The Vancouver Canucks are off to a solid start in 2023-24, as is their biggest star, who remains an unrestricted free agent next summer, despite reported interest from the team in keeping him with the team.
After netting a career high 39 goals and 102 points a season ago, Elias Pettersson is off to another hot start this year, tallying 13 points through the teams first 8 games, and it appears his value is only going up.
Despite being paid over $10 million AAV right now, Pettersson has taken his game to another level over the past 18 months, and at just 24-years of age, he's only going to get better as time goes on.
Right now, it's uncertain whether or not the Canucks with their projected $31 million in cap space for next season will indeed lock him down to a long-term deal, but if they don't, we may be seeing yet another superstar get a well-deserved mega deal this summer.
