Rick Tocchet intimated he and the rest of the coaching staff were 'pissed off' by the team's poor execution of their game plan.
Fans weren’t happy about the Vancouver Canucks’ lousy performance on Saturday night against the Boston Bruins.
“We had a game plan that some guys didn’t execute,” said head coach Rick Tocchet. “I think sometimes as a coach you take it, not personal, but you get pissed about it, right?”“We talked about a certain play we want to do against Boston and we didn't do it 'til maybe in the third,” said Tocchet. “I think that pisses the staff off because we had a good game plan.”
“The weak side was open a bunch of times tonight, we just couldn't find it,” he said earlier. “We didn't see it tonight. Skate four or five more feet, hit the weak side, it's open. Instead of that, we're jamming it up the strong side.” “We have, let's face facts, three, four, or five guys, they're struggling — they're struggling to get emotionally invested in the game,” said Tocchet. “And that's my job, to get those certain guys, we've got to find another gear from them. They've got to understand that it's the NHL, and you can't play one good game, and then two bad, or whatever.
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