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One of the few reasons that make me didnt like Tocchet.
Guys like Kuz & Pods were deemed not suitable to his team.

Not exactly lighting the world on fire rn but they proved to be servicable players.
He wouldn't find ways to fit those players its not like they didn't have solid players around them .
Like tocchet in ways but he didn't have ways to work with some players ..
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Kuzmenko and Podkolzin both look so much better freed from Rick Tocchet's garbage system, shocker. I can't believe that guy had defenders on this board, while the Canucks regularly put up 3 shots a period
 
Pickard is playing, by far, his best game of the playoffs. Both the PP goals were very similar back door plays, that I blame the D for.
Setting up for an interesting finish...
 
It’s mind blowing that Vegas built a strong team, culture, and identity with a structured system in just a few years. They can plug in players and play the same style of hockey. I wonder if teams just perform better in a low pressure environment.
 
Vegas is probably going to get swept.

Podkolzin with 1 goal and 1 assist. 6 points in 8 playoff games now. Thanks Allvin.
I think we can thank Tocchet for that one. Podz was just another "cant win with him" player that was shown the door. Kuzmenko and Bouvillier also. There was a bunch of them. He tried to get rid of Petterson too. And one thing in common with all of them is he had a lot of support from this market for all of these moves.

I ran into Podkolzin at a small park in Edmonton last Saturday. He was there with his daughter.
 

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