"Yeah, need to see him being engaged, because like you mentioned, the points will come. They will probably have a good power play again this year, he will be a part of it, the points will come from that. But how engaged is he in the physical part of the game because he can assert himself and take over games when he's physical. We've seen him throw these hits, probably coming back a little bit stronger, he should be at least. He's still in that age where you're growing into your body, your frame, your size a little bit. So, hopefully that will come through as well and then he can become our number 1 center. Until he becomes that, you're still looking for something from him." Hansen said.
He added, "He's getting paid 11-something, J.T. [Miller] is getting paid 8-something. There's no question here who should be your number 1 center. But if you look at last season, we were okay, at some points Petey, J.T., but down the stretch and in the playoffs, there was no question who our number 1 center was. It was J.T. and that can't really happen with the way you're paying your guys and what you're expecting from him. So, he [Pettersson] needs to find a way to be (italics - the guy) and J.T. will do what hopefully what he's been doing for the last many years and round out that 1-2 punch we got here in Vancouver and that will make them a lot better. But number 1 for me is how engaged is he [Pettersson], does he look interested."