Ilya Mikheyev Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Quote The Athletic was able to confirm five dismissals by the time of publication, including the club’s legendary director of strength & conditioning Roger Takahashi, director of medical services & head athletic trainer Jon Sanderson, a veteran of over 1500 NHL games, and assistant athletic therapist (and occasional practice netminder) Dave Zarn. https://theathletic.com/3309739/2022/05/13/boudreau-kuzmenko-staff-changes-what-were-hearing-about-the-canucks-offseason-priorities/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DeNiro Posted May 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) Jon Sanderson is going to be a very unpopular dismissal among players I think. Takahashi being canned is well deserved IMO. The strength and conditioning of our players has been a big issue over the years. I feel he wasn’t identifying players weaknesses properly. Players like Boeser needed to work on foot speed and conditioning and came in bulked up but slow and out of shape. Edited May 13, 2022 by DeNiro 7 1 6 7 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Canucks_fo_life Posted May 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2022 About time!! Most random injuries on this team for a decade, will be nice to have a more healthy lineup down the road in crucial games 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 I can't help but wonder if these are part of the "details" Bruce was mentioning? Then again, I guess one of the first things new management tends to do is review all the operations, and address areas where they think improvements can be made - or where improvements are needed. Given the significant downtime due to injury our players have had historically, it wouldn't surprise me if management has identified that this falls into the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Canucks_fo_life said: About time!! Most random injuries on this team for a decade, will be nice to have a more healthy lineup down the road in crucial games eh? Random injuries seem to be an issue with the club going way, way, way back. Before Benning. Before Gillis. Before Nonis. We lost our best defenseman and Captain of the team just before the start of the playoffs due to a freak accident in practice in 1982 (yes, the year we went to the Finals). McCarthy was out for the entire duration of the postseason. Edited May 13, 2022 by NewbieCanuckFan 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 This is another hard firing but I see why you have to do it, just surprised it didn't all happen sooner. Not going to be popular amongst the players but they have to get some new blood in. We were good last season but the years prior we've really struggled with conditioning and niggling injuries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combover Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Good, this house needed to be cleaned inside and out and it looks like that’s what’s happening. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fanuck Posted May 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2022 Every other employee of the organization right now: 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 6 minutes ago, Fanuck said: Every other employee of the organization right now: who's left? the chef? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob.Loblaw Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 minute ago, JM_ said: who's left? the chef? Chef Steamer? Oh no Smyl is gone isn't he 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4petesake Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 I will be curious to see who the replacements are for these firings and wonder what the thoughts of Daniel and Henrik are? One would think these would be areas that they would have considerable input, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 There's been multiple instances where players have been sent back into the ice after taking a clear headshot and they really should have been sent to the quiet room, most recently Garland. I want the new medical staff to be a lot more cautious regarding the health of our players; an extra game out can be more than worth it to both team and player. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Too bad Tanev is gone. He could have been an ironman in Vancouver... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c00kies Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Elias Pettersson said: Too bad Tanev is gone. He could have been an ironman in Vancouver... I wonder if management noticed Tanev's health since he's been out of Vancouver. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob.Loblaw Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said: Too bad Tanev is gone. He could have been an ironman in Vancouver... He was a glassman in Vancouver. He's made the training staff look silly here. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, c00kies said: I wonder if management noticed Tanev's health since he's been out of Vancouver. I'm pretty sure they saw Tanev go from the medical room in Vancouver to ironman in Calgary and so changes needed to be made... 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, Bob.Loblaw said: He was a glassman in Vancouver. He's made the training staff look silly here. From glassman in Vancouver to ironman in Calgary. What changed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionofJudah Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, c00kies said: I wonder if management noticed Tanev's health since he's been out of Vancouver. This was my thoughts as well. But we've also brought in players who had relatively no injury history, only to come here and miss 10-15 games a year every year. Can't just be coincidence. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU SERIOUS Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 hour ago, DeNiro said: Jon Sanderson is going to be a very unpopular dismissal among players I think. Takahashi being canned is well deserved IMO. The strength and conditioning of our players has been a big issue over the years. I feel he wasn’t identifying players weaknesses properly. Players like Boeser needed to work on foot speed and conditioning and came in bulked up but slow and out of shape. Agree, especially Brock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RU SERIOUS Posted May 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2022 The Purge continues................if I was Fin, I'd keep that option open for a job with the ref's................ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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