It's not just the 40% shooting percentage, the other thing is that other teams haven't done anything about him yet.
It is not uncommon for young players to come in and light it up for 20 games or so. Then, if it continues long enough, other teams start putting film together and actually develop defensive strategies to deal with the kid. Then life becomes much harder.
The other issue with Pettersson is his size. Teams will start to focus on him physically.
Fantastic player. But he's still in the freebie window.
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