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Post-Game Talk: GM 48 | Canucks def. Capitals | 2-1 (Hughes x2) | Follow your Captain.



Tonight’s Game
  • Played a little fast and their breakouts were better
  • Had intensity from everyone
  • Grinded out a win and hopefully gives them confidence
  • Have to make sure they push back
  • When protecting a lead, don’t back up in the neutral zone, don’t let the other team skate
  • Turned down some shots instead of taking the puck to the net
  • Sometimes they defer and throw the pucks around; saw better aspects of that today
Elias Pettersson, Defenceman At Large
  • Is a really big fan of the kid
  • Not sure how many games he will play but will just get better
  • Has swagger
  • Goes into piles and blows people up; unafraid to do that
  • Stops cycles
  • A young defenceman you can really build off
Washington Capitals Goal
  • Canucks video guy didn’t believe Lankinen had full possession so they didn’t challenge
  • Only saw one angle
Hughes
  • Not scared to go to the interior and that’s how he scores goals
  • First goal was incredible
Going to the Interior
  • Trying to dive into this
  • Not sure if it’s a confidence thing
  • Coaches have to keep preaching it and practicing it
  • Need to really harp this, more than ever
  • Last 30-40 games have been interior stuff; going to the net
  • Deferring low-to-high too much
  • Hopefully can build off Hughes goal
  • Not a lot of guys can score that backhand goal, though
Hoglander
  • Hoglander came to Tocchet’s office and they had a talk
  • Told him to build off his identity
  • Need to see this again in St. Louis
  • Is getting a little bit better in his own end
  • His forecheck is something they desperately need from him
Avoiding a Letdown in the Next Game
  • It’s on the coaches and players
  • Need to continuously preach the good things
  • Remind them they can’t let the foot off the gas
  • It’s a confidence thing but is a responsibility to be ready
  • Need to want the puck and not shy away from tough situations
Blueger’s Line
  • Blueger had a good game; moved his feet
  • PDG was good on a forecheck
  • That 4th line really helped; was unafraid to use them against the top line
  • Thought it was too many men when Lindgren made the save on the empty net
First Two Minutes
  • First shift was a tough start but once they held it, saw some guys breath a little bit and responded with good back-to-back shifts
  • When they had 2 bad shifts, the 3rd regained their momentum; lately it has snowballed
  • Stopped the Capitals' press
Road Trip
  • Sometimes you want to be on the road and others you want to be at home
  • Wherever they play, need to get some traction
How to Get to the Middle of the Ice
  • Need to use your quickness
  • If opponent is man-on-man, they will behind you so need the patience to have a guy on your back and take it to the interior
  • Need to have some courage
  • Don’t panic
Deferring to the Point
  • When asked if he feels there’s too much deferring to the pointman “One million percent”
  • Have talked about this all year
  • Will have a game where they go “wow!” but haven’t been able to sustain it
  • Have talked about tweaking their practices; focus on interior offensive stuff for 30 minutes and not even worry about the defence
  • On the coaching staff to keep preaching it
 
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Vector said:


Tonight’s Game
  • Played a little fast and their breakouts were better
  • Had intensity from everyone
  • Grinded out a win and hopefully gives them confidence
  • Have to make sure they push back
  • When protecting a lead, don’t back up in the neutral zone, don’t let the other team skate
  • Turned down some shots instead of taking the puck to the net
  • Sometimes they defer and throw the pucks around; saw better aspects of that today
Elias Pettersson, Defenceman At Large
  • Is a really big fan of the kid
  • Not sure how many games he will play but will just get better
  • Has swagger
  • Goes into piles and blows people up; unafraid to do that
  • Stops cycles
  • A young defenceman you can really build off
Washington Capitals Goal
  • Canucks video guy didn’t believe Lankinen had full possession so they didn’t challenge
  • Only saw one angle
Hughes
  • Not scared to go to the interior and that’s how he scores goals
  • First goal was incredible
Going to the Interior
  • Trying to dive into this
  • Not sure if it’s a confidence thing
  • Coaches have to keep preaching it and practicing it
  • Need to really harp this, more than ever
  • Last 30-40 games have been interior stuff; going to the net
  • Deferring low-to-high too much
  • Hopefully can build off Hughes goal
  • Not a lot of guys can score that backhand goal, though
Hoglander
  • Hoglander came to Tocchet’s office and they had a talk
  • Told him to build off his identity
  • Need to see this again in St. Louis
  • Is getting a little bit better in his own end
  • His forecheck is something they desperately need from him
Avoiding a Letdown in the Next Game
  • It’s on the coaches and players
  • Need to continuously preach the good things
  • Remind them they can’t let the foot off the gas
  • It’s a confidence thing but is a responsibility to be ready
  • Need to want the puck and not shy away from tough situations
Blueger’s Line
  • Blueger had a good game; moved his feet
  • PDG was good on a forecheck
  • That 4th line really helped; was unafraid to use them against the top line
  • Thought it was too many men when Lindgren made the save on the empty net
First Two Minutes
  • First shift was a tough start but once they held it, saw some guys breath a little bit and responded with good back-to-back shifts
  • When they had 2 bad shifts, the 3rd regained their momentum; lately it has snowballed
  • Stopped the Capitals' press
Road Trip
  • Sometimes you want to be on the road and others you want to be at home
  • Wherever they play, need to get some traction
How to Get to the Middle of the Ice
  • Need to use your quickness
  • If opponent is man-on-man, they will behind you so need the patience to have a guy on your back and take it to the interior
  • Need to have some courage
  • Don’t panic
Deferring to the Point
  • When asked if he feels there’s too much deferring to the pointman “One million percent”
  • Have talked about this all year
  • Will have a game where they go “wow!” but haven’t been able to sustain it
  • Have talked about tweaking their practices; focus on interior offensive stuff for 30 minutes and not even worry about the defence
  • On the coaching staff to keep preaching it
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Thanks, always look for these summaries after the game!
 
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boring game. but fast paced. both sides. quinn hughes carrying the team on his back again. Dpetey was good took the body why was he not called up sooner. always playing soucy/vinny D/juulsen. kid can rush thepuck up the ice and lay the body.
 
David71 said:
ride lankinen even if he has a stinker here and there. its the only way chance to win IMO
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The problem is are Canucks only just trying to win, or also trying to get larger sample size from Demko in order to strategize what to do with Lankinen.
I'm sure they would rather Demko come back as a legit starter with a cheap backup next season. But from the looks of it, they'll probably have to re-sign Lankinen and it won't be cheap as he's going to want to be goalie 1A/B.
 
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AzNightmare said:
The problem is are Canucks only just trying to win, or also trying to get larger sample size from Demko in order to strategize what to do with Lankinen.
I'm sure they would rather Demko come back as a legit starter with a cheap backup next season. But from the looks of it, they'll probably have to re-sign Lankinen and it won't be cheap as he's going to want to be goalie 1A/B.
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trade demko for whhatever. just to get rid of contract and go after ufa goalie. earlier cbc broadcast was talking about thompson/lindgren becoming ufas in the summer they both playing well.
 
Nuckles said:
Tocchet with lots of praise for players taking the puck to the middle of the ice.

Question from Jason Brough: “Do you think there’s been too much deferring to the point man?”

Tocchet: “A million per cent.”

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Damn, I love this question. And I thought that was just systems play but perhaps the coaches might be preaching too much accountability (see: Hog getting scratched constantly and JT's benching) and the players resort to safe deferrals rather than taking risks to score goals. Tocchet and the assistants need to figure out this balance, and quickly.
 
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The game can be summed up to this:
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