Rick Tocchet doesn't mind the fact that his Vancouver Canucks aren't favoured to win against their next playoff opponent. Tthe betting odds are on the Edmonton Oilers to top the Canucks in a best-of-seven, second-round matchup that starts Wednesday. That's just fine by Tocchet.
“I love being doubted," the head coach said.The team wasn't favoured to make the playoffs, but spent much of the regular season hovering around the top of the NHL standings. Many believed the Canucks would fall apart in the first round, but Vancouver eliminated the"I think we kind of like that underdog role," he said."And I think players should embrace it. I really do.”
While there are lessons to take from those games, Edmonton — which advanced to the second round by topping the L.A. Kings in a five-game series — isn't dwelling on the results, said head coach Kris Knoblauch. "We were swept in the series and outscored pretty badly, so it would be pretty naive to say we didn’t need to change anything and everything went smoothly and we’re just going to play the
Both Vancouver and Edmonton relied on formidable penalty kills in the first round, too, with the Oilers killing off every single infraction they faced. The Canucks penalty kill was 90.9 per cent.“We’re a good power-play unit. That being said, they’re going to throw different things at us, we’ll throw different things at them," he said."It’s a playoff series. And we’ll challenge each other. They’re a good PK, we’re a good power play. We’ll see.
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