Canucks' Pettersson, Hughes mostly excellent in first pre-season action

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If Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson catch up any further, they’re going to be ahead. imacSportsnet looks at how the Canucks' two stars did in their first pre-season action.

’ foundational stars were mostly excellent in Thursday’s 3-2 pre-season loss to the Edmonton Oilers, playing for the first time since signing new contracts last weekend worth a combined $15.2-million annually.

And Pettersson, playing for the first time since a wrist injury last March 2 scuttled his pandemic season, led the Canucks with six shots and eight attempts in 19:08 of ice time. His shot-pass was directed in by“I thought they both got better as the game went on,” coach Travis Green said. “Not surprising; they're great young players. I thought they both played really well.”

The Canucks hope Poolman might evolve into Chris Tanev 2.0, replacing the elite defender who left Vancouver as a free agent before last season after mentoring and partnering Hughes.

 

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imacSportsnet so much for green development

imacSportsnet Looks like Huggys dad runs a better camp than Greener. Could probably coach better too. He'd definitely get less bench minors than Green.

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