[Canucks] “Two years ago, there wasn’t really hard decisions. Now there are…Guys are pushing for jobs.” Coach Tocchet discusses today’s rosters updates and the team’s focus in the final days leading into the regular season.
by LeiraC6
@Vancouver Canucks
5 Comments
Good problem to have.
Arturito forcing his way onto the roster 💪
I get that’s it’s extremely easy to overrate current prospects, but it’s insane how quickly our mid-late round drafting turned around since Benning. Like under Benning we only had ONE pick after the 2nd round become a 100-game NHL player (Gaudette) since 2015. Hell, only one 2nd round pick really worked out (Hoggy). That’s a horrible track record.
Now, I know that most of these guys will inevitably flame out before hitting the NHL but in two drafts (compared to the previous six for Benning) we picked up players like D-Petey, Mynio, Kudryavtsev, Brzustewicz (RIP), Alriksson and Mueller from the mid-late rounds. I’d guarantee we get more than one 100-game NHL player from that list.
Edit: Did forget our boy Silovs, but even that’s more on Ian Clark’s autonomy
LOVE hearing that compete level increase!
Allvin has really come in and worked overtime creating a winning organization from top to bottom. When you look at what Benning left him, he’s done so well. A year ago, waiving PDG would have been insane! Now we have more depth than we can keep on the roster. Great problem to have.