Canucks coach Rick Tocchet told reporters that he wants Elias Pettersson to shoot the puck more after their game against Utah on February 23. Basically, and I hate to sound like a broken record, folks in the media and the fans in Vancouver have noticed EP40 isn't shooting the puck as much and is currently at a career-low season average for shots per game - now down to 1.77 shots per game after tonight. Well, I'm just pointing out here that despite the coaching staff asking him to shoot the puck more, he's only got 1 shot in his last 3 games to go along with a minus 5 rating in that span.

Things were looking bad, but now they're looking more like a car wreck or something. This isn't fun to watch happen to such a talented player. I hope he can turn things around. Can someone confirm if he's injured or if the team is doing anything different to help him rebound? I keep seeing his ice time go down and I'm not sure why.