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Confirmed with Link: Canucks announce HC Rick Tocchet will Not Return

I take this to mean he will accept bids from all teams to drive up his price. Or maybe he he really did just simp on the Canucks. Couldn't handle the job


 
I'm beginning to think Rick Dhaliwal is being seriously played by some of these agents he seems to be able to reach at will on his smartphone. If they want a phony story 'planted', then Rick is their guy.

Of course "Tocchet is open to coaching somewhere else in the Western Conference". What else is his representative going to say?

His client has to be seen to 'listening to everyone', so when he finally signs with the Flyers, there's no evidence of collusion or tampering.

It's getting to the point where Dhaliwal must be at top of Xmas card list for every agent in the country.
 
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VanJack said:
I'm beginning to think Rick Dhaliwal is being seriously played by some of these agents he seems to be able to reach at will on his smartphone. If they want a phony story 'planted', then Rick is their guy.

Of course "Tocchet is open to coaching somewhere else in the Western Conference". What else is his representative going to say?

His client has to be seen to 'listening to everyone', so when he finally signs with the Flyers, there's no evidence of collusion or tampering.

It's getting to the point where Dhaliwal must be at top of Xmas card list for every agent in the country.
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And vice versa. Dhaliwal is fed content and inside knowledge, and in return will spread "stories" fed by agents.

Both are helping each others careers.
 
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At this point there's little doubt that Tocchet bailed because the Miller/Petterson feud. He loved Miller. Management chose Petterson. The rest is history. This is mostly speculation but it's the only thing that makes sense.
In any case, he bailed. He decided that the crest didn't matter.
 
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Canucks LB said:
The fact Rick already had an interview (longshot or not) with Seattle shows the Family reasoning wanting to go out east is clearly as not important as originally stated.

Everybody would love to be close to their family and work a high paying job, that does not make the situation unique in any way.

If he takes the job in seattle, beside us, in the west, a few hours away, would be the biggest slap in the fact to this fanbase, org, and everybody involved, completely humiliating.
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more proof he’s stubborn. Not a great characteristic of a good coach.
Let’s not forget he lives out of Las Vegas so him leaving Vegas for the east was kinda bs.
 
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Timmer44 said:
And vice versa. Dhaliwal is fed content and inside knowledge, and in return will spread "stories" fed by agents.

Both are helping each others careers.
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I guess Dhaliwal has benefitted from being a shill for every agent in town. But for a journalist it's a dangerous double-agent game.

Team front offices will soon cut him off, if they haven't already. Far too many times NHL executives have been left scrambling to put out fires around the latest rumor spread by Dhaliwal's Twitter account.

And the agents gleefully cheering from the background.
 
rypper said:
Dhaliwal has never claimed to be a journalist.
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Maybe not......but a writer, pundit, radio guy or a panelist paid for their opinions, is only as good their sources.

I'm sure that someone like Elliot Friedmann would be a lot less effective if he became a mouthpiece for one set of agents or hockey executives.
 
VanJack said:
Maybe not......but a writer, pundit, radio guy or a panelist paid for their opinions, is only as good their sources.

I'm sure that someone like Elliot Friedmann would be a lot less effective if he became a mouthpiece for one set of agents or hockey executives.
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Why would a writer, pundit, radio guy or a panelist "paid for their opinions" be only as good as their sources? Is "insider knowledge" required to provide an reasoned opinion?
 
VanJack said:
I'm beginning to think Rick Dhaliwal is being seriously played by some of these agents he seems to be able to reach at will on his smartphone. If they want a phony story 'planted', then Rick is their guy.

Of course "Tocchet is open to coaching somewhere else in the Western Conference". What else is his representative going to say?

His client has to be seen to 'listening to everyone', so when he finally signs with the Flyers, there's no evidence of collusion or tampering.

It's getting to the point where Dhaliwal must be at top of Xmas card list for every agent in the country.
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"Evil Vancouver media stirring up drama agaiN!!!!"
 
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I just hope the next coach is another solid guy and brings stability to the team. This year has been hard to endure, and anymore drama is going to be moar hard to endure. wut.
 
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Between November 9 and December 10, Elias Pettersson erupted for 21 points in 17 games, a remarkable surge after his slow start to the season. This production placed him on a 101-point pace — exactly the elite-level performance befitting an $11.6 million franchise player. Jake DeBrusk also thrived during this stretch, tallying 16 points in 17 games (a 77-point pace), showcasing unexpected chemistry with Pettersson despite DeBrusk’s unsustainable scoring rate.

What changed? Coach Rick Tocchet finally paired the two as linemates, a move that unlocked their potential. With J.T. Miller sidelined from November 17 to December 12, the Pettersson-Debrusk duo flourished, driving offense and compensating for their early-season struggles.

Yet when Miller returned on December 13, Tocchet reverted to his old habits, dismantling the effective partnership. This decision stifled both players’ momentum, reigniting their scoring woes. It’s a frustrating pattern: Tocchet prioritized rigid systems over fostering chemistry, even when the results spoke for themselves.

I also pointed this out in another post when I was ranting about how shitty Tocchet is, that last year through 49 games, Pettersson had 62 points, our "lotto line" of Pettersson Boeser and Miller. He once again wanted to ruin Pettersson.

Compare this to Bruce Boudreau’s tenure, where Pettersson and Andrei Kuzmenko remained a dynamic duo because it worked. The team scored goals, we struggled, but they built confidence. Tocchet, however, seemed intent on undermining Pettersson’s success, perhaps hoping to pressure management into trading him for grinders.

Good riddance to that mindset. Winning coaches adapt; they don’t sabotage what’s already working.

to my fellow Canuck fans. It blows my mind that we’re actually considering bringing him back and offering him one of the highest salaries among coaches. At this point, I thank Rick Tocchet for not wanting to come back.
 
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VanJack said:
Maybe not......but a writer, pundit, radio guy or a panelist paid for their opinions, is only as good their sources.

I'm sure that someone like Elliot Friedmann would be a lot less effective if he became a mouthpiece for one set of agents or hockey executives.
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He's 100% a mouthpiece for NHL and NHL executives. Friedman just chose that side of the aisle. Dhali chose the other side (players and agents).
 
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Is there a world where Tocchet has priced himself out of the coaching market, and doesn't end up anywhere this season?

I have to wonder if the way Petey tanked this year, and how the whole situations was handled, might scare a few teams away from RT.
 
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Who is saying Virtanen was a good prospect? It was clear as a dog's balls that he was a one dimensional scoring winger who used his physical size to dominate, and as soon as his peers caught up he was a bottom six grinder at best. He was also injured at the draft itself...
 
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So even though the team upped the ante for him, Tocchet still threw his hand in. Like Travis Green before him, he folded. Was hoping Gretzky would have sat at his table as well but it just wasn't his deal.
 
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