Report: Canucks made it clear to players that roster changes would be made if losses continued

“Well obviously they started 0-5-2 and nobody there was in a really good headspace at all. The last 48 hours they had back-to-back wins, and everybody feeling a little bit better. But I think one of the storylines that came out of this was that the Vancouver Canucks made it very clear to some of their players that if there were changes made, they wouldn’t just be potentially the head coach.

“I heard what they told some players [was] this: ‘We’ve had two coaches now with this group and it isn’t working so far, so if anybody who thinks that we’re going to sit back and wait and say, ‘Okay, that’s going to be the change we’re going to make’, you might be mistaken, and the changes might be with the roster.

“I think the players got that message loud and clear. We’ll see where this goes. It’s two big wins in 24 hours, but like I said, they made it very clear to the players that there would be changes on the roster too if things continue.”