{"id":484236,"date":"2026-03-04T05:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/484236\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:28:12","slug":"pierre-lebruns-elias-pettersson-trade-deadline-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/484236\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre LeBrun&#8217;s Elias Pettersson trade deadline prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/tag\/nhl-trade-deadline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHL trade deadline<\/a> coming up on Friday, there is <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/vancouver-canucks\/nhl-rumors-less-talked-about-canucks-forward-could-traded-deadline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">increased attention on Vancouver Canucks forward Elias Pettersson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish star has been a constant subject of trade rumors in the 2025-26 NHL season, but according to TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun, chances are that Pettersson will still be donning Canucks colors past the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of Pettersson, teams do continue to check in the last few days, I\u2019m told, according to sources on him. I think it\u2019s a stretch to think he will move before Friday\u2019s deadline. I just think the remainder of that contract and his inconsistent play are still a lot for teams to stomach,\u201d LeBrun said on TSN.<\/p>\n<p>Pettersson signed an eight-year contract extension worth $92.8 million with the Canucks in 2024, and that deal will carry him through the 2031-32 season. That also has a cap hit of $11.6 million, so any team trading for him before the deadline will have to come up with a beefy package, not to mention the will needed to commit to such an erratic on-ice performer.<\/p>\n<p>LeBrun also mentioned the Carolina Hurricanes and the Los Angeles Kings as among the teams that have <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/vancouver-canucks\/hurricanes-rumors-discussed-elias-pettersson-trade-canucks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">kicked the tires on Pettersson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Still, LeBrun \u201cthinks it\u2019s more likely than not that Pettersson stays put here [Vancouver] at this deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A former Calder Memorial Trophy winner, the 27-year-old Pettersson has scored 13 goals and recorded 22 assists for a total of 35 points, with a -17 plus\/minus in his first 52 games in the 2025-26 NHL season.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming he doesn&#8217;t get ultimately moved before the trade deadline, Petterson&#8217;s chances of getting traded should grab headlines again in the offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the 2026 NHL trade deadline coming up on Friday, there is increased attention on Vancouver Canucks forward&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5128],"tags":[894,5,4,107,548,893,27,5313],"class_list":{"0":"post-484236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver-canucks","8":"tag-canucks","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-nhl-rumors","12":"tag-nhl-trade-deadline","13":"tag-vancouver","14":"tag-vancouver-canucks","15":"tag-vancouvercanucks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116169257964753560","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}