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Rick Tocchet's proactive roasting of the Canucks might be a coaching masterstroke

By extending Mark Scheifele and Connor Hellebuyck, the Winnipeg Jets are not giving up on its current core, but rather than trying to maintain competitive respectability, do NHL teams need to tear the roster down to return as cup contenders?

Vancouver Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet has his team out to a 2-1-0 start with a plus-6 goal differential — but you wouldn't know it based on the way he reacted to the club's first loss on Tuesday.

Speaking to assembled media after a 2-0 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Flyers, the 59-year-old went off.