This. If healthy and engaged, Pettersson is a top-20 player in the league. He has an elite shot and is an excellent defender. The sharp drop in production that followed signing his contract is very concerning. He has a reputation for being aloof. Did he get paid and now doesn't see the need to go all out? I don't know, that's pure speculation. The knee thing, I guess I don't know enough about him to feel too far one way or another about it. He's been very durable the previous 3 seasons. Sometimes guys just have an injury that disrupts a season then he's fine. If he's this unhappy in VAN, how's he going to act in Buffalo on a team that looks like it has a ways to go? Then again, maybe a change of scenery reinvigorates him.
It's just a very weird situation. Last year, the Canucks quest to extend him was a big story, now 12 months later they want to unload him? Something is off there.