For fans who left Rogers Arena disappointed after the Vancouver Canucks’ 5-2 loss to the New York Islanders on Thursday, Rick Tocchet is determined to deliver a better experience going forward.
“It’s on me,” he said. “Guys played light tonight. I thought we were ready to go. We weren’t.”
For the first time in nine games, the Canucks scored the first goal. But after 40 minutes, they were trailing 3-1 while being outshot 24-6. Once again, they failed to string together consecutive home-ice wins for the first time this season.
“It’s a frustrating situation because the fans are … what is it? Two, three, four, or 500 bucks a ticket, and we’re throwing some duds at them,” Tocchet said, after the Canucks fell to 2-3-3 on home ice.
“I give the Islanders credit. We played a great, well-coached team tonight. And you know, Patrick (Roy) out-coached me tonight.”
When Tocchet …