Canucks' Elias Pettersson can't seem to get away from all of the negative press this season, as he has now fallen victim to a massive scam overseas. Elias Pettersson has <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/vancouver-canucks/elias-pettersson-suffering-from-mental-and-psychological-problems-per-nhl-analyst' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>problems galore this season</a>. The big ones: The Vancouver Canucks are no good, and he's no good, either. And to really add to the drama, <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/vancouver-canucks/leaked-video-ignites-feud-between-jt-miller-and-elias-pettersson-in-canucks-locker-room' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>his reportedly fractured locker room relationship with</a> teammate J.T. Miller has many people believing one or both will be traded. Back home in Sweden, Pettersson is involved in some kind of real estate nightmare with a shady broker, who is now imprisoned, per Swedish reports. He lost a deposit on a luxury villa outside Stockholm over the experience. <h3>Pettersson was sold a home with flaws by a fraudulent broker</h3> The saga began two years ago, when he paid a 10% deposit, about $240,000 USD, on a $2.4 million villa in Danderyd, before experiencing buyer's remorse. «It turned out that the house had many flaws that needed to be fixed,» Elias' father Torbjörn Pettersson told Sundsvalls Tidning, a regional newspaper. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Derek_J_OBrien/status/1882161670585454920'> </a></blockquote></div> Though Pettersson had been able to squirm out of the mortgage contract through the courts, he doesn't appear likely to get the deposit back. The broker is serving a six-year sentence for other cases of fraud. «The money's gone - just forget about it and move on,» the elder Pettersson said. On the ice, the production has completely fallen off the cliff for <a href='https://www.nhl.com/canucks/player/elias-pettersson-8480012' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Pettersson</a>. Following seasons of 102 and 89 points, respectively, he's totaled just 30 points in 40 games this season, and fans are left to wonder what is behind the drop-off. The pressure, both physical and mental, appears to be wearing on the star forward. $240,000 isn't a lot to <a href='https://puckpedia.com/player/elias-pettersson' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>a person who's earning $11.6 million a year</a>, but it's added stress in a season full of them. Is this off-ice drama affecting his game? That's one of those questions.