Failed Blockbuster Trade Involving Elias Pettersson Comes to the Surface on Saturday

Failed Blockbuster Trade Involving Elias Pettersson Comes to the Surface on Saturday

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An insider believes that a failed trade between Vancouver and Carolina involving Swedish forward Elias Pettersson could’ve changed the Canucks’ season.Prior to trading J.T. Miller, who was reportedly involved in a feud with teammate Elias Pettersson, the Vancouver Canucks had a deal in the works with Carolina which would’ve seen the Swedish forward join the Hurricanes.

Insider thinks Elias Pettersson-Carolina trade could’ve changed Vancouver’s season

On Friday, Rick Dhaliwal of Donnie & Dhali was a guest on Halford and Brough in the Morning on Sportsnet 650 radio where he said that if that trade between Vancouver and Carolina went through, it would’ve changed the Canucks’ season.

In the failed trade between the two sides, the Vancouver Canucks would’ve landed pending restricted free agent forward Martin Necas, who is now a member of the Colorado Avalanche.

“The Necas/Petey deal would have flipped everything.” Dhaliwal said.

If the Vancouver Canucks were to trade Elias Pettersson to the Carolina Hurricanes for Martin Necas back in January, not only could it have changed their season, but it would’ve led to a pretty significant trickle down effect around the National Hockey League.

For starters, it likely would’ve meant the Vancouver Canucks would’ve held onto J.T. Miller and they wouldn’t have landed Victor Mancini, Filip Chytil and a first-round pick.Aside from the Canucks, a Pettersson-Necas deal would’ve seen the Colorado Avalanche shift their focus to another team in a Mikko Rantanen trade, who went to the Carolina Hurricanes for Martin Necas and then the Dallas Stars before the deadline in March.Heading into the summer, an Elias Pettersson trade is still possible as General Manager Patrik Allvin says he’d be stupid not to keep his options open but it leaves many to wonder what Vancouver’s season would’ve looked like with Martin Necas and J.T. Miller on their roster rather than the Sundsvall, Sweden native and if they could’ve made it to the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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