Rick Tocchet & JT Miller Discuss Jake DeBrusk Impressions, Dakota Joshua Nearing Return for Canucks

Rick Tocchet & JT Miller Discuss Jake DeBrusk Impressions, Dakota Joshua Nearing Return for Canucks

[Music] well Rick coming out of practice today and heading into the game tomorrow riding three wins how are you feeling well I actually really the practice day coming off a day off we had we worked on some dzone stuff um actually footy put a really good video to get today about protecting how protect the ice a little bit better in the in front of her net uh really clear and I thought uh the guys took it in practice and and applied it so um looking forward to see how we you know we start to get better at that is it hard to get a rhythm when you haven’t played he hasn’t played a whole lot yet um you know I I think I think you can say a lot of teams you know sum are off comeing back training camp usually the you know the first 10 games there’s some things that you got to work on coverages and stuff like that but uh you know the good things we’re getting some offense which is good and uh you know it gives us time to get our defensive structure back but um yeah no I I I don’t know if that’s the case but you giv when you get time don’t play as many games you get a lot of practice time which which I like why do you think it takes like a lot of teams in the league a lot of high scoring games uh with the with the dzone coverage it’s not like they’ve forgotten it all is it emotional stuff too that they aren’t as desperate defend I think the league over the last couple years evolved where you’re seeing a lot more um motion up top going down low sometimes you have four guys up top and then you know two defensemen i’ I’ve seen two defensemen go down low and a forward back them up so there’s different coverages are throwing at you now you know Coast run league are smart you know they’re they’re going to throw different so I think for us it really doesn’t matter what they’re throwing at us we still have to stay our structure I think we’re switching too much um I think you know I think there’s a little bit of newness from some guys you from different systems you got to throw that in the play so uh yeah I I just think that you know I I’ve seen a little bit better over the last couple of games when it comes to dzone but um I think something that we got to really continue to work at how close is Dakota to shedding the n contact Jersey yeah I mean I think right now it’s really close um and it’s really going to you know I hate to say it going to be up to him you know uh I think you take it to a certain level when you’re cleared or you know he’s not he hasn’t cleared yet but where he he’s going to go you know I feel a lot better um so I think a lot it’s going to be on him when he’s really ready but we still got to prepare him on the ice you seen like I know you talked about it I think in Chicago about him needing to bump and like have you seen progression the last couple of practices where he like he looked pretty much fully involved out there now yeah you know I want to see him these two on two like we need he needs a you know he needs few more practice of really getting in there you know getting hit from behind a little bit um you know I think you can skate a guy as much as you can but if you don’t get action around you from behind you in front of you I think that’s the the next step for him what have you seen from branstrom so far I I I think every game he’s improved um his confidence level with the puck um you know the one thing I’d like there’s about two or three times the last game where he skated out of trouble you know he just didn’t throw it out the glass he there was a there was a couple windows for him to skate it out he did that’s big you know you know you know how Hughes can do it a lot I think he has a little bit of that in him where he can skate himself out of trouble extra he’s going to have to do for say when for comes back to keep himself in the lineup uh for Branson well I footy showed a clip today where uh he had a bigger guy going to the net and he boxed the guy out I mean if he can if he can do that I mean you know he’s going to stay in the lineup I think just because he’s a smaller guy you can still get in front of people but um I just think he’s improved every game could he be a right side option I know you like Lefty righties but if you want to keep him in the lineup could he be a right side guy on well it’s funny we as because we we checked analytics he did play the right side for some games and did okay you know analytically so that’s something that we could experiment with and playing the other side yes all uh Pittsburgh’s in town McDavid comes out and says that team Canada Crosby should be the captain what is it about him and that makes like why is he so important to the league in your opinion yeah I it’s not just you know you’re talking about the one of the you know McDavid best player in the league um when I went to that four nations Summit we had you know I remember Doug Armstrong said it’s unanimous all the big guys said that s should be the captain it’s not even McDavid so I think he’s the quote unquote The Godfather of that so you know I I don’t think anybody would want to wear the SE other than Sid um because just his approach to the game um what he means to the game and what he means to his teammates and we’re coming up to the 15th anniversary of that 2010 Olympics what is about Crosby that he’s been able to just keep that longevity for so long at being a top player his obsession of the game uh to get better um to stay with the big guys in the league you know he does you know even was he 38 I don’t know I don’t know that know 37 yeah he’ll kill me but but I just think that you know anytime you mention top players he’s still there at 37 it’s amazing so uh I have so much respect for him the way he plays and approaches the game getting practice what are your thoughts on why that just kind of resonated yeah I I I don’t even think about it I mean it’s great practice again today no we want we want guys to to practice hard against each other and sometimes you’re G to get that and you move on from it so you know it’s not even a big deal well JT just heading into this next game coming off three wins how are you guys feeling uh it’s nice to get you know some wings wins strung together but like I alluded to last game we have a little better I think we can tighten up some holes in our our defense and a sense of coverages and you know stuff we were really good at last year I think we just spent a lot of time this last couple this last week in practice trying to shore some things up but we have confidence again we just need to make sure we do it again and again seem to be some High Spirits in practice today a lot of hooting hollering a lot of big grins does it feel good to be back on the ice after a day off I think that’s just gar but uh but yeah he always brings that um so well you know it was a long road trip so it was nice to get back with the fam yesterday and enjoy the day off after a hard practice and but you know we’re definitely ready to come back in front of our home fans and play again was that a plan practice there with the power play at the end or is that something that just kind of you guys we just you know you know our coaches are great with us being able to be like hey let’s get together and run through some stuff and all the guys that want to that that kill love doing it against us so it’s good for both not just for PP and um you know just trying to be a little more automatic and um obviously we moved around a little bit lately so we just want to have a little more reps with the day off going into the game tomorrow how are you feeling physically I mean obviously we saw you have that issue in in last weekend but yeah I feel pretty good obviously this has been a good time frame for take some steps this last week to try to you know do the right things when we only have one one game in like five or six or seven days whatever it was so um feel good it’s coming along looking forward tomorrow you’re spending more time on the right half one now on the power play just how different are kind of like the reads and and how different is it to kind of run the power play from that side and what are you kind of maybe adjusting to um yeah it’s different it’s it me it’s the same just the hands uh you know we had we scored a lot of goals last year with me and Brock and um and beating the top and Quinn shooting and and uh PD did you know great job with the net last year and obviously the last game uh the two goals we scored with good NE run presence so it’s we’re not going to be in set positions like we’re trying to be a little more mobile and everybody kind of fill in um and gar does a really good job of being really active and causing distraction for the diamond PKS and um you know it was good last game again so I think we just feel have a little more confidence maybe with that look right now so we’re just trying to take a couple extra shots with the day off yesterday with Pittsburgh in town you know a lot of talk about Crosby and just his longevity in the league you played against him a lot in your career so what is the key to shutting him down and what makes him such an effective player well it’s you know obviously I look up to him Pittsburgh guy um you know as I grew up since I was like 10 12 years old watching him come into the league and be one of the best players you know in the game for his majority of his career and his whole career and I feel like he just gets better and better it’s pretty amazing so um tons of respect for him and um you know in a sense of you just try to play the play your game I mean if it’s like any other good player in the league you’re going to take care of the puck and be on the right side defensively and try to make it as hard on him as you can he’s going to you know he’s a special player he’s obviously going to get look so we just got to min minimize those on the outside face off he’s very much known as a great face off guy if you take face offs against him what’s the what what’s so hard about beating Zid in the drave uh he doesn’t waiver he doesn’t change um you know he has a couple things up his sleeve you know he gets away with a lot in the dot I me those are all things that are very helpful he’s really strong so I I try to do a lot of the same things it just depends on if you get on a roll you kind of feel that and he’s really good couple games with Jake now on your line uh how do you feel the chemistry is working with him as as a Winger um it’s getting better I I think we have more in the games in a sense of ozone possession time I think we’ve been kind of one and done and it’s kind of frustrating so I think we’re looking to have a better game as line a few days on from you and PD getting into it exchanging words of practice do you think it’s really worth talking about no [Music] oh

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