The Vancouver Canucks' communication strategy has been poor or non-existent when dealing with the rift between J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson.
As much as the Vancouver Canucks have been a mess on the ice, that’s nothing compared to how messy they’ve been off the ice.
That’s when Rutherford gave a bombshell interview to Gary Mason at The Globe and Mail that not only put the spotlight directly onto the rumoured rift but removed the “rumoured” tag from it entirely. It should be noted that a quote Mason left out of the article but later shared on Twitter downplayed things a little bit, as Rutherford suggested that winning might soothe the issues between the two players and said, “We don’t want to trade these players but we may very well be forced to.”
Those rumours were only exacerbated by head coach Rick Tocchet splitting up Miller and Pettersson on the power play. Even if that move was unrelated to any rift, the Canucks’ refusal to comment on the rumours left it open to speculation. "Not to beat around the bush: everyone knows what the reports are out there. Everyone expects a lot from each other," said Hughes. "There's times I get upset with Millsy, there's times I get upset with Petey, there's times I get upset with Hronek — that doesn't mean that I don't love those guys and vice versa.”
“You guys, in the sense of that outer world, have created this thing,” said Miller the next morning. “Like, this isn't a thing. Am I bothered? No. But you guys are just wasting your time.” Honestly, that’s exactly what the Canucks should have done. If they weren’t going to work with the local media to deal with this story, they could at least have done so with their internal media team.
Then, in the wake of rumours and reports that the Canucks came inches away from trading Miller, Allvin had the temerity to say, "I feel bad for a lot of players when you’re reading some rumours out there." His own comments have been the source of many of those rumours. Why has this rift gotten to this point? Where has the leadership in the organization been this entire time? Why has the communication from the Canucks been so slipshod?
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