Vancouver's $20M Payroll Order Doesn't Need Elias Pettersson
The payroll order everyone is using to explain the Elias Pettersson trade talk is smaller than his contract. Clearing him doesn't satisfy it. It overshoots it, straight through the floor.
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Canucks by the numbers
2026-27 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-10-23. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
- 2-9-1Record
- 5Points
- 32ndNHL rank
- 2.92GF / GP
- 4.67GA / GP
- 22.2PP%
- 65.0PK%
- 47.4FO%
Possession · 5-on-5
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2026-27, 165 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams
- 41.4CF%31st of 32 · Share of shot attempts
- 40.0FF%31st of 32 · Unblocked attempts
- 99.8PDOShooting % + save %, 100 is neutral
- 40.7OZS%Share of zone faceoffs in the attacking end
Skaters
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Elias Pettersson | 12 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
 Jonathan Lekkerimaki | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
 Brock Boeser | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
 Linus Karlsson | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
 Filip Hronek | 12 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
 Jake DeBrusk | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
 Paul Cotter | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
 Liam Ohgren | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
 Marco Rossi | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 Arshdeep Bains | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Jamie Oleksiak | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
 Max Sasson | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 Drew O'Connor | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Elias Pettersson | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Tom Willander | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Zeev Buium | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Filip Chytil | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Luke Schenn | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Aatu Räty | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Brendan Gallagher | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Guillaume Brisebois | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Victor Mancini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goalies
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kevin Lankinen | 8 | 1 | 7 | .812 | 6.17 |
 Leevi Merilainen | 7 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 2.95 |
Canucks on NHL EDGE
Puck and player tracking, 2026-27 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
- 23.3mphTop skating speed15th of 32league avg 23.2
- 2Shots over 90 mph25th of 32league avg not published
- 270Bursts over 20 mph8th of 32league avg 238
- 536.2miDistance skated5th of 32league avg 470.4
- 91.5mphTop shot speed29th of 32league avg 95.4
- 241Shots on goal26th of 32league avg 282
- 14.5%Shooting %4th of 32league avg 11.3
- 37.6%Offensive-zone time31st of 32league avg 41.0
- 45.2%Defensive-zone time32nd of 32league avg 41.0
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The Real Obstacle to a Pettersson Trade Is Pettersson
The market has decided Elias Pettersson should move. The one person who can veto it hasn't, and he has already used that veto once.