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THE MOJ: Zombie fire of Elias Pettersson threatens to flare up at any time

The Canucks and EP40 may want his contract to be a non-story, but the reality is, it’s never far away
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There was a recent news story about ‘Zombie Fires’ which is a phenomenon brought on by climate change in which forest fires burn beneath the surface due to warmer winter weather and then resurface to cause problems.

The Vancouver Canucks have their own version of a ‘Zombie Fire’ with the Elias Pettersson contract situation.

The 25-year-old Swede is in the final year of a three-year $22,050,000 million deal and is set to become a restricted free agent this summer.

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