CRAZY Details Revealed About BOTCHED Trade... - Tocchet SPEAKS OUT | Canucks News

The latest episode of Donnie and Dolly reveals the truth on what happened with Brock Besser at the trade deadline, which calls the Canucks' intentions into question. And speaking of calling out, Rick Tocchett sends a strong message in calling out his biggest stars after a frustrating loss versus Dallas. We're going to be breaking down all of that in this episode of Canucks Digest, so first make sure to hit that subscribe button and click the bell icon so you don't miss any and all Canucks updates as they look to bounce back versus Montreal very soon. And with that, let's hop into the first topic of the day, which is Besser Deadline Truth Revealed. So on Donnie and Dolly's today, they went over what exactly happened with Brock Besser at the trade deadline. First of which is saying that they made a new contract offer to him before last Friday's deadline. Wednesday or Thursday was when it came in. And then they made another offer Friday morning, but they do not believe the offer was close to what Besser is looking for. The Canucks also did try to trade him on Friday with some saying, including Elliott Friedman, that the Hurricanes offered a first round pick from the Rantanen deal for Besser in the last 30 minutes of the trade deadline but the Canucks did not want to weaken the team with an investment they would have to wait until the next season to have to pay off now with the Canucks perspective this in the Hurricanes deal in particular I don't blame the Canucks for not taking that deal because as much as we are in such a very inconsistent spot right now the Canucks are still within the playoff race we're still fighting for that wild card spot and if we're able to go on a six game heater or five game heater or anything like that we can find ourselves fighting for not just a wild card spot but for a spot at third place in the Pacific Division that's a big swing that Vancouver is looking to try and get they're not just going to try and settle for a wild card spot we have a chance where we can get into above that and try to have a decent positioning where we're not having to fight against the team like the Jets in a first round exit most likely and as well with What I like, what I see here that I don't entirely love was that they did try to trade him is that that's me coming from someone who's a big Brock Besser fan. And I think with Patrick Allvin's reaction in his press conference as to why he was kind of posturing a little bit, why he was saying the things he was saying, you could almost tell that they were, they were definitely trying to trade Besser. It was not, you can definitely see it on Patrick Allvin's face. He was not happy they weren't able to move Besser. He may not have been saying that, but his face was definitely saying it and the way he was saying it how he was standing at the podium it was definitely telling that he was not happy that they had they weren't able to get anything for Besser it's not entirely on it can't entirely blame him because if they were trying to get something for him you do want something that can give you a chance to win now rather than later the Canucks are still in a playoff race so they didn't want to weaken the team in any sense in that stretch but in something that we're going to dive into in a second with Rick Tocchet maybe that wouldn't have been weakening the team if we're gonna see if things do continue the way they've been going for Brock Boeser however with this i am ultimately happy that they were able to keep Boeser now the main thing is can you get a deal done before july 1st and he just becomes a free agent or they can the canucks just secretly using him as a one-year rental that's what's very concerning for me is that the canucks are going to go through the rest of the season not talking about a Brock Boeser extension playing coy to the entire thing saying they don't have anything planned or they would like to keep him here and then the second that july 1st hits he's gone for nothing and they just use him as a rental and if this is a wild card spot probably a likely one a first round exit against the winnipeg jets so that's not something that the canucks want ideally i know that they want to make the playoff revenue they want to make some form of cash for it but again you're sacrificing your team's future for short-term cash if that's what they're doing i'm not a fan of that whatsoever i've always been if i've always been a thinker of try and make money for the long term rather than short term because long-term money is going to go a lot further than short-term money will yeah you can enjoy the rewards for it a little bit sooner but you're not going to be able to reap the rewards for it long term and for your future now with Patrick Vieira's comments as far as why Carson Soucy was gone which we're going to dive into in another video as well as far as what it means for the younger guys the Canucks are planning for the future with their prospects with their defensive core as far as their defensive prospects in particular so for them to be planning for the future in that perspective but not from a financial perspective as far as their best one of their best players which yes there is health concerns there is some age and as far as the price tag that he's going to warrant but in this case with a guy like that that's as valuable you hope that hey i know the things with pd aren't working out that's maybe why the canucks are a little bit a little bit more concerned to pull the trigger on this however with a guy like Brock Boeser i think this is someone you can't really afford to let go to another team especially for nothing so the canucks are in a situation now where if we didn't move on from Besser don't bother moving on from him at all because you're going to lose him for nothing why would you want to just have him for these last 20-21 games just to ultimately go back to where you were at square one and lose him for nothing so if the Canucks are going to keep him around for this might as well just keep him around long term and make sure that you're getting something out of it and not just going to let him walk for nothing but what do you guys think about this down in the comments what do you think about all the things that went down about how Besser was not moved are you upset that Boeser didn't get moved are you happy he's staying in vancouver let us know down in the comments below but that's going to take us into our second topic of the day which is Tocchet calls out top players so last night it was a very frustrating loss for the canucks losing to the dallas stars losing four to one it wasn't a pretty game but Tocchet got when asked about the low time on ice for his stars he said you got to earn your ice time here you got to and that's how you win you so you guys can stir it up all you want you have to come earn your ice time i don't care how long you've been here you got to earn your ice time that's the way it works that's how you win Stanley Cups and this was when Tocchet was asked about three players in particular Elias Pettersson Brock Boeser and Jake DeBrusk Pettersson played the third most minutes in the six most minutes at 5:15 but only at 16:05 and 12:36 the swedish centerman finished with zero points zero shots three shot attempts minus three rating Pettersson has one goal and one assist in eight games since the four nations break i know we've been harping on Pettersson a lot he is starting to bounce back a little bit starting to gain a little bit more momentum but last night was definitely a step backwards for him and the progress that he is slowly starting to make and it just with that part of the four nations break it was kind of indicative of how it's been since then however he did have that one outlier game in his last in the second last game where he did score a goal in the game before that he played a really solid game but moving on to Boeser and DeBrusk which is where things get a little shocking is that Boeser played the 5th most minutes at 15:49 and the 3rd most minutes at 5:05 only at 13:04 among Canucks forwards. The American Sniper finished with 0 points, 1 shot on net, 1 shot attempt and a minus 2 rating. Besser has 0 goals and 3 assists in 8 games since the Four Nations break. Then you have Jake DeBrusk playing the 4th fewest minutes with 1245 and the single fewest at 5 on 5 at 1001 amongst Canucks forwards. The Canadian Winger finished with 0 points, 2 shots on two shot attempts with a minus two rating and DeBrusk has three goals and zero assists in eight games since the four nations break so with Tocchet coming out and saying things like this he wants production out of his top guys Pedersen we've said all we had to say on that that's one thing but then you have Besser and DeBrusk here as well where DeBrusk he's been able to get things clicking he has the three goals in those eight games I know it's not the production that it was at before the four nations break where we were just really rolling not only with players and our stars but also as a team we kind of lost that momentum a lot really but Jake DeBrusk as well this was a really shocking one because he has been so consistent this year of the three players he's been the most consistent and that's not to say that he's been lights out every single game these three guys they haven't been as consistent as they should be or as much as we want them to be Brock Besser I know as much as I've said that we want to keep him here if we're going to give Elias Pettersson all the criticism that we've been giving him this year we have to deflect we have to put some of it on Brock Boeser I know with Brock Boeser he's a different it's a different style of player different uh different age different health levels however it doesn't excuse it we still need production he's still one of our best players so if we're going to be as critical as we are about Pettersson we have to keep that same energy for Boeser unfortunately as much as you guys might not like it as much as I don't like it personally we do have to have that criticism where it is due and Boeser right now he's not playing like the player that we want to keep at eight million a year for six years as just which is what it seems like will be the term to keep him there you know the Canucks are fine on the price tag eight million a year they're willing to pay it but having them at more than five years that's where it's a bit difficult but if Boeser wants to get that eight eight years and six or eight million a year in six plus years he's gonna have to play a little bit better than that right now and not only for the Canucks but also for other teams he's hurting his own stock value because if he's not able to produce how is another team going to be able to take that chance on him yeah their team the team that is looking at him may be better than the Canucks are right now might have better weapons for him to play with but it still will be a factor in that going forward and one of the things that Taka was also frustrated about too with these guys as well he's like there's sometimes you know we're in the thick of the race we need some desperation like grab the puck and do something and that was something that Vancouver did not have a lot of offense over the last game it was a very boring game there wasn't a lot really going on Vancouver couldn't create many chances and offense has been a very big struggle as of late not only just getting goals which is the hardest thing to come by but also in getting shots on net Patrick Alvin when asked about it he was he kind of retorted with that saying well our PK has been one of the best in the NHL probably the best which is true however you can't and like he also said after that you can't win games by only winning two to one we can't win two to one every single game through the stretch we need to score a lot more goals we need to get games where we're winning 5-2, 4-3, 6-3. We need some of those 7-4 and 7-3 games that we were getting last year. We need some of these blowouts. Let's get some massive wins here against some bad teams, against good teams. I don't care. Let's just get some Ws. But what do you guys think on all of this as well? What do you guys think about these three guys not performing? I know you guys are going to jump on Patterson at all as you guys want, because I know that's the hot thing to do. And he's getting paid the most. I understand that. But when it comes to Besser and DeBrusk, what are your guys thoughts on talk it's comments as when how it applies to them specifically let us know down in the comments let us know how you guys think about their chances heading into their next game versus Montreal it's going to be very critical these next few games looking into it in light of what happened at the trade deadline and how it'll look on Patrick and the Canucks management but that's going to do it for this episode of Canucks Digest i've been your host Griffin, take care