New reports today have come out indicating that Vancouver Canucks superstar Elias Pettersson is facing a major demotion tonight against the Washington Capitals. Elias Pettersson's name has been heavily involved in the news over the last month due to his <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/vancouver-canucks/canucks-forward-jake-debrusk-opens-up-about-his-feelings-on-the-feud-between-jt-miller-and-elias-pettersson' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>feud with J.T. Miller which has taken a toll on the Canucks locker room.</a> Not only has the locker room suffered from this issue between superstars but Pettersson and Miller themselves have dropped off in their level of play. Particularly Pettersson has not played well over the last month or so and really seems to be struggling to find his game even in the offensive zone where he is normally fantastic Tonight head coach Rick Tocchet seems to be sending a message to Pettersson in particular that his efforts in recent games have not been good enough by demoting him deep into the lineup. <h3>Rick Tocchet demotes Elias Pettersson to the bottom six against the Capitals</h3> According to reports from the morning skate for the Vancouver Canucks the team will be making a major lineup change tonight. The biggest change will be Pettersson's slide down the lineup to play with what is listed as the third line, featuring Nils Hoglander and Linus Karlsson. DeBrusk. Suter. Garland. Heinen. Miller. Boeser. Hoglander. Pettersson. Karlsson. Sasson. Blueger. PDG. Joshua. Hughes. Hronek. Pettersson. Soucy. Forbort. Desharnais. Juulsen. Myers. Friedman. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/BatchHockey/status/1883222295973642276'> </a></blockquote></div> This move seems to be a huge potential wake-up call for Pettersson, who has just 4 points and is a minus-four in his last 10 games. Despite what seemingly is a demotion Pettersson spoke with excitement for the game and the opportunity to play alongside defenseman Elias Pettersson who is making his NHL debut for the first time. He also admitted that the team needs to get back to having fun but still playing with attention to detail and desperation. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1883248011817742701'> </a></blockquote></div> The Canucks will drop the puck against the Capitals at 10 pm eastern which will give everyone a first opportunity to see Tocchet's plan to get his superstar Pettersson back on track going forward.