"He needs to work" - High level of concern surrounds Elias Pettersson's commitment

The Vancouver Canucks are now winless, going 0-0-2 and disappointing fans for a strong start to the season, but nothing compares to the disappointment Vancouver is feeling surrounding Elias Pettersson. Now, the concerns surrounding Ep40's commitment is coming into question.

Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet took to the media after yesterdays practice to talk bout the plan and moist notably the concerns that are surrounding Elias Pettersson's game. First, to be fair to Pettersson, we are only 2 games into the season, even though a let down in many of the eyes of fans, it does take time to build chemistry and get in the swing of the season.

Tocchet wants more out of his team and especially out of Pettersson when it comes to his commitment and compete level in practice. He talks about how practices and the effort that is shown in training spills over and translates to regular season games. He wants to make sure the confidence that builds comes from doing the right things in practice.

Pettersson was the last one to leave the ice yesterday (October 12th) to work on his battling drills.