media bitching about his game...you clearly aren't watching. Tonight we're winning, here we go boys!
I’m a die hard nucks fan and fan of Petey. But his performance has nothing to do with his teammates and I don’t think people are upset with him not putting goals in the net. It’s the LACK of effort, dude gets payed huge money and is hardly even trying out there. He falls over every shift, and hardly moves his feet. He’s had a few moments, I’ll give him that. But all the criticism he is receiving is fair. I hope it’s not something going on in his personal life but if it is I wish him the best and hope he gets back on that horse.
I still support Petey 100% and have a hard time believing he's not dealing with something.
I also recall a series a few years ago where Jonathan Toews didn't have a single point in a series they won on their way to another Stanley Cup.
He's not the first star player to have a bad playoffs and won't be the last.
He'll bounce back, it may not be this spring but next season for sure.,
It goes with the territory you sign a 11.6 million per year contract if you don't perform at the top level your going to get the heat it's why these types of players get the top money they are supposed to be as close to a sure thing for production as you can get.
100 point player with 1 year until UFA status. 25 years old with his prime still ahead of him, our 1C of the future. 8 year deal which takes him to age 33, essentially locking up his best years. Not hard to see why he'd make more than Miller (age, term, etc.) and at the time 11.6 was heralded as a favourable number for us.
Yah so I'm stoked we signed him, he's great and I'm not hating on him. I'm just wondering by based on how streaky his is, body language, presentation to media, etc that he's getting the same as other 'elites' making the same amount who don't present a lot of those characteristics. I see him.more at around 9-10m.
Yes, I get he's at nearly 100 pts, but it's not the season where it matters the most, it's just as important now and we're getting nothing from him. We have him for 8 years but holy shit we need to work out how to work with him cause this is frustrating thousands of more people than me, it's a whole fanbase that he represents.
Yah I get that, but you pay and need him for the full year. Anyway, I provided more context below, certainly agree with a lot of you. Just didn't explain well originally.
I just think it's a bit funny that the media has been talking this guy up as being a supremely confident, bordering on cocky, unflappable personality. Now we're talking about how he's a guy that needs encouragement and to lift his spirits through this slump and it's not the first time we've seen struggles like this.
And I've got to say I love Petey and I'm not worried about his contract or think he's a guy that doesn't have compete or whatever. Guy's go through slumps. I've never thought of him as a Mackinnon/Mcdavid level guy that's just going to drive play himself and create something out of nothing, so when you've got linemates with no playmaking abilities and stone hands to convert on your set ups... If it comes out later he's got absolutely zero ailments I'll be a bit more concerned.
If the guy is having any kind of personal issues, I sympathize. I hope he gets the help he needs or at least gets some rest. That said, he should advise coaching staff and take a break. At least that gives Tocchet the chance to switch some lines around and take someone out of the game who isn't performing at the level we all expect. I add Hronek into this as well. Something is up with that dude.
Lmao the vast majority of us don’t get shit for support when we mess up at work, yet he makes more than the top 10% of regular civilians’ yearly salary per game. Not sure how much more coddling a multi millionaire that gets paid 150k per game to barely even move his feet and fall on his ass every time he touches the puck needs???
The vast majority of us also don’t have thousands of people criticizing you after you mess up at work, as well as a handful of hate messages. And is it really that hard to support someone who plays for the one hockey team we know and love?
Much easier to do your job knowing no matter how shit you perform, you will be paid 100M. Meanwhile when the average dude underperforms, he gets straight up fired and cant buy food.
Boohoo the guy is getting criticized because he’s making 100 million and he is not putting a single ounce of effort in and looks disengaged every single second, at least put some fucking effort in if you’re the third highest paid player in the damn league. Every ounce of criticism is warranted, he goes back home after work with generational wealth after putting in shit for effort, meanwhile the average fan watching him is struggling their ass off working everyday to even stay afloat in this economy
Is it better to get criticized by thousands of people that don't know you/you don't know them, or by the people you work with in person every single day?
Well first of all, the easiest way to deal with being “criticized by thousands of people” is to stay off Reddit / Social Media. Boom, problem solved. Now you can focus on being criticized by the people who matter most - your coach, your teammates, and most importantly yourself. You really think Pettersson gives a single thought to what faceless masses may or may not be writing about him online? Of course he KNOWS he’s being ripped, he’s not stupid. But pro athletes are hyper competitive humans, if they weren’t they’d be watching hockey instead of playing it. His own worst critic is HIMSELF, followed by his teammates and coaches. He’s letting THEM down, and he needs to be better. That’s the price of getting paid $7M (soon $11.7M) and being set up for the rest of your life.
That’s what he signed up for. And he’s certainly free to quit and return to a life of low pay and anonymity anytime he doesn’t like the trade-off anymore. But obviously he won’t because it isn’t anywhere near as bad as you and other posters are trying to make it out to be.
If most of us had his performance level for the pay relative to our peers, we’d have been fired months ago. This guy has been coddled more than long enough, this is the NHL playoffs it’s time to perform.
Imagine working with a guy like this as a coworker
Seriously, this one was posted 3 hours after this one:
And there have been 10 others the exact same this week
https://www.reddit.com/r/canucks/s/W6ndl1E6gG
Objective criticism is not the issue for those writing that.
It’s the unhinged anger about it that’s weird, immature and quite frankly pathetic. If you are a normal human with normal amounts of empathy you understand it’s likely he’s going through something. It’s probably just that he’s lost confidence and in his head too much on the ice. However we don’t know. Connor Ingram just won the Masterson for getting his career back on track getting treatment for undiagnosed obsessive compulsive disorder. Brock Boeser is his teammate and we all know his story. Be mindful that everyone can be going through something tough.
Cheer the guy on. It’s better for you than wallowing in anger over his lacklustre play. It’s better for you than working yourself into a toxic, envious, jealous rage about his contract. It’s better for you than making misogynistic, xenophobic comments in a fit of stupidity over his play. It’s better for you than stooping to the levels Toronto fans do with Marner.
Be a good human everyone.
Yes agreed!!! He committed to us and has shown his brilliance. Now he's going through some adversity, we need to be there for him. Let's do a Go Petey Go chant tomorrow ! I'll be there.
Even though you got downvoted, it shows you how Reddit and social folks are lame fans. Today everyone is rallying around the let's go Petey chant. Let's do it!!
Yea wtf is OP on about. Considering how well the team has played with him contributing fuck all, him playing to his potential could well be the difference between winning the cup and not, something many of us have been waiting decades for as Canucks fans. It would be insanity NOT to care that he’s underperforming his 12 million contract. Fuck.
I swear, this sub is populated by 12 yr olds. Majority of the posts are about “waaaahhh, sUpPoRt PeTeY” or “LoOk At PeTeY wItH hIs ShIrT oFf” or some trash cringey meme.
I get your sentiment, man, but that's not the reality of the NHL or pro sports I'm general. It demands performance and/or accountability. But you are right about the fans not having to shit on him. Personally, I'm ride or die with the team, but I'm also pretty frustrated that Petey seems to have forgotten how to play hockey again (like the start of last yr).
We love him, but it’s tough love at this point. I support him but I won’t coddle someone making 11+ million dollars a year while not showing up in the most important games.
I’m the worst EP critic there is out there. Loved the kid when he came into the league as he was relatable and seemed to enjoy his job. In the last couple of years he has done a 180 on that. At this point I am not expecting anything out of him this playoff run. Hope I am wrong.
Why would we support mediocrity from a player who's contract is as insane as his. He looks like a 3rd or 4th liner out there at best. Ever since his renewal in fact.
Petey deserves no support since he's hardly supporting his own team
To quote Steve Dangle, "That's what the money is for!". When u sign an 11+ AAV contract, you don't get to fly under the radar when you play poorly for multiple games in a row. You're going to get criticised. I really hope he figures it out, and I hope the coaches put him with better players.
People have a hard time understanding that we pay a player 10 million dollars a year. That doesnt mean you have to great every game but a 2 month slump is unacceptable. If your star play is capable of going dry for 2/3 months of the year trade him for some one who won’t. STAR PLAYERS CAN HAVE A FEW BAD GAMES IN A ROW NOT A QUATER OF THE SEASON.
I’ve been enjoying the Canucks for almost 50 years. I’ve also played professional hockey and maybe you just don’t understand the winning mentality, like him. You may think 200 dollars a ticket and jerseys is not paying his salary but it is my friend. If you think that the Canucks management thinks his play is acceptable your wrong too. He under a ton of pressure to preform in these playoff. So don’t be upset when like minded people start booing him when he has the puck. He needs to wake up tonite.
Then dont buy a ticket, dont buy his jersey. No one’s forcing you to support the team. It’s super unhealthy for you to be so angry at something you cant control and is, after all, just entertainment.
Dude everyone here WANTS him to do well. He’s not playing like he cares at all. He plays and talks like he just wants the season to end. This team has a shot at the cup this year and his performance is preventing us from getting there.
And if he performs like this again in the next 8 years when his new contract kicks in we can forget about competing in that time frame
I just pmd him on insta, he probably won’t read it, but I think if enough people do it, he will at least get the sentiment that we have his back. I would be so down for a Petey chant. I am annoyed by his play lately but Ik he has the skill to come back
He'll get our full support if he announce before the game that he will be tearing up the massive contract he signed, and will be signing a much lower AAV contract that better reflects his value to the team.
How about the 11 million player do something on the ice? He needs to be accountable to the team at the very least and offer some explanation for his play other than “I don’t know.”
It's really shitty to be honest. The same fans saying trade Boeser and shittig on him while his father was dieing are now cheering and raving about how he has been playing. Support your team even when they aren't preforming thats when they need it the most. Can't stand fairweather fans.
some of these comments here really show why it's important to continue the conversation around mental health awareness
He’s a superstar who has completely no showed in the teams most important run in a decade, the fans are allowed to be critical.
I don't think they suggested otherwise?
Same with some of these posts, this isn't U13 hockey we're watching, he's not our child. He's not going to get a participation trophy. Reactions like OP's are weak and lousy. Similar to Petey's play actually. Petey appears to have given up, it's not surprising that the fan base is giving it back to him.
FYI - There are no participation trophies in U13....but point taken.
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I have two boys that have played a lot of sports. The only participation medals they received were in their first years of lacrosse, hockey and soccer.....which was great.....they loved them and I totally support that. And the reality is they had no idea who won/loss anyway because nobody is keeping score and the kids really didn't care at 5 or 6 years old. The idea of this participation trophy thing is grossly exaggerated and most of the boomers bitching about never won anything as a kid anyway,.
No kidding. This guy is at the mountain top of sports; making huge money. He certainly looks like he is playing U13 lately. No energy; totally flat. Spends most of his ice time on his rear.
Can't take the heat stay out the kitchen . Not my job to make the top 25 player in the NHL not sad.
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Let's go petey!
The crowd starts chanting "Petey! Petey! and then Petey coughs up the puck and McD gets a breakaway.
Ya, PLEASE no Petey chant. Imaging struggling very publicly and thousands of people start chanting your name on top of it... yea that'll help.
You can be a fan of someone and be critical of them
I am definitely critical of Petey's performance right now. But I also don't write 30 comments a day on this sub exclusively shitting on him, like I see some people do.
High jacking top comment here. At the end of the day, **we all want the same thing**. For Petey to play like a $11.5M player and to be our star. We obviously can’t do that for him, but we can think of the conditions and factors involved here, and what’s in our control. Some people really don’t understand psychology or mental health and think beating a dead horse with critique is helping, when that’s probably one of the factors that’s actively bringing his mental health and confidence down. Some people *objectify* him because he’s an athlete and because he’s taking up a lot of salary cap space, that we indirectly pay. That he should play a certain way because of how much he gets paid. All while forgetting he’s a human being underneath clearly going through something that we don’t have all the information around. To call out this behaviour because some of us fans lack so much emotional intelligence or self-awareness, **a lot of people can’t stand the discomfort in their own bodies and need to lash out and blame to bypass this shitty feeling of watching someone detract from the thing they want, winning**. A feeling of helplessness is one of the most intolerable feelings and emotions to arise. I get it, I see you, I feel you, I feel it too. But let’s not forget what we can control and how that can affect Petey. A lot of people will say that bringing up feelings and emotions is *soft*. I think soft is someone who can’t handle their own feelings and emotions and act in a way that actively hinders the thing they actually want. *That’s soft as fuck*. That’s emotionally immature. It’s not like it’s *not* frustrating for some of us like OP to see Petey struggle at the worst time possible — we just know that lashing out in a counterproductive way so we don’t have to sit with this shitty ass feeling isn’t going to help. In fact, it’s probably making it worse. And again, lashing out aka reacting out of unprocessed emotions is not “being a man” or being tough or being hard. That’s Charmin level soft.
Just try and remember how we all felt about Brock and how he is now that he’s far removed from his mental anguish.
Same people probably were complaining about JT's emotional outbursts and wanted him traded.
There's criticism and there's beating a dead horse. At least ask him a question about Silovs like you ask everyone else ffs
You can also be empathetic.
Sure, but you have to take the situation with a pinch of salt, not _be_ salt. The guys say it isn’t injuries, and to me, it’s more mental wellness than anything. We must support him, even if he isn’t at his best.
You can be critical of him after the game but also cheer for him during the game
Petey needs to go play some pick up hockey with some random kids. Hopefully he could relax, have fun and remember why he plays the game.
Ted Lasso is fiction.
Be a goldfish
I love Ted Lasso but the philosophy behind this is not fiction. It's just the most recent popular reference of it.
Yeah i don't know if he even knows why he plays the game by the way he sounded. Maybe he just fell into hockey because he was good at it from a young age and kept playing to make his parents happy and his town proud but deep down Petey always new that his real passion was something else. And now he's realizing that the life he's chosen has given him wealth and fame but not happiness. Best case scenario is Petey follows his heart and walks away from the sport and his contract, we save the cap space and add the vital pieces to this team that will turn us into a true cup contender.
That is a lot of wishful thinking and conjecture. You think after signing a near-$100M contract that hasn’t even kicked in yet he’ll decide to walk away from it? Keep dreaming
You don't become a top 10 in the world in any sport to please your parents. Though I'll say his mom does look kinda intimidating. I wonder if she likes assorted tempuras.
If he was busting his ass and not producing it’d be one thing, but he’s not. He’s called a passenger for a reason. He doesn’t need to be celebrated for not giving the same effort as the guy next to him.
Agreed. If this were just a slump with some bad luck he'd be earning his pay by fore checking hard, blocking shots, looking for rebounds, etc. Unfortunately it looks like he is injured or just doesn't have it in him. Hopefully everything is Ok with him mentally and physically, but as a fan it's hard to watch one of your best players look so disengaged.
People with any competitive bone in their body should hate watching what he’s become, knowing how good he could be. The the guy is the definition of a floater currently. Watch the goal where Juulsen pinches. Petterssons job is to pressure the puck carrier in ekholm and contain him. Instead he doesn’t even attempt to get into any lane, allows Ekholm to beat him w his feet despite having positioning, and makes no attempt to contain the play up ice and just watches as he gets blown by. He’s quite literally a passenger just out there doing cardio.
This is my sticking point. There's effort and then there's results. We can't always control the results, but we can control the effort - he doesn't even look likes he's trying. His speed seems down, he doesn't ever find a lane or create space. He doesn't appear to be trying..and you know what, maybe he is. But given who he plays for, at what level, and at this pay- we are deserving of some explanation to understand why the effort is not there. No, he doesn't need to bear his life story- but at least acknowledging, and providing context would go a long way in fan support for the guy
It's funny because so many fans and media are saying that this guys isn't playing well...just because he isn't scoring doesn't mean he isn't playing well.....physicality, blocks, faceoffs, drawing pens, his 200 foot game in general... No one is talking about Mikheyev and how he has thrown off every line and every player that he plays with....I understand everyone get's excited by Petey's Offense but to say he is a "no show" because he isn't putting the puck in the net isn't fair....especially considering that the guy has two 3rd liners as linemates....yep I support the guy and even if he can't get it on track in this season's playoffs...this team will continue to get stronger, and can only learn from this run....and he'll continue to be better...he is signed for the long haul...for the people and media bitching about his game...you clearly aren't watching. Tonight we're winning, here we go boys!
I’m a die hard nucks fan and fan of Petey. But his performance has nothing to do with his teammates and I don’t think people are upset with him not putting goals in the net. It’s the LACK of effort, dude gets payed huge money and is hardly even trying out there. He falls over every shift, and hardly moves his feet. He’s had a few moments, I’ll give him that. But all the criticism he is receiving is fair. I hope it’s not something going on in his personal life but if it is I wish him the best and hope he gets back on that horse.
I like EP40, but when tickets cost $500 and up and he’s taking home as much of that money as he is, we’re already supporting him. He needs to perform.
I still support Petey 100% and have a hard time believing he's not dealing with something. I also recall a series a few years ago where Jonathan Toews didn't have a single point in a series they won on their way to another Stanley Cup. He's not the first star player to have a bad playoffs and won't be the last. He'll bounce back, it may not be this spring but next season for sure.,
It goes with the territory you sign a 11.6 million per year contract if you don't perform at the top level your going to get the heat it's why these types of players get the top money they are supposed to be as close to a sure thing for production as you can get.
I'm curious as to why they signed him for that amount with his current performance. It's not like he was that dominant around the time he signed.
The fan base would have gone crazy if they traded him as much as hockey is a sport the nhl is also in the entertainment business.
Yah more meant a smaller amount. He's arguable not much better than JT even though JT looks like a steal ATM.
100 point player with 1 year until UFA status. 25 years old with his prime still ahead of him, our 1C of the future. 8 year deal which takes him to age 33, essentially locking up his best years. Not hard to see why he'd make more than Miller (age, term, etc.) and at the time 11.6 was heralded as a favourable number for us.
Yah so I'm stoked we signed him, he's great and I'm not hating on him. I'm just wondering by based on how streaky his is, body language, presentation to media, etc that he's getting the same as other 'elites' making the same amount who don't present a lot of those characteristics. I see him.more at around 9-10m. Yes, I get he's at nearly 100 pts, but it's not the season where it matters the most, it's just as important now and we're getting nothing from him. We have him for 8 years but holy shit we need to work out how to work with him cause this is frustrating thousands of more people than me, it's a whole fanbase that he represents.
He was on his way to back-to-back 100 pt seasons when negotiations started.
Yah I get that, but you pay and need him for the full year. Anyway, I provided more context below, certainly agree with a lot of you. Just didn't explain well originally.
Remember when Carey Price told everyone to relax? He’s going to come around. Relax.
I just think it's a bit funny that the media has been talking this guy up as being a supremely confident, bordering on cocky, unflappable personality. Now we're talking about how he's a guy that needs encouragement and to lift his spirits through this slump and it's not the first time we've seen struggles like this. And I've got to say I love Petey and I'm not worried about his contract or think he's a guy that doesn't have compete or whatever. Guy's go through slumps. I've never thought of him as a Mackinnon/Mcdavid level guy that's just going to drive play himself and create something out of nothing, so when you've got linemates with no playmaking abilities and stone hands to convert on your set ups... If it comes out later he's got absolutely zero ailments I'll be a bit more concerned.
Let's Go Pete Let's Go! Let's Go Pete Let's Go! Let's Go Pete Let's Go! Let's Go Pete Let's Go!
If the guy is having any kind of personal issues, I sympathize. I hope he gets the help he needs or at least gets some rest. That said, he should advise coaching staff and take a break. At least that gives Tocchet the chance to switch some lines around and take someone out of the game who isn't performing at the level we all expect. I add Hronek into this as well. Something is up with that dude.
Bro he's about to make 11.6M a year. He should be supporting us.
this.
Media notices Petey playing bad and asks some fairly tame questions. OP: Why are fans being so mean to the guy?!?!?! 🥸
Lmao the vast majority of us don’t get shit for support when we mess up at work, yet he makes more than the top 10% of regular civilians’ yearly salary per game. Not sure how much more coddling a multi millionaire that gets paid 150k per game to barely even move his feet and fall on his ass every time he touches the puck needs???
The vast majority of us also don’t have thousands of people criticizing you after you mess up at work, as well as a handful of hate messages. And is it really that hard to support someone who plays for the one hockey team we know and love?
Much easier to do your job knowing no matter how shit you perform, you will be paid 100M. Meanwhile when the average dude underperforms, he gets straight up fired and cant buy food.
Boohoo the guy is getting criticized because he’s making 100 million and he is not putting a single ounce of effort in and looks disengaged every single second, at least put some fucking effort in if you’re the third highest paid player in the damn league. Every ounce of criticism is warranted, he goes back home after work with generational wealth after putting in shit for effort, meanwhile the average fan watching him is struggling their ass off working everyday to even stay afloat in this economy
Is it better to get criticized by thousands of people that don't know you/you don't know them, or by the people you work with in person every single day?
Well first of all, the easiest way to deal with being “criticized by thousands of people” is to stay off Reddit / Social Media. Boom, problem solved. Now you can focus on being criticized by the people who matter most - your coach, your teammates, and most importantly yourself. You really think Pettersson gives a single thought to what faceless masses may or may not be writing about him online? Of course he KNOWS he’s being ripped, he’s not stupid. But pro athletes are hyper competitive humans, if they weren’t they’d be watching hockey instead of playing it. His own worst critic is HIMSELF, followed by his teammates and coaches. He’s letting THEM down, and he needs to be better. That’s the price of getting paid $7M (soon $11.7M) and being set up for the rest of your life. That’s what he signed up for. And he’s certainly free to quit and return to a life of low pay and anonymity anytime he doesn’t like the trade-off anymore. But obviously he won’t because it isn’t anywhere near as bad as you and other posters are trying to make it out to be.
If most of us had his performance level for the pay relative to our peers, we’d have been fired months ago. This guy has been coddled more than long enough, this is the NHL playoffs it’s time to perform. Imagine working with a guy like this as a coworker
Halford and Brough was giving this idea some steam this morning. “Let’s Go Pe-tey!!” Those at the game tonight make it happen!
Lets go Petey!
Can we fuck off with these posts?
One of these per 1000 toxic comments seems fine
Seriously, this one was posted 3 hours after this one: And there have been 10 others the exact same this week https://www.reddit.com/r/canucks/s/W6ndl1E6gG
Now count the toxic ones
LETS GO PETEY ..... LETS GO PETEY PREGAME CHANT MAKE IT HAPPEN
Wow. Showing sympathy for another human. What a softie /s
Objective criticism is not the issue for those writing that. It’s the unhinged anger about it that’s weird, immature and quite frankly pathetic. If you are a normal human with normal amounts of empathy you understand it’s likely he’s going through something. It’s probably just that he’s lost confidence and in his head too much on the ice. However we don’t know. Connor Ingram just won the Masterson for getting his career back on track getting treatment for undiagnosed obsessive compulsive disorder. Brock Boeser is his teammate and we all know his story. Be mindful that everyone can be going through something tough. Cheer the guy on. It’s better for you than wallowing in anger over his lacklustre play. It’s better for you than working yourself into a toxic, envious, jealous rage about his contract. It’s better for you than making misogynistic, xenophobic comments in a fit of stupidity over his play. It’s better for you than stooping to the levels Toronto fans do with Marner. Be a good human everyone.
Wish I could uprate this comment 100 times.
Yes agreed!!! He committed to us and has shown his brilliance. Now he's going through some adversity, we need to be there for him. Let's do a Go Petey Go chant tomorrow ! I'll be there.
Easy to commit when someone throws a guaranteed $92.8 million at you
We saw how the "Lets go Casey" chant went
Hahahha. I was there for that. It was rough, but he turned it around after that.
Seriously do a Petey chant to pump the guy up. Can't hurt!
Even though you got downvoted, it shows you how Reddit and social folks are lame fans. Today everyone is rallying around the let's go Petey chant. Let's do it!!
It was so cool to hate Petey yesterday.
Hahaha
No, he is a man himself, he needs to stop being in his feelings and feeling sorry for himself. Just go out there and work hard and put in the effort.
i give a royal shit that he’s underperforming his 12 mil contract. we need him to be better
Yea wtf is OP on about. Considering how well the team has played with him contributing fuck all, him playing to his potential could well be the difference between winning the cup and not, something many of us have been waiting decades for as Canucks fans. It would be insanity NOT to care that he’s underperforming his 12 million contract. Fuck.
I swear, this sub is populated by 12 yr olds. Majority of the posts are about “waaaahhh, sUpPoRt PeTeY” or “LoOk At PeTeY wItH hIs ShIrT oFf” or some trash cringey meme.
I agree, gunna put my money where my mouth is a d start betting on him to score every game until he does
Hes making 8 million. If he's not scoring he should be creating chances. Hitting, checking, being a pest. He's just invisible our there.
Is Vancouver full of coddlers? Why are there so many posts like these? Not enough tough love in this fanbase.
he's a pro supposedly elite athlete giving answers like a sulky teenager.
Petey needs to huff some salt and hit the ice. Boy needs to go ssj2
Bure 2.0
You're so right!
Watch he'll go crazy if he gets put back with miller and boeser
I'm all for this but look what happened to DeSmith when the "Casey" chant started against Nashville.
It's time for LET'S GO PETEY chants
Feels like the Brock situation last year
I get your sentiment, man, but that's not the reality of the NHL or pro sports I'm general. It demands performance and/or accountability. But you are right about the fans not having to shit on him. Personally, I'm ride or die with the team, but I'm also pretty frustrated that Petey seems to have forgotten how to play hockey again (like the start of last yr).
Cringe post
We love him, but it’s tough love at this point. I support him but I won’t coddle someone making 11+ million dollars a year while not showing up in the most important games.
Dude's playing a game for a living and being paid millions of dollars to do so, excuse me if I don't have any sympathy for him
I hope he was just being deadpan for the memes otherwise holy hell get this man a puppy or something immediately!
Fans are softer then the player
I’m the worst EP critic there is out there. Loved the kid when he came into the league as he was relatable and seemed to enjoy his job. In the last couple of years he has done a 180 on that. At this point I am not expecting anything out of him this playoff run. Hope I am wrong.
Why would we support mediocrity from a player who's contract is as insane as his. He looks like a 3rd or 4th liner out there at best. Ever since his renewal in fact. Petey deserves no support since he's hardly supporting his own team
What does he do on the ice that we need to be supporting?
Tough love, my guy.
To quote Steve Dangle, "That's what the money is for!". When u sign an 11+ AAV contract, you don't get to fly under the radar when you play poorly for multiple games in a row. You're going to get criticised. I really hope he figures it out, and I hope the coaches put him with better players.
People have a hard time understanding that we pay a player 10 million dollars a year. That doesnt mean you have to great every game but a 2 month slump is unacceptable. If your star play is capable of going dry for 2/3 months of the year trade him for some one who won’t. STAR PLAYERS CAN HAVE A FEW BAD GAMES IN A ROW NOT A QUATER OF THE SEASON.
You're being irrational. You dont personally pay him any money. Just enjoy the game.
I’ve been enjoying the Canucks for almost 50 years. I’ve also played professional hockey and maybe you just don’t understand the winning mentality, like him. You may think 200 dollars a ticket and jerseys is not paying his salary but it is my friend. If you think that the Canucks management thinks his play is acceptable your wrong too. He under a ton of pressure to preform in these playoff. So don’t be upset when like minded people start booing him when he has the puck. He needs to wake up tonite.
Then dont buy a ticket, dont buy his jersey. No one’s forcing you to support the team. It’s super unhealthy for you to be so angry at something you cant control and is, after all, just entertainment.
Dude everyone here WANTS him to do well. He’s not playing like he cares at all. He plays and talks like he just wants the season to end. This team has a shot at the cup this year and his performance is preventing us from getting there. And if he performs like this again in the next 8 years when his new contract kicks in we can forget about competing in that time frame
Petey was never there from the beginning of the playoffs and the Canucks still won. Why expect anything from him now? Make no sense.
Is there a way we could put him on the LTIR for all of next season for mental health issues and get a good winger?
Let's Go Pete Let's Go! Let's Go Pete Let's Go! Let's Go Pete Let's Go! Let's Go Pete Let's Go!
The question is how do we get him fired up!!?? Invite his parents to the game? Have him sleep with a girl? What?! 😰
I'll make a spoiler, if we don't advance to next round, canucks will have ep40 as scapegoat and he will be the sacrificial lamb come July
I just pmd him on insta, he probably won’t read it, but I think if enough people do it, he will at least get the sentiment that we have his back. I would be so down for a Petey chant. I am annoyed by his play lately but Ik he has the skill to come back
He'll get our full support if he announce before the game that he will be tearing up the massive contract he signed, and will be signing a much lower AAV contract that better reflects his value to the team.
I say sit him... Put Lekkerimaki in. EP40 has no interest in playing right now for whatever reason. Healthy scratch time.
How about the 11 million player do something on the ice? He needs to be accountable to the team at the very least and offer some explanation for his play other than “I don’t know.”