Before the end of the 2023-24 season, Pettersson signed an eight-year contract worth $11.6 million annually, making him the highest-paid player on the Canucks roster.

The Canucks can freely trade Pettersson to any of the other 31 teams in the NHL. Miller, meanwhile, has a contract that anchors him in Vancouver with a full no-move clause.

NHL insider Elliotte Friedman recently suggested that Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson may be struggling mentally with the pressures of playing in a market as intense as Vancouver.

Pettersson was coming off the two best seasons of his career entering the 2024-25 campaign. In 2022-23, he set career highs with 39 goals and 63 assists for 102 points. He followed that up with 34 ...

Pettersson does, however, make $11.6 million against the salary cap and is in the first year of an eight-year contract. Even without trade protections, that’s a tough deal to move.

Pettersson struggled a bit during the 2024-25 season, finishing the year with 15 goals and 30 assists for 45 points in 64 games played. Sixth on the team in scoring and well below what is expected ...

Hughes, a defenseman and the Canucks captain, and Pettersson, a center, are out with undisclosed injuries. They did not play in a 5-4 overtime loss to Seattle on Saturday.

Pettersson would be a first or second-line player for the Canadiens, and his age at 26 fits in with Montreal’s core. He’s also a player who could use a change of scenery after a tough year.

Pettersson is a very dependable, stay-at-home, top-four defenseman. There’s nothing particularly flashy about his game, but he’s precisely the kind of player who can help a team thrive in the ...

Pettersson has no points in his last six games. Miller has zero goals and four assists in six games since returning from a leave of absence. He also lost track of his defensive assignment and got ...

Pettersson is in the first season of an eight-year, $92.8 million blockbuster to be a play-driving center. He scored a career-high 102 points in 2022-23, 10th-most in the league.