Elias Pettersson and the Vancouver Canucks may have learned that repeating the process only leads to the same results in the NHL. After giving another opportunity to a former first-round pick to prove himself, the organization is now backing down from the plan.

Selected by the New York Rangers with the 9th overall pick in the 2018 NHL entry Draft, Vitali Kravtsov has failed to meet expectations. The Canucks traded for the Russian winger in February 2023, but the results were simply not there.

Kravtsov returned to The Motherland for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 campaigns, joining Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). After a career-best 58-point season, the Canucks decided to give the 25-year-old forward another shot to make it in the NHL. However, the plan didn’t get off

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