Elias Pettersson has always been ruthless about addressing his shortcomings as a player. That’s why he doesn’t have many.
"It's something I always wanted to improve on" As a centre with an excellent two-way game, the only thing that was holding Pettersson back from getting deployed in more defensive situations is that his coaches couldn’t rely on him to consistently win faceoffs. “It’s something I always wanted to improve on,” said Pettersson. “It’s been a long time coming, being over 50. It’s definitely a thing I could improve a lot on and I think I’ve done a good job so far but I still want to raise that number.”
“I think he’s gotten stronger over the summer — that’s helped,” said Rick Tocchet. “I think he’s studied the opposition a little bit more. And I just think with the other centremen we have, we’re a good faceoff team. I think it’s contagious.” It’s not just Lindholm joining the team that has led to that improvement. Pettersson himself has been a part of that faceoff improvement as he’s only gotten better since the start of the season.
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