The dog days of summer are truly upon us now. Even though the weather was glorious in Vancouver throughout this B.C.
Day long weekend, the lack of hard hockey news is beginning to wear thin, and we’re still seven weeks out from the opening of Vancouver Canucks training camp and 10 weeks out from the start of the regular season. Advertisement With some time to burn, I figured I’d best empty my Canucks notebook for the benefit of the VIPs in mid-summer. What follows are three reactions to some recent Canucks-adjacent news items and some unpacking of head coach Rick Tocchet’s recent commentary that didn’t find its way into our one-on-one interview with the Vancouver bench boss back in July.
Does it matter that Jon Cooper’s Team Canada staff for the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off is comprised of head coaches from three of the five best Western Conference teams? Could Vincent Desharnais get an opportunity even higher up the lineup than we expect? Might Brock Boeser be drafted into the faceoff circle this season? Let’s empty the notebook and get into it! Tocchet and the 4 Nations Face-Off Late last week, Tocchet, the reigning Jack Adams winner, was named to Cooper’s Team Canada staff for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off. The best-on-best tournament featuring Canada, the U.S.
, Sweden and Finland is set to take place in mid-February 2025 in Boston and Montreal. Tocchet will join a Canada staff that will be headed by Cooper and also feature Dallas Stars head coach Pete DeBoer an.