Already prepping him for when the whole right side goes down with injuries, smart.
- NorthNuck

I think every camp goes through the process of getting an idea of who fits where if the injuries pile up. A smart coaching staff gets that out of the way early then works on the starting roster unlike Green and BB who are still doing it at the end of preseason. Fingers crossed RT doesnt do the same.

I think every camp goes through the process of getting an idea of who fits where if the injuries pile up. A smart coaching staff gets that out of the way early then works on the starting roster unlike Green and BB who are still doing it at the end of preseason. Fingers crossed RT doesnt do the same.
- boonerbuck

Based on what he was saying during the presser yesterday I have a fair amount of confidence in Tocchet running a solid camp. I didn't like the guy when they hired him, but the more I hear from him the more I think he could be really good for the team.

That said, I would put money on Juulsen playing minutes with Hughes at SOME point this season

Based on what he was saying during the presser yesterday I have a fair amount of confidence in Tocchet running a solid camp. I didn't like the guy when they hired him, but the more I hear from him the more I think he could be really good for the team.

That said, I would put money on Juulsen playing minutes with Hughes at SOME point this season
- NorthNuck

That would be a safe bet.

Joking and making a case at the same time... ok, I'll answer to both...

Haha, and...

Getting your own staff to lie is one thing but convincing a clinic to pretend one of your players is going through rehab at their business is another. Plus, I doubt the player want's to pretend he has a dependency or something that tarnishes his character. In fact, in his prime, he most likely wants to play hockey and not let the team use him in a risky "the dog ate my homework" quality scam. It's a lose lose situation for him.
- boonerbuck

Uh, sure. Moving on

Every time I watch Hughes skate live I’m amazed he has such good feet, Hirose is like a Hughes lite and looks to have jumped Rathbone on the depth chart. Soucy shoots a tonne and is big as is Matt Irwin. Podkolzin with Miller and Boeser, Hughes is paired with Juulsen
- Nucknab23

Juulsen may be a surprise this year. He was playing better before he got injured.

Every time I watch Hughes skate live I’m amazed he has such good feet, Hirose is like a Hughes lite and looks to have jumped Rathbone on the depth chart. Soucy shoots a tonne and is big as is Matt Irwin. Podkolzin with Miller and Boeser, Hughes is paired with Juulsen
- Nucknab23

Thanks for the in person updates!!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1704939018386047481

Looks like Tochett is placing Beavillier on the fourth line with Blueger

https://twitter.com/i/status/1704939018386047481
- VANTEL

https://twitter.com/i/status/1704939018386047481
- VANTEL

Ties Forsburg and M.Naslund as only under 20 to score in 3 straight in SHL , not bad company to be in

Juulsen may be a surprise this year. He was playing better before he got injured.
- VANTEL

Juulsen showed better quickness than I remember he is also fairly good size his shot was pretty decent as well. I like him he was a first round pick so the promise is or was there.

Juulsen showed better quickness than I remember he is also fairly good size his shot was pretty decent as well. I like him he was a first round pick so the promise is or was there.
- Nucknab23

Good insights over at The Athletic about training camp. Funny little part at the end, Miller bringing the sarcasm:

The hidden bag skate

At the end of both sessions on Thursday, Tocchet broke out a breakaway drill with backcheckers.

The drill flows as follows: the first skater takes a pass from a coach and goes into a full-ice breakaway. Once that shooter takes the shot, the next player goes, and the first shooter is called on to backcheck and attempt to chase the second shooter down. The second shooter then turns and backchecks themselves. And on and on it goes.

It’s the sort of fitness-centric drill that, given that it takes place over the full length of the ice, is in fact a bag skate in disguise.

“I liked the effort with that bag skate, that hidden bag skate,” Tocchet laughed. “It’s hidden because you get the breakaway first. So you get the candy. I think that’s why you can get away with it as a coach.”

The Canucks moved their official skating test behind closed doors this year, which is probably sensible given the many iconic moments of embarrassment it’s created for players in previous years (from Troy Stecher and Conor Garland vomiting to Olli Juolevi lying prone on the ice to Oliver Ekman-Larsson falling behind in his first Vancouver training camp). Still, at the conclusion of Thursday’s camp sessions, Canucks players were doing multiple lengths of the ice sheet at full tilt. So this wasn’t too far removed from what you’d expect from a skating test. Tocchet, anyway, suggested he was watching intently.

“That drill, sometimes somebody is going to be way ahead of you, but I want to see guys chase them down,” Tocchet noted. “Oh yeah, I watch that stuff. And I thought for the most part guys hustled all the way. They did a nice job. Some drills early I saw a couple of guys cheating and we kind of addressed it.”

It’s interesting to watch that drill transpire. Some veterans, chasing down a young player, will work hard enough to make the young player hear footsteps but won’t necessarily attempt to interfere with the shot directly. In other moments, players will go all out to interfere with the shooter. Later in the drill, the pressure from the backchecker becomes lessened significantly.

One sequence in particular was incredible. Miller was on the breakaway and Hughes, in the chase position, put a little extra mustard on his chase to make sure he broke up the shot.

“I always go full tilt, you know that,” Hughes captioned of the sequence.

Miller, as you might imagine, was not amused.

“It was f—–g bulls–t,” Miller said when the sequence was brought to his attention. “That was Danny’s fault,” he added, pointing the finger at Daniel Sedin.

“He’s releasing us and he released me after Quinn had already turned!” Miller added. “I needed like a half-hour head start on Quinn, but (Danny) f—-d me. You can write that. It’s his fault, let him have it.”

As you can imagine, Miller didn’t just shrug and move on after Hughes broke up his shot. Instead he turned, and put a little bit of extra mustard on his own chase the other direction. He caught up to Canucks depth defender Matt Irwin, breaking up the shot.

“Oh, 100 percent,” Miller said of his reaction. “No offence to Matty, but I’d rather him be chasing me than Quinn.”

Good insights over at The Athletic about training camp. Funny little part at the end, Miller bringing the sarcasm:
- NewYorkNuck

Fun read thanks!

Good to see humor and intensity with these drills.

From this and other reports, does it look like the players are ready and eager to do better?

Good insights over at The Athletic about training camp. Funny little part at the end, Miller bringing the sarcasm:
- NewYorkNuck

Good to see Miller hasn't changed.
It's someone else's fault.

Good insights over at The Athletic about training camp. Funny little part at the end, Miller bringing the sarcasm:
- NewYorkNuck

Sounds like captain Quinn is already finding ways to motivate the other guys

Sounds like captain Quinn is already finding ways to motivate the other guys
- NorthNuck

That's refreshing.

That's refreshing.
- VanHockeyGuy

He's putting all the Betas in their place

Based on what he was saying during the presser yesterday I have a fair amount of confidence in Tocchet running a solid camp. I didn't like the guy when they hired him, but the more I hear from him the more I think he could be really good for the team.

That said, I would put money on Juulsen playing minutes with Hughes at SOME point this season
- NorthNuck

Think they'll do anything different than send the scrubs to Calgary this weekend? Debating accepting free tickets, cause last year was next level on that front. Usually they sprinkle a few names but Van sent nobody vs. a lineup littered with NHL regulars and it just wasn't any fun to watch.

Good to see Miller hasn't changed.
It's someone else's fault.
- Marwood

ha I love that QH did that and love that miller okes about it. QH clearly has millers respect. good sign.

ha I love that QH did that and love that miller okes about it. QH clearly has millers respect. good sign.
- canucksfan1944

Good practice habits has been talked about since Rutherford got here. Wanting the puck starts in practice.

Think they'll do anything different than send the scrubs to Calgary this weekend? Debating accepting free tickets, cause last year was next level on that front. Usually they sprinkle a few names but Van sent nobody vs. a lineup littered with NHL regulars and it just wasn't any fun to watch.
- Sayros

I think this year would be more worth going because it sounds like the youth is going to be given their fair shot. I would bet Hoglander/Podkolzin are going to be there

Juulsen showed better quickness than I remember he is also fairly good size his shot was pretty decent as well. I like him he was a first round pick so the promise is or was there.
- Nucknab23

Maybe just a late bloomer. Hope so.

Rink Wide: Vancouver

@RinkWideVAN
J.T. Miller on the #Canucks coming into camp properly prepared for the season:

“The boys are ready, like we’re itching…we’ve been here for a month now. When you do that, it’s amazing how the different energy levels you have on [the] first day of camp…it’s really exciting for me, especially having all the BS kind of gone, a fresh start…we know what to expect now…fresh everything.”

Rink Wide: Vancouver

@RinkWideVAN
J.T. Miller on the #Canucks coming into camp properly prepared for the season:

“The boys are ready, like we’re itching…we’ve been here for a month now. When you do that, it’s amazing how the different energy levels you have on
- we_are_all_canucks[the] first day of camp…it’s really exciting for me, especially having all the BS kind of gone, a fresh start…we know what to expect now…fresh everything.”

Should get an ointment for that.

Sounds positive overall hopefully that transitions onto the ice and they come out of the gates hot.