Rick Tocchet Makes Drastic Changes to Vancouver Canucks' Lines at Sunday's Practice
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Saturday's loss to the Boston Bruins on home ice was quite frankly a poor performance from the Vancouver Canucks and some changes are in order for tomorrow night's game.
No one was happy following last night's game, as should be with the way the Vancouver Canucks played on home ice from the first puck drop right until the final buzzer sounded at the end of the third period.
With last night's loss behind them, the Vancouver Canucks are looking forward and hit the ice on Sunday at Rogers Arena for practice to prepare for tomorrow's matchup with the Colorado Avalanche.
Rick Tocchet makes drastic changes to Vancouver Canucks' lines
As the Vancouver Canucks took to the ice on Sunday, the team got Derek Forbort back after he missed last night's game against his former team due to the flu.
Vancouver Canucks President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford was also in attendance watching today's practice according to Jeff Paterson of Rink Wide: Vancouver.
When it came time for line rushes, Rick Tocchet decided to make some drastic changes to his lines and defensive pairings from last night's loss.
J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser stayed together, moving up to the top line where they're joined by Conor Garland, who spent last night's game on the third line.
Today's second line consisted of Jake DeBrusk, Elias Pettersson and Max Sasson, the latter of whom scored his first NHL goal against Boston.
Danton Heinen, Pius Suter and Kiefer Sherwood were on the third line, while the fourth line consisted of Dakota Joshua, Teddy Blueger and Nils Hoglander.
As for the defensive pairings, Noah Juulsen and Tyler Myers swapped places, being put alongside Quinn Hughes and Carson Soucy, respectively.
Derek Forbort and Mark Friedman occupied the third defensive pair, while Erik Brannstrom and Vincent Desharnais were the fourth, indicating that they'll likely be scratched for tomorrow's game against Colorado.
"new look lines for #Canucks
Garland-Miller-Boeser
DeBrusk-EP40-Sasson
Heinen-Suter-Sherwood
Joshua-Blueger-Höglander
Hughes-Juulsen
Soucy-Myers
Forbort-Friedman
Brännström-Desharnais" Jeff Paterson shared.
Garland-Miller-Boeser
DeBrusk-EP40-Sasson
Heinen-Suter-Sherwood
Joshua-Blueger-Höglander
Hughes-Juulsen
Soucy-Myers
Forbort-Friedman
Brännström-Desharnais" Jeff Paterson shared.
Puck drop for tomorrow's game, which will be a battle of the league's top two defensemen - Quinn Hughes and Cale Makar, is set for 7:30 pm PT on Sportsnet Pacific.
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DECEMBRE 15 | 306 ANSWERS Rick Tocchet Makes Drastic Changes to Vancouver Canucks' Lines at Sunday's Practice Will the new-look lines and defensive pairings lead to a Vancouver Canucks win on Monday night? | ||
| Yes | 208 | 68 % |
| No | 98 | 32 % |
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