Okay, then consider the scoring pace he was at in the 2nd half of last season. No reason to believe he can't sustain something similar to that. No, Petey didn't kill penalties in his first two seasons, but he's taken that step in his game last season, Hughes didn't though

Doug Gilmour was small but not softer than a baby’s behind like Hughes. Pettersson has played a full NHL season and only had one season with significant time missed. Why are you people so obsessed with this Hughes kid?

His ceiling is equal to Zegras. He’s good but the overrating of the kid on here has basically made me root against him.

He's a solid first line player but he's far from the messiah that Canucks fans portray him as.

Giving the edge to Hughes here, sorry you disagree.

Same can be said for Hughes

Have you ever watched Hughes play hockey?

Same with Hughes. What are these one sided arguments

That makes them even then

Too early to write him off like that, he's not even in his prime yet

Not sure what I said made you believe I'm writing him off.

Calling him overrated made your tone sound pretty definitive

Overrated doesn't mean bad.

Like I said, your tone still had negative connotations, and I was telling you that you aren't observing Pettersson's outlook closely enough that makes it fair to call him overrated

Personally, I think I'm entitled to my opinion and I doubt you're going to change it. No use in getting upset over what other people think.

Well I think you're opinion reaps of ignorance, and I don't understand why you bother to be carelessly dismissive

I guess no one is allowed to say anything bad about the Canucks

It's not exclusive to the Canucks, I just don't like hearing takes that don't have a lot of thought put into them

You seem to fine with people being dismissive about Hughes but get upset when people prefer him over Pettersson. You've also done nothing to actually get me to change my opinion.

Not sure how having a slight preference to a player over another makes me carelessly dismissive, or why you're so adamant about this. Both are fine players but neither play for a team I follow so I'm likely to put as much thought into my opinion as you put into these polls.

Not equal to zegras. He's better then zegras.

Me neither

Can you provide evidence at why Pettersson is better defensively than Hughes

Fine, whatever, but I don't know where you're getting the impression that I'm okay with people being dismissive of Hughes. If anything, I think he gets somewhat overrated by capfriendly users, where as I can't say the same about their attitudes towards Pettersson, probably because he wasn't at the top of his game for the first half of last season

He kills penalties

That doesn’t mean he’s better defensively wtf

Give me concrete evidence. Stats, analytics, etc

Yeah it does

Give me stats, analytics to back it up

I just don't like hearing takes that don't have a lot of thought put into them

Dude, being able to kill penalties is a very definitive testament to a players defensive ability, that shouldn't be hard to understand