Vancouver Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet Lands on Coaching Hot Seat Power Rankings
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The Hockey News has shared their recent power rankings, with a focus on who may be on the coaching hot seat & who could be fired next after Jim Montgomery was let go.
Earlier this week, the Boston Bruins became the first team in the National Hockey League to make a coaching change this season, firing Jim Montgomery after parts of three seasons at the helm.
The Bruins announced that associate coach Joe Sacco would be taking on the head coaching reigns on an interim basis while they search for their next permanent bench boss.
Montgomery won't be the only coach that'll lose their job this season, which is an unfortunate thing to say, but that's the nature of the business, there's not much wiggle room for error.
With that said, many have been wondering who could be on the hot seat right now and when the next coaching change could be coming.
No worry for Rick Tocchet in recent power rankings on The Hockey News
The Hockey News released their new power rankings on Monday, with two main focuses - the overall play of the team recently as well as if their head coach should be on the hot seat.
Since last Wednesday when The Hockey News released their previous power rankings, the Vancouver Canucks have a record of 1-3-0, with their lone win coming against Connor Bedard and the Chicago Blackhawks.
It's been a tough start to the season at home for Rick Tocchet's group with a 3-5-3 record at Rogers Arena through 11 games, and this past week has been no exception, with the three losses as mentioned, all of which came in regulation.
Despite their poor play at home, Rick Tocchet's job is not in danger whatsoever as the team has bought into his system and have shown glimpses this season that they can be great, as they were last year.
The Hockey News has kept the Vancouver Canucks at 14th on their power rankings this week.
"Like I said before, winning the Jack Adams feels like a bad omen. But Rick Tocchet seems to press the right buttons all the time, and keep in mind they're without two-thirds of their top line with J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser out. Thatcher Demko has also yet to play a minute. The Canucks' management team can be pretty aggressive and somewhat abrasive, but moving from Tocchet would just be a bad idea." Jason Chen of The Hockey News said.
Rick Tocchet and the Canucks are set to embark on a six-game road trip starting on Saturday night against the Ottawa Senators and it's going to be interesting to see if they can continue their strong play away from Rogers Arena.
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