Elias Pettersson will be a game-time decision when the Vancouver Canucks visit the Washington Capitals on Wednesday (7:30 p.m. ET; MNMT2, SN). Pettersson, who has missed the past five games with an upper-body injury, took part in the team's optional morning skate.

Amid reports of discord between the two stars, there have been a lot of calls for the Canucks to trade one of them. What if they just told them to put their differences aside?

Over the past week and a half, Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin and director of player personnel Scott Young took in a series of World Junior games in Ottawa, watched Vancouver’s AHL affiliate in Laval and were in attendance together to witness the Canucks’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday.