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B次元官网网址榃eB次元官网网址檙e sick of itB次元官网网址: Vancouver Canucks searching for answers amid slump

SquadB次元官网网址檚 loss to the Kings Thursday was its sixth in its past seven games
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Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko is prone as Los Angeles KingsB次元官网网址 Alex Turcotte scores during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Thursday, January 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

A promising season is beginning to slip away for the Vancouver Canucks.

The team came into the campaign with hopes of a second straight playoff run, but 44 games in, the Canucks (19-15-10) are stuck in a slump and have fallen out of the Western ConferenceB次元官网网址檚 second wild-card spot.

Vancouver got thumped 5-1 by the L.A. Kings Thursday B次元官网网址 the squadB次元官网网址檚 sixth loss in its last seven games.

B次元官网网址淲e just gave up too many rushes, too many turnovers, not playing the way we want to play, getting outworked. All of the above,B次元官网网址 captain Quinn Hughes said of the defeat.

The issues Vancouver is facing right now are fixable, he added

B次元官网网址淚 mean, IB次元官网网址檓 an optimistic guy, and I believe in our group,B次元官网网址 Hughes said. B次元官网网址淚n saying that, itB次元官网网址檚 game 44 tonight and we need to be figuring our stuff out, quickly.B次元官网网址

Alex Turcotte scored for the Kings just 51 seconds in and 9:42 into the first period, L.A. jumped out to a 3-0 lead.

Falling behind early has become a trend for Vancouver this season with the team conceding the first goal in 26 of 44 games.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 tough, but it happens in the game sometimes,B次元官网网址 said winger Phillip Di Giuseppe. B次元官网网址淎nd I think weB次元官网网址檙e at the point where weB次元官网网址檙e sick of it. WeB次元官网网址檝e got to figure it out.B次元官网网址

The Kings had four shots when they scored their third goal of the night.

All three tallies came B次元官网网址渂ecause of blunders,B次元官网网址 said Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet.

B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檝e got to correct it. IB次元官网网址檝e got to correct it,B次元官网网址 he said. B次元官网网址淚 canB次元官网网址檛 let it go. I canB次元官网网址檛 play two lines. So I need some of these guys to step it up, even if they just play neutral, just as long as they donB次元官网网址檛 make some egregious mistakes.B次元官网网址

Allowing odd-man rushes were among those mistakes.

L.A. broke out of Vancouver territory on a power play midway through the period where Kevin Fiala and Trevor Moore charged up the ice with defenceman Carson Soucy looking to impede their progress.

Driving in, Fiala unleashed a blast from low hash marks that sailed in past Thatcher Demko and put the Kings up 4-1.

Asked where his team goes from here, Tocchet said he needs players to step up, focus and stick together.

B次元官网网址淵ou get punched in the mouth and you get back up. CanB次元官网网址檛 quit on yourself or your teammates,B次元官网网址 he said.

B次元官网网址淚f youB次元官网网址檙e in this business long enough, youB次元官网网址檙e going to get these situations. And character guys, leadership, all that stuff usually comes out of it. So weB次元官网网址檙e looking for those types of people right now.B次元官网网址

MILLER TIME

Canucks centre J.T. Miller logged 14:34 in ice time Thursday, well down from the 19:29 he averaged last season when he put up 103 points for Vancouver.

Tocchet said the 31-year-old American is struggling.

B次元官网网址淚t seems like every time heB次元官网网址檚 on the ice, something bad happens,B次元官网网址 the coach said. B次元官网网址淚 think heB次元官网网址檚 got some bad luck, but heB次元官网网址檚 also got some reads that heB次元官网网址檚 got to look at himself right now, focus on some of these reads. B次元官网网址 I think heB次元官网网址檚 trying, sometimes. I think the focus level has to get a little higher.B次元官网网址





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