As much as Vancouver Canucks coach Rick Tocchet has found the good amid the bad — and will ensure it’s part of the daily conversation — ignoring indifferent play isn’t going make his day or strengthen the roster the right way.
That would suggest, as Miller stressed post-game Sunday following a 4-1 loss to the Los Angeles Kings, that the Canucks are “a little too soft right now and doesn’t feel like we’re hard to play against.”“We’ve got to address that,” he stressed. “Whether that’s personnel or whatever, we’re a little light in battle situations. That to me is body position and technique.
At 24, and with a year left on his contract, this should be a summer like no other for the 2017 second-round pick of the Boston Bruins. He needs to improve on just seven points in 41 games to earn more than 10:31 of average ice time and become a bottom-six roster mainstay.Article content “Everybody wants things to happen fast,” Studnicka told Postmedia. “For some guys it does, and that’s why they’re the best players in the league. Early on, I probably gave myself expectations that were not unrealistic, but certainly high.Vancouver Canucks defenceman Akito Hirose skates during warm up in his NHL debut prior to a game against the Los Angeles Kings at Rogers Arena.Strength is at the core of improvement and Tocchet must see it at training camp.
“That’s experience and some guys haven’t played a lot and are trying to make the NHL. It’s part of the process.”“It sucks — I feel bad for the guys,” said Tocchet. “Four months off sucks, but use it to your advantage. There’s no excuse to not come into camp in shape. If you don’t, there will be a problem.
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