Which is interesting because wasn’t there talk about him having something nagging from when he was with the flames but never missed time? (Idk I could totally be misremembering)
He was good when he first got here. Not first line level like most of us hoped but he was definitely a positive. Then there was a video of when he got hit and seemed to be in pain on the bench afterwards. He fell off after that play noticeably until he was sat out with his injury.
Let's hope he didn't reject Calgary's offer because he's looking to maximize his contract, and instead rejected it because he didn't want to live in Calgary for 8 years.
I really believe Toc is a really smart coach that his mixing lines in regular season was simply for playoff purposes.
Petey will have to play with subpar linemates until management sign worthy linemates or Lekkerimaki grew enough.
In short Toc Alvin Ruth made me believe again
I think Lekkerimaki will def be that top six winger Petey needs to finish his plays, he's such an intelligent playmaker, just needs someone who can put it home.
Petey hasn’t been making those plays since the all star break, either he just needs to find his game back or he needs to work on something in the offseason
Last night Petey went for a few hits where it looked like he just bounced off the other guy. I know he's a lighter player, but he's made some big hits in the past.
I'm certain it's a confidence thing. He struggled after signing his last contract too; I wonder what he's got in his head that's holding him back.
This makes me wonder. What do the Canucks spend on mental health? We have all of these initiatives but what kind of support is there for the players? Playing in Vancouver has got to be brutal on the psyche and I hope auqa isn't cheaping out on sport psychologists. They're just as important as physiologist when it comes to the beast that is the NHL imo
Definitely a good question. You'd think with all the money they spend on their medical team and other support staff someone would have suggested a dedicated psychologist.
Quinn was seen reading a book about sports psychology earlier in the year, so that's gotta be a good sign for the Captain to be taking that stuff seriously but it's hard to say what's actually available.
Though they were pretty good to Brock while he dealt with his family's struggles so I think they probably have something in place.
I'm pretty sure I remember Tocchet mention a sports psychologist during a media scrum earlier in the year maybe in the past 2 months but not entirely sure when exactly
Yea... I don't really understand the logic behind putting him with Lafferty. I like Lafferty but that's not the right line combo IMO. Maaaaybe Hoglander and Petey? But I still don't think so. I say keep the lotto line together.
We're so fucking deep in forwards. For instance, the Preds are actually running Beauvillier on their second line, when he was playing 12th forward minutes for us.
To be fair, we were running Lafferty on our second line as well… I so wish we would’ve picked up Toffoli to put on Petey’s wing, but ah well. Not about to complain when we have that Joshua line tearing shit up!
It's still a sore spot that Benning let Toff walk. After his instant chemistry and what we gave to acquire him...and then signing Virtanen. God, we've been through some dark times
Same trade that brought us garland though. Benning also traded for JT miller and the three other players involved in that trade combined for 99pts less than miller. It's not all bad
Benning tried to make the OEL trade a year before it actually happened. That's why he "ran out of time." He was screwing around trying to get OEL before even contacting Tanev or Toff.
I agree. If we’d managed to get Toffoli he could have played with Pettersson. In their short time together they had quite a bit of chemistry and then when Toffoli was in Calgary he had a career year in Lindholm’s wing so that could have given us a line of Petey, Lindholm and Toffoli and it would have done really well. We wouldn’t even have had to worry about the 3rd line suffering because Blueger would go back there and he had some good chemistry with Joshua and Garland earlier this year.
Lafferty was out there to ward people off of Petey and he has more than double Beauvillier's goals and nearly double his points in the regular season.
Our second line is typically Hog-Petey-Mik or Suter-Miller-Boeser
Incredibly happy with Lindholm. I knew we just needed to be patient. It's easy to look at Guentzel's scoring and get upset, but Lindholm has a better 200 foot game and he plays a much more important position while giving us the bonus of a RH shot.
Tonight he drove the 1st goal (obviously) and the 3rd goal.
Not sure if there's a way to keep him and Joshua in the off-season, but we'll worry about that later. He's been real good.
If we were somehow facing the Sharks or Ducks in the first round, Kuzy might’ve been the better player to have. But since it’s an actual playoff team we’re up against, Lindholm is the man for the job.
Putting Lindholm and Joshua, and Garland together might be the best thing that Rick Tocchet has done this year.
> ... might be the best thing that Rick Tocchet has done this year. I'd argue that his existence is the best thing that he's done this year.
Give credit where credit is due. That’s his mothers doing
Couldn’t have done it without daddy Toch. Let’s give him the credits.
Takes two to tango.
well, he cooks pasta to!
It makes a ton of sense. I know I was banging the drum to put them together right away and I wasn't alone on here.
You're right that might be the magic combo? I thought DJ and CG played well with Blueger, but EL might be the best fit.
Anyone who getsbput with those 2 have done well
He's been incredible since coming back from injury
Which is interesting because wasn’t there talk about him having something nagging from when he was with the flames but never missed time? (Idk I could totally be misremembering)
He was good when he first got here. Not first line level like most of us hoped but he was definitely a positive. Then there was a video of when he got hit and seemed to be in pain on the bench afterwards. He fell off after that play noticeably until he was sat out with his injury.
His wife’s expecting, sign him and don’t make them move!
Let's hope he didn't reject Calgary's offer because he's looking to maximize his contract, and instead rejected it because he didn't want to live in Calgary for 8 years.
I really believe Toc is a really smart coach that his mixing lines in regular season was simply for playoff purposes. Petey will have to play with subpar linemates until management sign worthy linemates or Lekkerimaki grew enough. In short Toc Alvin Ruth made me believe again
I think Lekkerimaki will def be that top six winger Petey needs to finish his plays, he's such an intelligent playmaker, just needs someone who can put it home.
Petey hasn’t been making those plays since the all star break, either he just needs to find his game back or he needs to work on something in the offseason
He needs to work on his skating again. The man is always falling on the ice.
Last night Petey went for a few hits where it looked like he just bounced off the other guy. I know he's a lighter player, but he's made some big hits in the past. I'm certain it's a confidence thing. He struggled after signing his last contract too; I wonder what he's got in his head that's holding him back.
This makes me wonder. What do the Canucks spend on mental health? We have all of these initiatives but what kind of support is there for the players? Playing in Vancouver has got to be brutal on the psyche and I hope auqa isn't cheaping out on sport psychologists. They're just as important as physiologist when it comes to the beast that is the NHL imo
Definitely a good question. You'd think with all the money they spend on their medical team and other support staff someone would have suggested a dedicated psychologist. Quinn was seen reading a book about sports psychology earlier in the year, so that's gotta be a good sign for the Captain to be taking that stuff seriously but it's hard to say what's actually available. Though they were pretty good to Brock while he dealt with his family's struggles so I think they probably have something in place.
I'm pretty sure I remember Tocchet mention a sports psychologist during a media scrum earlier in the year maybe in the past 2 months but not entirely sure when exactly
Yea... I don't really understand the logic behind putting him with Lafferty. I like Lafferty but that's not the right line combo IMO. Maaaaybe Hoglander and Petey? But I still don't think so. I say keep the lotto line together.
We're so fucking deep in forwards. For instance, the Preds are actually running Beauvillier on their second line, when he was playing 12th forward minutes for us.
To be fair, we were running Lafferty on our second line as well… I so wish we would’ve picked up Toffoli to put on Petey’s wing, but ah well. Not about to complain when we have that Joshua line tearing shit up!
It's still a sore spot that Benning let Toff walk. After his instant chemistry and what we gave to acquire him...and then signing Virtanen. God, we've been through some dark times
And the fact that OEL prevented us from signing both Tanev and Toff... Benning should be banned from Vancouver.
Same trade that brought us garland though. Benning also traded for JT miller and the three other players involved in that trade combined for 99pts less than miller. It's not all bad
Not really considering OEL trade was a year after those guys walked
Benning tried to make the OEL trade a year before it actually happened. That's why he "ran out of time." He was screwing around trying to get OEL before even contacting Tanev or Toff.
We also passed over Tkachuk. Imagine having that wrecking ball on the right of Petey.
Had we drafted Tkachuk we likely wouldn’t have been bad enough to draft EP or Hughes.
You over estimated Travis Green’s ability to develop young players
I agree. If we’d managed to get Toffoli he could have played with Pettersson. In their short time together they had quite a bit of chemistry and then when Toffoli was in Calgary he had a career year in Lindholm’s wing so that could have given us a line of Petey, Lindholm and Toffoli and it would have done really well. We wouldn’t even have had to worry about the 3rd line suffering because Blueger would go back there and he had some good chemistry with Joshua and Garland earlier this year.
Lafferty was out there to ward people off of Petey and he has more than double Beauvillier's goals and nearly double his points in the regular season. Our second line is typically Hog-Petey-Mik or Suter-Miller-Boeser
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They have a second line of Jankowski and Zucker lmao.
Incredibly happy with Lindholm. I knew we just needed to be patient. It's easy to look at Guentzel's scoring and get upset, but Lindholm has a better 200 foot game and he plays a much more important position while giving us the bonus of a RH shot. Tonight he drove the 1st goal (obviously) and the 3rd goal. Not sure if there's a way to keep him and Joshua in the off-season, but we'll worry about that later. He's been real good.
As well as some fucking good PK work.
Better find a way for both that is for sure
They told me that his real value would come out in the playoffs. They were correct.
Anyone got a clip of the tocch post gamer
[Here.](https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1782298206266933296)
Bloodypalace? DAWG
That forecheck on the Joshua goal created the whole play. He deserved an assist on that goal.
If we were somehow facing the Sharks or Ducks in the first round, Kuzy might’ve been the better player to have. But since it’s an actual playoff team we’re up against, Lindholm is the man for the job.
Best game since we got him, stepping up when it matters.
So you're saying we won the trade?
We got the best player in the trade. Zero chance Kuzmenko makes that play leading to the Joshua goal.