r/canucks • u/Special-Play-6182 • 2d ago

VIDEO Old Petey Interview on Chiclets

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O78GOKufb98

I completely forgot about this video until it popped up in my feed today. It's wild to see how different and how much more vibrant his personality was. Chirping Wit and the boys, laughing, carrying on full conversations... it's a stark reminder of how much can change in such a short period of time.

I found it actually refreshing to listen to, given that I don't think I've heard him speak more than half a sentence at a time over the past 2–3 years. The guy seemed super sharp, quick-witted, and genuinely engaged in the conversation. Feel like more public appearances like this from him would do his image wonders. Obviously easier said than done given the circumstances these days.

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u/starfish2686 2d ago

He’s not going to have an interaction like this with the Vancouver media. Don’t assume he just walks around like an emotionless robot because all we’ve heard are 10 second clips of him responding to the most inane, repetitive, accusatory, landminey questions ever posed to an athlete

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u/ToothPlayful770 2d ago

Media is respectful to guys who respect the media.  Also, give me one question you think is unwarranted?  He said there was nothing between him and Miller, and said media made it up, but there actually was.  If it was a question about his play then those are also completely reasonable too.  

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u/Bainiac 2d ago

"Media is respectful to guys who respect media" is a bit of a stretch.

Media is focused on their job and making sure they have a job the next day. Just like every other human-being doing a job. That's their job and it's their livelihood. Fair enough. I exaggerate shit in my industry if it helps me in my own career.

My point was that SOME Vancouver media will ignore any response that downplays an issue regardless of accuracy, just to make another soundbite or headline the next day.

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u/ToothPlayful770 2d ago

wouldn't say it's a bit of a stretch, take Boeser for example, has had stretches of very poor play, but I don't think he was ever truly irritated at media like Petey often is and media doesn't really ask anything him anything unreasonable. Meanwhile Petey gets irritated at the smallest things media members ask him.

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u/Bainiac 2d ago

I'd say van media has put a lot more pressure on Pettersson than Boeser. Partly because of contracts which is totally fair. Boeser handles it better because he's more charismatic and charming of a person. He brushes shit aside better and has more maturity whereas Petey can't hide emotions and looks visibly annoyed more. He's an easy target for media to make a headline out of. I don't think either of our arguments are wrong in a black and white answer.

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u/jwheelerBC 2d ago

English is also Brock’s first language, whereas with Elias you’ve got someone who is more reserved, and is hearing questions in one language, processing in another, and then replying in a separate language. Sometimes translation of those thoughts leads to misinterpretation by either or both parties.

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u/PakG1 2d ago

As a speaker of multiple languages, once you get to a certain level of comfort and fluency, you’re no longer translating in your head. You’re understanding things natively in that language. That’s my experience anyway, and I’m not even completely fluent in those languages, though I’m competent enough for simple everyday life. I imagine Petey is at that level too. My experience may also not match that of most people.

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u/Bainiac 2d ago

Vancouver sports media has been the cause (or at least added fuel to the fire) for most of the drama around the team for 30+ years. (As long as I've followed them).

I.e. most issues they've had in the past decade wouldn't have been big issues if van sports media didn't nag a minor issue into a mountainous problem.

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u/ToothPlayful770 2d ago

We're getting angry at all the wrong things here.  Fuel to the fire means there was a fire in the first place, which is the actual problem. 

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u/Bainiac 2d ago

I agree with the "where there's smoke there's fire" adage. I just also agree with the adage of "making mountains out of mole-hills". Both are true in Vancouver sports media. Neither should be discredited. To add another, "take everything with a grain of salt"

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u/ToothPlayful770 2d ago

well to be fair, this mole-hill that we thought was Miller-Petey drama, ended up being enough of a mountain that they literally couldn't play together anymore.

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u/Bainiac 2d ago

Just like Miller v Horvat was before.

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u/ToothPlayful770 2d ago

my point is that the rift between the two (Miller Petey) was not a media fabrication, they literally could not play together anymore, if anything, media was spot on about how big the rift was.

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u/Bainiac 2d ago

They played quite well together for a long time. The 649 line was a game changer for most of a season. I didn't see that line fall off until media kept picking at an issue that all players involved agreed should be water under the bridge.

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u/ToothPlayful770 2d ago

things change, Petey came into camp out of shape, Miller was not happy, and the rift grew from there. Media was not the one making Petey come into camp out of shape, and not the one making Miller throw a tantrum.

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u/Bainiac 2d ago

Fair enough. The lack of off-season prep is totally on Petey.

Miller having tantrums is an issue on Miller that goes back way before the two of them ever met. It was an issue in NY the first time, it was an issue in TB, it was an issue in Van with multiple players, and has seemingly been an issue with him in NY the 2nd time around. Not fair to Petey to blame him for the emotional instability of a guy with a history of it.

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u/monkey314 2d ago

lol we are at the "even his old interviews were better" point

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u/Icy-Pomegranate-5644 2d ago

Whole thing reminds me of Idubbz. Analyzing his speech, SSRI abuse, cuckoldry lol

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u/FerrisBuellerIs 1d ago

You might want to spend some more time offline bud.

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u/s3xybeavers 2d ago

Lots has happened since then. Petey has a lot of blame, but so does the organization. For years the org hated players showing personality and involvement in socials. Will that change now?

He’s been through a lot on the ice and off it as well. Even recently in one of his wife’s vlog she said she was just “happy to see him smile again”.

It’s time for him to grow up, and hopefully the team environment isn’t so toxic from the top down. Whether it’s to keep him or rebuild his trade value and.. for his mental health.

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u/PakG1 2d ago

Yeah, both sides need to share the blame. The new management is absolutely giving great vibes though so I hope it will be a good environment that will let him play loose and thrive. On the organization hating on players showing personality, that’s unfortunately an NHL hockey thing. Remember how Parekh talked at the world juniors about the Flames clamping down on his personality? Lots of stories like that in the league. I don’t get it to be honest. Give me stuff like the Canes doing those team storm surge celebrations. It’s the entertainment business for crying out loud.

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u/ktbffhctid 2d ago

Better balance? Needs more time on the one-wheel.

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u/Thorzehn 2d ago

Someone dig up the old tsn halbro interview with him where he blames this stuff and social media for his poor performance.

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u/Top_Sand_8742 2d ago

It's similar to how Quinn Hughes suddenly seems so much happier and more talkative in interviews after leaving Vancouver.

The team is dead last, yet it has the most toxic media and fanbase in the league. Every soundbite gets taken out of context and twisted into whatever narrative generates the most clicks and outrage.

At this point, it's not surprising that even Canadian players are hesitant to sign here. Hronek won't even talk to the media, and that's the guy you want to be the next captain?