[Rob Simpson] “We’ve had some, 4 or 5 guys that are no-shows for 4 or 5 games and they’ve gotta pick it up. They’ve gotta do something. They have to. You just can’t sit on the bench.” — Rick Tocchet postgame after loss to Kraken.
“We’ve had some, 4 or 5 guys that are no-shows for 4 or 5 games and they’ve gotta pick it up. They’ve gotta do something. They have to. You just can’t sit on the bench.” — #Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet postgame after loss to #SeaKraken
— Rob Simpson (@simmerpuck) February 23, 2024
by PaperMoonShine
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So then when is Podkolzin gonna get a game
Im behind tocchet 100%. This team is mostly showing no heart right now. They can get out of it, but otll be a collective effort. Thats what it takes to win in this league. Everyone goes through bad stretches, but can they adapt and look themselves im the mirror and make the changes?
This is on the coaching staff as well, i cant stand Mike Yeo, he hasnt been able to adapt since he got here.
Is one of these players Mik?
Bottom 6 production has completely dried up between moving Suter/Hog up the lineup and Joshua getting hurt… Would be lovely if we had someone who could push people back down the lineup to play with Miller and Boes
Starts from the top.
We need to see more of Boeser hounding the puck a little.
We need Petey to start passing better, stop forcing plays. He’s shooting in weird angles, which is actually good, it means hes willing to shoot more, but he’ll get in a rutt and stop shooting and start forcing bad passes through 3 defenders
JT Miller is playing great, I have nothing bad at all to say about him
Hughes is getting hounded every game, we need more from Hronek if he wants to get paid. Hughes is playing well, I like seeing activate down into the play, along the boards. right now teams have scouted the way he walks a blue line and he needs to throw some curveballs back at the defenders, so they cant defend the blueline as much. if he draws down into the play it could actually open the net front up because a lower defender will have to activate on him. It seems you can guarentee that Hughes will have 2 guys on him, so how do you feel up an extra Canuck, and where do you want him freed up? Might be time to bring back the old Sedin pick plays.
Lindholm needs more time before I can start ragging on him
all star game was the worst thing that could have happened to this team. confidence is no match for hard work and commitment. bring back the 200ft game
Bains looking better then most the team is comical.
Half the problem is we can’t take advantage of our power play opportunities and the other team does. I’m sick of watching them pass the puck for two minutes. Shoot the fucking puck! And our PK hasnt looked the greatest either. Tocchet has been amazing so far, but it’s time to adapt and make some changes. 5 on 5 is still rocking. We’re getting killed on special teams. And the reffing has been abysmal…
Canucks caught a lot of teams off guard early in the season with their structure and hard work. Teams get to study hours of tape on your defensive systems and powerplay, and now they are way more prepared than teams were when they were getting blown out early on.
All year I’ve been hearing, “yes the schedule has been tough but it will even out in the second half”. Still waiting for that to happen. 5 games in 8 nights coming off the all star break frankly delivers a sub standard product. I voted many times for our players to be in the all star game and if I could I would have voted to keep them out of the all star game. If the schedule was less condensed we could actually enjoy watching these stars play at a high level. Instead we have dogshit tired teams travelling halfway across the continent every week.
Hughes looked hurt or sick last night. I notice the team doesnt share many updates on bumps and bruises unless a player is for sure going to miss a game.
Mikey, Petey, Hronek, Boeser and Demmer
Comments and accountability like this from the top down makes it just a tiny bit less painful than a coach who refuses to acknowledge core issues/points out nothing but silver linings. Love RT