He has not played a game since March 2 due to a wrist injury that caused him to miss more than 30 games.

After intensive rehab, Elias Pettersson is now back on track.

- It took an incredibly long time to heal, longer than I thought, but today it feels great.

I train too hard and shoot too hard, it has healed to one hundred percent, says the Vancouver star, who has benefited from the recovery time.

- I feel stronger now I would say.

I have been doing rehab all summer so in that way I feel stronger.

The training has also yielded results in the comments on social media.

- Yes, I posted a picture on Instagram when we were on a boat trip in Greece me and my friends.

It got some attention, it was a little fun.

You have trained a lot this summer, it's fun to see some results, it has not done before (laughs).

What do you say about the attention?

- It's just fun, but I do not do it for Instagram but to be able to play as good hockey as possible.

Elias Petterson says he is looking forward to next season, but at the same time his contract situation is unclear.

With a couple of months left until the NHL premiere, the 22-year-old is without a contract as the parties have not yet agreed.

- It's not close to sajna.

It is still a discussion but I have my agents working on it, he says to TT and continues:

- I want to stay but I also want to be happy with the contract and at the moment I am not.

It is a discussion I have with the club and the agents, but at the moment it is not clear.

Last season did not turn out at all as Elias Pettersson or Vancouver intended.

The club missed the playoffs for the fifth time in six years and in the interview with SVT Sport, Pettersson emphasizes how eager he is for revenge.

Before the season, he will also be joined by some new players in the team, including Swedish Oliver Ekman-Larsson who leaves Arizona after eleven seasons.

- I have played with him several times in the national team, you know him well.

Then we played in the same division as well.

But it is better to have him in the same team, says Elias Pettersson and continues:

- He comes in with his skill and his ability to play a different game, it is an offensive back with a good defensive.

He will help us from match one.

For his own part, Elias Pettersson has the goal clear:

- I always have high expectations of myself.

Now I just want the season to start, I long to play hockey again.

We did not get it together last year, shit happens, but I look forward to next season.

It looks promising.

Hopefully we can start the season on the right foot.