The Canucks closed out their five-game road trip with a 3-1-1 record after a win over the Blackhawks.
After the team’s first preseason game, Joshua got bumped from the main group that featured primarily NHL players to skate with the AHL players in the second group. It certainly seemed like head coach Rick Tocchet was sending a message that he needed more out of the big winger.
“It was definitely eye-opening,” reflected Joshua in January. “I was at a spot that they didn’t think I should have been at. I wasn’t aware enough that I needed to give more…It was fair and warranted and a ‘make sure it doesn’t happen again’ type of thing. I feel like the standard was different. To have this type of season, they expected a lot more out of everyone and that’s where I didn’t meet the bar to begin with.
On another occasion, Tocchet suggested that Joshua could be a complementary top-six forward if he worked at his game around the net: “If he can get to that level, you can play him with great players, because the great players want to play with north-south type of players that will get you the puck and go retrieve the puck. So, there is a spot there, and if he can grab it, we'll see.”Since his healthy scratch on November 2, Joshua has become an integral part of the Canucks’ lineup.
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