Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet expressed dissatisfaction with the team's performance, highlighting the need for more players to step up. Tocchet criticized the power play, Elias Pettersson's form, and the team's overall mistakes and soft plays. He called out certain players for not fully committing to the playoffs, emphasizing the importance of sacrificing for success. Tocchet hinted at potential lineup changes and adjustments ahead of Game 5 against the Oilers.
It’s Silovs. It’s Pickard. It’s that anxious, heart-in-your-throat sensation of watching playoff hockey that matters. It’s Game 5, and another gorgeous playoff hockey night in Vancouver. #Canucks https://t.co/Cjo0plJvoz
Will Rick Tocchet’s lineup tweaks get Elias Pettersson going tonight? Here are @randipjanda and yours truly with your Game 5 game day preview! #Canucks @Sportsnet650 https://t.co/TDVwOx6Nhr
The Canucks are shuffling their lines in an attempt to get Elias Pettersson going while the Oilers are aiming to avoid a repeat of last year's Game 5 collapse. @imacSportsnet and @SportsnetSpec have more in their latest notebook. https://t.co/vYogyPtAPA
From @7ElevenCanada That's Hockey - The latest on Game Day from @TSNRyanRishaug & @FarhanLaljiTSN as the #Canucks shuffle the deck ahead of Game 5: https://t.co/mAru40m9gc #7ElevenThatsHockey
Rick Tocchet going big with changes ahead of Game 5 #Canucks vs #LetsGoOilers. News, notes, stats, line-ups, quotes — it’s all in the game day preview https://t.co/CFMDAPfZex
Scenes from morning skate: Canucks make four changes to lineup for Game 5 against the Oilers https://t.co/sm8HC5MvM6
Elias Pettersson looks like he will be on the wing for #Canucks #LetsGoOilers Game 5 tonight. Read more about the projected lineup changes on @TheHockeyNews.⤵️ https://t.co/EVkJtgMKZf
Rick Tocchet says Thatcher Demko has "improved immensely" #Canucks @Sportsnet650
Rick Tocchet: Puck possession and forecheck is something we've talked about that we have to improve on. There are plays there to be made. We're not making them. We have to be a little more aggressive when we have those plays. #Canucks @Sportsnet650
Lafferty, Friedman and Mikheyev taking shots on Tolopilo in a rinse group after #Canucks morning skate. Interesting that Noah Juulsen isn’t being skated the way you’d expect a healthy scratch to be. Ian Clark at the other end putting in work with Casey DeSmith. No sign of Demko. https://t.co/SA0fmkE9Cn
Vancouver is shaking things up for Game 5. #Canucks #Oilers https://t.co/pt9rfp1Fwo
Nikita Tolopilo has joined the #Canucks morning skate late. Šilovs and DeSmith both out there. No sign of Demko. @Sportsnet650
Thatcher Demko joins the #Canucks late for morning skate today at Rogers Arena.
Thatcher Demko joins the #Canucks for morning skate today at Rogers Arena.
Canucks morning skate: Lindholm is centring Pettersson. Blueger moves up to centre Joshua and Garland.
Tocchet has the blender out for game-day skate: Miller-Suter-Boeser. Hoglander-Lindholm-Pettersson. Joshua-Blueger-Garland. DiGiuseppe-Aman-Podkolzin. Hughes-Hronek. Soucy-Myers. Zadorov-Cole. #Canucks #Oilers #StanleyCupPlayoffs
Morning skate #Canucks lines Höglander. Lindholm. Pettersson. Suter. Miller. Boeser. Joshua. Blueger. Garland. PDG. Åman. Podkolzin. Extras: Mikheyev, Lafferty, Karlsson Hughes. Hronek. Soucy. Myers. Zadorov. Cole. Friedman. Juulsen. @Sportsnet650 https://t.co/wjKJvc1A1B
#Canucks line rushes at morning skate on Thursday ahead of Game 4: Suter-Miller-Boeser Joshua-Blueger-Garland Höglander-Lindholm-Pettersson PDG-Åman-Podkolzin Karlsson, Mikheyev Hughes-Hronek Soucy-Myers Zadorov-Cole Friedman-Juulsen
PDG is back at a full #Canucks morning skate, Blueger in a red practice sweater (as are Garland and Joshua), which implies some changes to Vancouver’s top-six forward group. No Demko with the main group. Silovs and DeSmith are the goaltenders. https://t.co/wkjCtm4fBa
The Talking Point with @martybiron43: Do the Vancouver #Canucks need to shuffle their lines to get Elias Pettersson going? https://t.co/KFQqhcRWuO https://t.co/sxJnww8vZv
#Canucks notebook: On the stakes of Gane 5, Elias Pettersson’s struggles and Thatcher Demko’s progress. Via @TheAthleticNHL: https://t.co/hUmX0y3rFL
Tocchet knows must win is not a game for the faint of heart. Everybody has to pull on rope and lineup will reflect that. “Everything is in play.” #Canucks #Oilers #StanleyCupPlayoffs https://t.co/VCnODplJEl
Rick Tocchet’s passenger list shorter he reported. Canucks coach can scratch a couple, but Elias Pettersson must get off that list. “I know I can be better. I'm trying out there. Maybe not going the best right now, but I'm trying. I want to win.” https://t.co/rUKqSVT9kV
What adjustments can/should the Canucks make ahead of Game 5? Canucks Central starts now.
Pettersson aims to get on track for Canucks in Game 5 of West 2nd Round ⤵️ https://t.co/1Geroyjovj
Will Vancouver's Elias Pettersson get back on track? @risingaction, @simmonssteve, @SunGarrioch and @RobWong34 discuss that and more on the latest episode of Off The Post. https://t.co/hfN7SOnRJE https://t.co/Kbsv0Jr5tk
Rick Tocchet called out some ''passengers'' following the Canucks' Game 4 loss to the Oilers. How did Elias Pettersson react to the veiled callout? What are some of the possible changes Tocchet can make ahead of Game 5? More from @FarhanLaljiTSN: https://t.co/eAGPTeHltR
#Canucks update: Today marked third consecutive day Thatcher Demko took shots. He hasn’t been participant in practice yet and hasn’t quite ramped it up to 100%. No real urgency for Game 5, I don’t believe, but Rick Tocchet could have a fascinating choice. Silovs has been solid.
From Bruce Boudreau on @7ElevenCanada That’s Hockey: Which #Canucks players are most deserving of Tocchet's wrath? https://t.co/aLY1sOb9wv #7ElevenThatsHockey https://t.co/fwQcu6FZz4
New for @Sportsnet: Analyzing Elias Pettersson's Game 4 performance through Rick Tocchet's comments: https://t.co/Gwp7gdP36r
Elias Pettersson has one goal in four games against the Oilers and his head coach Rick Tocchet called him out after their Game 4 loss... How much heat does the #Canucks' highest paid player deserve? More from Bruce Boudreau in The Talking Point: https://t.co/modwh7JTVY https://t.co/B75aEPXS1W
It has been a magical season for Canucks, but is this the end? They can’t go any farther with “12 players.” Coach Rick Tocchet puts authority at stake to challenge his team before it’s too late. “You can't win if you have five or six passengers.” https://t.co/dcBbMXxzJ2
From @FarhanLaljiTSN & @TSNRyanRishaug on @JayOnSC - Discussing Rick Tocchet airing out his frustrations with his team after Game 4, Evan Bouchard's clutch late winner, Calvin Pickard stepping up for the Oilers and what's wrong with Vancouver's PP: https://t.co/h8Kepz1KCq https://t.co/cbYOxmuIut
After Game 4, Rick Tocchet outed one-third of his players for either not understanding the magnitude of the opportunity in front of them or being unwilling so far to fully sacrifice themselves for it. "We can't play with 12 guys." (@imacSportsnet) https://t.co/Oc6L8lU1lK
Rick Tocchet speaks truth. He understands, as some of his players may not, the magnitude and rarity of this opportunity for Canucks and to do anything except fully sacrifice yourself for it is unforgivable. There are no guarantees in sports. You can't win w 12 players.
Tocchet mulling changes for Canucks after Game 4 loss ⤵️ https://t.co/OrX36LQFWZ
“I’m not sure if they know it is the playoffs,” was Rick Tocchet’s scathing, frank commentary on the performance the 5-7 #Canucks “passengers.”
"We need five or six guys to get going here." Rick Tocchet discusses the Canucks play in Game 4. https://t.co/nl6dCJAhUz
“We need to get some guys going,” says #Canucks HC Rick Tocchet. “You can’t win with only 12 guys.” On the PP: “Not good enough + they know it.” On Pettersson: “He needs to get going, I don’t know what else to say.” On the final goal: “Too many mistakes. Too many soft plays.”