There’s a reason the President’s Trophy winner doesn’t often win the Stanley Cup
That’s been evident throughout the course of the season as the Canucks have been near or on top of the NHL’s overall standings.
In fact, in the last decade no President’s Trophy winner has managed to get to the Cup Finals never mind win it. Only the New York Rangers were able to advance past the second round making it to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2014-15 before bowing out. For Rick Tocchet and the Canucks coaching staff, adapting to that shift is probably one of the bigger challenges they face heading into the post-season.
For Tocchet and the coaching staff, that means emphasizing the techniques to be successful in practice and emphasizing it to the point where it becomes habitual in games. Case in point was Wednesday’s disappointing 4-3 overtime loss to the Colorado Avalanche at Rogers Arena.
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