About the only person around the Vancouver Canucks who thinks it’s the coach’s responsibility to have his players mentally and emotionally ready to play is the coach.
And we’re not sure Willie Desjardins actually feels that way or just said so to try to take the blame off his players for two dreadful home performances. Because that’s the kind of coach he is.
“He always has a positive message,” veteran goalie Ryan Miller said Wednesday. “He’s a positive person and he believes in his guys. You can have a coach who barks and threatens and screams at players, but is that really going to make them better?