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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I really do fear a little for this kid as I don't think this is anywhere close to the worst hit he's going to take. I really hope the coaching staff is instructing him to keep his head up at all times and pick his spots when he goes into the corner. He's in an uncommon spot that he's talented enough to play but maybe not physically developed enough to withstand the punishment.
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Agree. Think the difference between him and Johnny was that Johnny's elusiveness came from his edge work and skating.
Petterson is more elusive in the fact that he can kind of dangles around the middle of the ice more and tries to put the puck through people instead of Gaudreau who more was about edge work and going around you on the outside.
I remember thinking those first two games - "One day he's going to try to put the puck through the legs of the wrong guy and catch an elbow/shoulder to the head".
Didn't quite happen that way but in the end I do think he's going to have to be a bit more careful with how he plays.