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Should The Penguins Target Dallas Stars' RFA Forward?
Former Vancouver Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet Discusses Adam Foote And Elias Pettersson Last week, the Vancouver Canucks named Adam Foote the new head coach of the franchise. Only hours later, the Philadelphia Flyers announced that they would be hiring former Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet as their new bench boss. In an interview on 'Donnie and Dhali,' he explained why he decided to take the job with the Flyers, but also shared his thoughts about those still with the organization. 2:58 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
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Ducks, Senators Named in Potential Jason Robertson Stars Trade: Report
Ducks, Senators Named in Potential Jason Robertson Stars Trade: Report originally appeared on Athlon Sports. After another loss in the Western Conference Final, the Dallas Stars will enter the offseason searching for answers. This could see Dallas take things in multiple different directions, and potentially mean that some drastic roster moves are made. Advertisement The Stars have a lot of talent on the roster, but it may be time to shake things up. In fact, it seems that Dallas could be looking to make a big move this summer. According to insider Rick Dhaliwal, the Stars may be looking to trade away star Jason Robertson. During his radio show, "Donnie and Dhali", Dhaliwal mentioned that Robertson's name is being talked about in trade circles. This also comes after a report from Jeff Marek of The Daily Faceoff speculating if Dallas could look to move on from Robertson. "Could the Stars move someone like Jason Robertson, who has one more year on his deal at an incredible $7.75 million value, to try to recoup Draft capital and free up cap space to once again go big-game hunting in the summer? If so, I'd watch the Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks as possible destinations." Advertisement Both Anaheim and Ottawa make sense for Robertson if he is moved. This is especially true for Anaheim, as it needs more scoring and could present an enticing offer for Dallas to consider. Dallas Stars left wing Jason Robertson (21) gets set face off against the Edmonton Oilers during the second period in game five of the Western Conference Final of the 2025 Stanley Cup Miron-Imagn Images If the Stars did move on from Robertson, it would be one of the biggest moves of the offseason. Robertson has been very solid for Dallas and is one of the better players across the NHL. Last season, he scored 35 goals and 45 assists for the Stars during the regular season. Robertson could be a legitimate weapon for any team, and there will likely be a bidding war for his services if he is made available. Related: Ducks Young Star Listed as 'Untouchable' Amid Trade Rumors Related: Maple Leafs' Mitch Marner Linked to New Eye-Opening Landing Spot This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
Vancouver Sun
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
Canucks: Why Rick Tocchet left remains unsaid
Is Rick Tocchet an idiot? After a few weeks' introspection, Tocchet says, the choice to leave was clearly the right one. He made the call at the end of April because it was time to evolve. It was time for a fresh start. But in speaking with Rick Dhaliwal and Don Taylor on Tuesday morning, he admitted that some might think he's an idiot for leaving a work situation he basically couldn't say a bad thing about. 'Sometimes in life, you have decisions you got to make. You hit the crossroads — you've got to go right or left. And sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you don't. You got to go with your conviction. It wasn't a quick thing. It was just something I felt for me to evolve, and just in my life, this was the right decision,' Tocchet told CHEK-TV's Donnie and Dhali show. Tocchet chatted last week with me about his former assistant Adam Foote taking on his old role as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks , but this was his first full-on interview with anyone in Vancouver since he departed the Canucks three weeks ago. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. The Flyers gave him the same five-year term on his contract that the Canucks had offered. It is believed they offered a little more in salary per year — but it's clear the switch is about more than money. He made a point of thanking his old bosses, Patrik Allvin and Jim Rutherford, as well as the ownership. But he still intimated there were a few reasons why he left — he laughed, first of all, about the practice facility situation. The Canucks are now the only team without a permanent practice rink — the Calgary Flames will get their own facility as part of the construction of that city's new arena — and he admitted it was a small reason why he chose to move on. The University of B.C., where the Canucks practise when Rogers Arena isn't available, is a fine facility, he noted — but it's not the team's. 'And there's other things. Not going to dive into it. I just feel like this was the time,' he added, leaving one to wonder. But you can bet he looked at the management stability in Philadelphia compared to the situation in Vancouver and you have to believe that played a role. Rutherford's contract still runs for two more years, but his son will graduate from high school next year, so his family dynamic will change at that point. He has vowed to fix what went wrong last season, but what if this keeps going sideways a year from now? What if he has concerns about Quinn Hughes ' future? That was the other thing surely weighing on Tocchet. As exciting as it was to coach one of the NHL's best defencemen, Hughes leaving is a thing much-discussed inside the Canucks' offices. Rutherford himself openly talked about it with the media last month. Who would Tocchet be working for a year from now? Who would he be coaching two years from now? 'You want to be in a pressure cooker, because the rewards are there. If you can win in that town, the rewards are just, I mean, I picked Vancouver. Of all the 32 teams, I would say, the top three or four cities, the Canucks are in one of them. If you won the Stanley Cup, how they would react to the celebration. Just the aura, the, I can't even put it into words, because we went to the second round Game 7. I can't believe what I saw outside the city. So can you imagine a Stanley Cup there? I can't even imagine it.' So, we're left to ponder. He wanted the pressure of Vancouver. He enjoyed the passion of the fan base. He appreciated the media and the near-daily questioning. He admires Elias Pettersson and thinks, with a little more pace in his game, he can return to being the player the Canucks signed to a massive contract, to being a speak-softly-carry-a-big-stick leader for a group of teammates who are ready to be won back. So, is Tocchet an idiot? Or did he make the right call in going with his old team to work for a president he knows well, who will be there for a few seasons yet anyway, and for a GM who does have work to do, who needs to find some centres for Tocchet to work with? pjohnston@
The Province
20-05-2025
- Sport
- The Province
Canucks: Why Rick Tocchet left remains unsaid
Rick Tocchet said he loved Vancouver, but the time was still right to switch back to the City of Brotherly Love Get the latest from Patrick Johnston straight to your inbox Philadelphia Flyers general manager Daniel Briere (left) and governor Dan Hilferty (right) pose after an introductory news conference for head coach Rick Tocchet on Friday in Philadelphia. Photo by Matt Slocum / AP Is Rick Tocchet an idiot? This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. 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THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors After a few weeks' introspection, Tocchet says, the choice to leave was clearly the right one. He made the call at the end of April because it was time to evolve. It was time for a fresh start. But in speaking with Rick Dhaliwal and Don Taylor on Tuesday morning, he admitted that some might think he's an idiot for leaving a work situation he basically couldn't say a bad thing about. 'Sometimes in life, you have decisions you got to make. You hit the crossroads — you've got to go right or left. And sometimes you make the right decision, sometimes you don't. You got to go with your conviction. It wasn't a quick thing. It was just something I felt for me to evolve, and just in my life, this was the right decision,' Tocchet told CHEK-TV's Donnie and Dhali show. Tocchet chatted last week with me about his former assistant Adam Foote taking on his old role as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks, but this was his first full-on interview with anyone in Vancouver since he departed the Canucks three weeks ago. The Flyers gave him the same five-year term on his contract that the Canucks had offered. It is believed they offered a little more in salary per year — but it's clear the switch is about more than money. He made a point of thanking his old bosses, Patrik Allvin and Jim Rutherford, as well as the ownership. But he still intimated there were a few reasons why he left — he laughed, first of all, about the practice facility situation. The Canucks are now the only team without a permanent practice rink — the Calgary Flames will get their own facility as part of the construction of that city's new arena — and he admitted it was a small reason why he chose to move on. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The University of B.C., where the Canucks practise when Rogers Arena isn't available, is a fine facility, he noted — but it's not the team's. 'And there's other things. Not going to dive into it. I just feel like this was the time,' he added, leaving one to wonder. But you can bet he looked at the management stability in Philadelphia compared to the situation in Vancouver and you have to believe that played a role. Rutherford's contract still runs for two more years, but his son will graduate from high school next year, so his family dynamic will change at that point. He has vowed to fix what went wrong last season, but what if this keeps going sideways a year from now? What if he has concerns about Quinn Hughes' future? That was the other thing surely weighing on Tocchet. As exciting as it was to coach one of the NHL's best defencemen, Hughes leaving is a thing much-discussed inside the Canucks' offices. Rutherford himself openly talked about it with the media last month. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Who would Tocchet be working for a year from now? Who would he be coaching two years from now? 'You want to be in a pressure cooker, because the rewards are there. If you can win in that town, the rewards are just, I mean, I picked Vancouver. Of all the 32 teams, I would say, the top three or four cities, the Canucks are in one of them. If you won the Stanley Cup, how they would react to the celebration. Just the aura, the, I can't even put it into words, because we went to the second round Game 7. I can't believe what I saw outside the city. So can you imagine a Stanley Cup there? I can't even imagine it.' So, we're left to ponder. He wanted the pressure of Vancouver. He enjoyed the passion of the fan base. He appreciated the media and the near-daily questioning. He admires Elias Pettersson and thinks, with a little more pace in his game, he can return to being the player the Canucks signed to a massive contract, to being a speak-softly-carry-a-big-stick leader for a group of teammates who are ready to be won back. So, is Tocchet an idiot? Or did he make the right call in going with his old team to work for a president he knows well, who will be there for a few seasons yet anyway, and for a GM who does have work to do, who needs to find some centres for Tocchet to work with? pjohnston@ Read More CFL Vancouver Canucks Crime News Entertainment
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17-03-2025
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Canucks: What's the most iconic play-by-play call in team history?
If play-by-play calls of Greg Adams' goal that sent the Vancouver Canucks to the 1994 Stanley Cup Final and Kevin Bieksa's goal in 2011 that did the same for the team sound similar, it's completely intentional. Jim Hughson was calling the action for Hockey Night In Canada on the evening that a puck ricocheted wildly off a stanchion on the sideboards to Bieksa at the blue line and Bieksa knuckle-balled it past a gaggle of bewildered San Jose Sharks for the winner in a 3-2 double overtime victory that clinched Vancouver the Western Conference title. Hughson is from Fort St. John. He grew up with Jim Robson as the voice of the Canucks. Robson was one of the people Hughson studied as a young broadcaster. Ask Hughson to name the most iconic play-by-play call in Canucks history and he points to Robson's detailing of Adams' goal in double OT that gave Vancouver a 4-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs and clinched them the Western Conference banner. Hughson liked the call so much, in fact, that he admits 'I tried to imitate that,' on the Bieksa goal that came 17 years later. He pegs it simply as a 'direct imitation of Robson.' Adams backhanded a rebound past Felix Potvin in the Toronto net and Robson described it as 'Adams shoots … scores … Greg Adams, Greg Adams … Adams gets the winner 14 seconds into the second overtime … the Vancouver Canucks are going to the Stanley Cup Final.' Hughson used the identical final 10-word phrase to end off his Bieksa call, but it was the mood and emotion that he was trying to mimic most of all. Playing that deep into the spring is rare territory for the Canucks. Those two goals clinched two of the club's three trips to the Cup Finals in its 55-year history. 'It had a couple of different qualities,' Hughson, 68, said of the Adams' call. 'It was a great, exciting call. It was double overtime. And it meant so much to the franchise. 'But it also had this incredulity about it, this, 'Can you believe it that the Vancouver Canucks could actually go to the Stanley Cup Final?' ' Don Taylor (host of CHEK's Donnie and Dhali — The Team); John Shorthouse (Canucks TV play by play); Brendan Batchelor (Canucks radio play by play); and Dave Randorf (Tampa Bay Lightning TV play by play) all grew up in the Lower Mainland, all grew up following the Canucks. We asked them for their picks of the most iconic play-by-play call in Canucks history. Shorthouse and Taylor both went with the Adams' goal, while Batchelor and Randorf selected the final moments of Game 6 of the Cup Final from that year against the New York Rangers, when a wounded and weary Trevor Linden was coming off the ice at the end of a shift in what would become a 4-1 Vancouver victory to force Game 7 back in New York. Robson described it as: 'We hope they can patch Linden up and get him into that one. He will play. You know he'll play. He'll play on crutches. He will play and he'll play at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. 'It's the way he built that moment and did it with just a few sentences and basically gave every Canuck fan exactly what they were feeling at the time: this isn't over tonight and we're going to keep on going with the greatest ride we've ever seen with this franchise,' explained Randorf, 57, who was born in Toronto but grew up in North Delta. 'It's a pattern that I use to this day, that building up the end of a game. Whether it's the regular season or a playoff, you're trying to emphasis the accomplishment, the win, the night that one player has had. Use a couple of sentences and just time it out as the horn sounds and let the crowd take over from there. It's something I have completely ripped off from Jim Robson. 'I loved it (the Linden call) when I first heard it. It sends chills down your spine. All the moments aren't that big, of course. That was a very big one. But it's still a pattern that I've copied for when the moment is right.' There have other been signature moments. There was the run to the 2011 Cup Final, which brought us Shorthouse's 'they've slayed the dragon,' as Vancouver ousted a Chicago Blackhawks' team in the first round that ended their playoffs the two years previous with a 2-1 OT Game 7 win on an Alex Burrows' marker. The Robson calls have had staying power, though. Batchelor posted on social media recently about team captain and top defenceman Quinn Hughes returning to the lineup from injury and got replies quoting the Robson line. So much old footage making its way to things like YouTube has a part in that. 'My personal favourite call is, 'Greg Adams, Greg Adams', but the most iconic call is the, 'He'll play. You know he'll play.' It's remained part of the lexicon for Canuck fans,' said Batchelor, 36, who's originally from Coquitlam. 'For me, what made Jim so special was his ability to convey the emotion of a moment without necessarily having to provide an overly detailed description. It was all in his tone. It was all in the way he would call a goal or the way in that moment he was like, 'He'll play. You know he'll play.' He perfectly encapsulated the emotions of the fan base in the way he delivered that line. 'I don't think there's ever been anyone in hockey broadcasting who's been able to take moments like that and amplify them to such a great degree and did it by complimenting the emotion of the moment without taking over the moment.' Batchelor and the others did have some of these answers on top-of-mind since the Canucks interviewed them for a tribute to Robson on his 90th birthday in January. Robson lives in Vancouver, and you'll see him at the odd Canucks game or from time-to-time at Nat Bailey Stadium watching the Vancouver Canadians. He picks apart both the Adams and Linden calls. That is very much on-brand. He's notoriously humble. Robson maintains that 'every time I hear the Linden call I wish I had finished it off with, 'He will play for the Stanley Cup.' ' And the Adams call had 'too many Adams in it.' Press him for memorable calls, and he'll give you some. There's the Rosaire Paiement game-winner in a 5-4 triumph over the powerhouse Boston Bruins in the Canucks' 1970-71 inaugural season. There's Jim Nill's OT winner in a 2-1 win over the Blackhawks in the opening game of the 1982 Clarence Campbell Conference final. There's the Bob Nystrom OT winner in a 5-4 victory for the New York Islanders over the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 6 of the 1980 Cup Final that cinched the first of four straight championships for the Islanders. Robson was tapped by Hockey Night to do that series. He also cites Wayne Gretzky scoring his 802nd career goal for the Los Angeles Kings versus the Canucks in March 1994. That broke Gordie Howe's all-time record. Robson called that action on BCTV and offered up a 'there it is … No. 802,' before letting the fan reaction and the video take over the story. Ask Robson about hockey play-by-play in general, and he readily brings up that he thinks Hughson was the best ever 'but was not appreciated in the east.' 'I've always said that Foster Hewitt was the first, Danny Gallivan the most-loved, Bob Cole the best voice, but it's Jim Hughson who's my choice as the very best,' he continued. Robson called Canucks games on TV until 1999 but retired from the radio in 1994 and was succeeded by Hughson. Hughson told The Vancouver Sun then that 'Jim Robson has made this job a very prestigious one.' He was Robson's backup for a time before that, and admits that Robson was always 'open to having you just look over his shoulder and watch and listen.' Hughson would, of course, eventually move onto national broadcasts. He retired in September 2021 and lives in White Rock. It's all part of this market's remarkable run of play-by-play voices. That includes Kelowna's Rick Ball, who is handling Blackhawks games on TV. Robson set the table. Along the way, he received the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award from the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992 and was inducted into the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998 and the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2000. 'With all due to respect to everybody else, because they're all friends, but I grew up with Jim Robson and I don't think he just set the standard in Vancouver but also across the country and across all of hockey,' said Taylor, 65, who's a Burnaby native. 'It was just something about his voice. It was just amazing. He made you feel like everything was so important and fun and exciting. I just loved his voice.' Hughson added: 'I think the bar was set pretty high by Jim and all of us had to work hard to try to reach that level.' Shorthouse, 55, is from Vancouver. The Canucks have had their eras where they've struggled mightily. That included during Shorthouse's adolescence. There was a time, as a kid, that Shorthouse felt Robson was the 'best part of the team,' and he remembers being excited when Robson would get a national assignment for the playoffs because 'he was getting recognized for how good he was outside of our market, where we already knew how good he was.' 'When you turned on a Canuck game and Jim was calling it, you knew it would be concise, it would be accurate and it would be fair, and you could tell how the Canucks were doing just by the sound of his voice,' said Shorthouse, who, like Taylor and Randorf, is an alum of the Sports Page TV show as well. 'It wasn't just the words. It was also the tone. 'That was one of the things that made him so special — just the number of gears he could go to with his voice. Some guys have one gear or two. You're either really low or screaming, or you're always screaming. Jim could go from here to here to here to here to here, depending on the gravity of the moment or the excitement of the game, or the importance of the game. He had so many different gears he could go to.' Greg Douglas was the Canucks' media relations director for their first seven seasons, so he has a long history with Robson. He recalls the Canucks playing the California Golden Seals on the road in that inaugural season. Charlie Finley owned the Golden Seals and was in the building. Finley was high-profile, through his ownership of baseball's Oakland Athletics. Douglas offered to try to get Finley to be an intermission guest. Robson told Douglas that would never happen. Douglas managed to bring him on with Robson for the first-period break. According to Douglas, things went so well that Finley offered to come back for the second-period intermission, too, and 'hundreds of Jim's guests over the years shared the same sentiments.' He has that kind of affect on people. Always. 'Jim Robson never changed during a Hall of Fame career that saw him broadcast over 2,000 NHL games on television and radio between 1970 and his retirement in 1999,' Douglas explained. SEwen@ Canucks alumni: Greg Adams on that 1994 goal, Jim Robson's call and a confident dressing room Canucks Coffee: Brutal, unpenalized hit on Filip Chytil is bad look for NHL Utah 3, Canucks 1: Power play outage miffs Vancouver coaches
