About 10 days ago I approached Elias Pettersson to ask if he’d be interested in answering some questions from the VIPs following a Vancouver Canucks practice day.



“For you it’ll be just like a normal interview but with questions from fans,” I explained to Pettersson as he untied his skates at his stall in the home locker room at Rogers Arena.



“Yeah, like a normal interview but with better questions,” he said, flashing a smile.



Pettersson is a savage.



He’s also always got time for Canucks fans and was eager to participate.



So we opened up a forum for submissions to our loyal VIPs at The Athletic Vancouver and received hundreds of responses from fans and readers who wanted to quiz Pettersson on a wide array of subjects.



We picked questions designed to help Canucks fans get to know Pettersson a little bit better, and he was expansive on a number of topics — like his admiration for Connor...