Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet expressed concerns about the team's recent performance and mentality. Despite stating it was 'go time' for the team, they struggled in a game against the Capitals. Tocchet emphasized the need to address issues before the playoffs, with lineup changes being made in subsequent practices.
lots of moving parts at #Canucks practice. Full recap here plus quotes from Tocchet, Pettersson & Garland https://t.co/IYO2W3isCJ
Scenes from a practice: Canucks shake up line combos; Garland latest to get a turn with Pettersson https://t.co/V5dSfjdO46
Sitting in top spot in the Western Conference, the #Canucks say that they need to increase their intensity down the final stretch of the regular season, and learn how to overcome adversity from desperate teams who are fighting for their playoff lives: https://t.co/Rl6W3Mj6lq https://t.co/IIxVBUcpv8
Some new looks Monday: Hoglander-Pettersson-Garland. Suter-Miller-Boeser. Mikheyev-Lindholm-Lafferty. Podkolzin-Blueger-Aman Hughes-Hronek. Cole-Myers. Zadorov-Soucy. #Canucks
lots of changes to #Canucks lines and D pairs at practice today https://t.co/U8byQcUPiw
During his availability today, #Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet gave some honest opinions on what his team and coaching staff need to do to get out of their current funk. Read more on @TheHockeyNews.⤵️ https://t.co/UN16pLYa2M
Soucy: “You obviously don’t want to panic, but we know the last five periods weren’t our best. We can’t have lulls.” #Canucks https://t.co/AY9zxZJvuY
We’ve got changes again. #SeaKraken practice lineup, 3/17: Tolvanen-Beniers-Eberle Burakovsky-McCann-Bjorkstrand Kartye-Gourde-Yamamoto Tatar-Bellemare-Tanev (Have been rotating): Dumoulin-Larsson Oleksiak-Borgen Evans-Schultz
listening to #Canucks Tocchet post-game last night, he sounded like a coach that has some legitimate concerns about way team is trending a month out from playoffs. Has 14 games to get things sorted out. My Sunday column... https://t.co/buuC7g7Rx0
Paterson’s Point: Tocchet’s tone changes in wake of consecutive letdown losses for Canucks https://t.co/XnIDREmDOm
Coach Tocchet said after Friday’s practice that this is "go time" for his team. But after two days to prepare for Saturday’s game against the desperate Capitals, the Canucks seemed stuck in neutral. (@imacSportsnet) https://t.co/7L9PcgCto1
Tocchet sounded like he didn't love the Canucks mentality recently, even at practise the last couple of days, and this performance against the Caps shows why