The regular season is over, its time to discuss who I thought had high expectations going into the season and ended up sucking. Let’s get into it!

1.

Elias Pettersson

As a player who is going to be officially listed as an $11.6 million player come July 1st, Elias Pettersson definitely didn’t show his worth this season. Pettersson came off an 89 point season in 2023-24 and was offered a new deal last March to make him the highest paid player in Canucks history with an 8 year $92.8 million deal. After signing his contract his production took a huge dip, and even bled into the Canucks two series playoff run where he scored 1 goal and had 5 assists in 13 games. Many fans and analysts were predicting him to come back strong in the 2024-25 season but to put it nicely, it was a disaster. Pettersson posted 15 goals and 30 assists in 64 games and struggled to find his consistency throughout the season. Now the Canucks have a decision to make, do they keep Pettersson and hope he turns it around, or do they involve him in a deal during free agency? Only time will tell.

2.

Alexis Lafrenière

Lafrenière had a terrific 2023-24 season and there were high hopes for him going into the 2024-25 season to make a big impact as the Rangers were looking to make another deep playoff push. That was definitely not the case. The Rangers failed to make the playoffs and had an overall horrific season finishing 11th in the Eastern conference. Lafrenière was one of many players on the Rangers who were underwhelming, ending the season with 45 points in 82 games. After coming off of a near 60 point season in 2023-24 the Rangers decided to sign Lafrenière to a 7 year $52.15 million deal, but after the season that has just passed things could be turned upside down to try and find a solution for next fall. The way the Rangers were dealing players left and right before the deadline leads me to believe they are willing to do anything in order to win, even if that means trading big players.

3.

Elias Lindholm

The Boston Bruins looked at the Canucks roster last free agency and decided to take both Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov. Those acquisitions were meant to be add on’s  to an already talented roster, but my oh my did the Bruins ever suck this year. They finished 15th in the Eastern conference and let Brad Marchand go on deadline day, but the biggest disappointment for the Bruins had to be Elias Lindholm. The second Elias on this list was brought in to play the number one center role on Pastas line and was a ghost for the majority of the season. He posted a measly 47 points in 82 games as he failed to reach the 20 goal mark. Lindholm is under contract with the Bruins until 2031, where he will receive a total of $54.25 million over the duration of the deal. With the Bruins seemingly looking to rebuild, where would this leave a player like Lindholm whom many had high expectations for. I don’t know about you but I will definitely be paying very close attention to the Bruins this off season.

Who do you think had the worst season? Let me know in the comment section down below!