Elias Pettersson says he is fully fighting-fit and ready to go, even with more than a month to go before training camp.

That’s the message he delivered to NHL.com’s Peter Ekholm this week as the Canucks’ No. 1 centre joined up with 34 other Swedish national teammates for a Olympic training camp.

And the words Pettersson used in his discussion with Ekholm do stand out .

First of all, there’s the message everyone’s keying on: He’s out for “revenge”.

Against whom wasn’t exactly laid out, but the meaning does seem self-evident — Pettersson is very, very motivated to not have a repeat of his abysmal 2024-25 season, where he tallied just 45 points and was a non-entity most nights.

It’s unlikely we will yet get the full picture of just how last season went so badly wrong for him — such as

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