{"id":669298,"date":"2026-05-14T00:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669298\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:21:09","slug":"sasson-reveals-more-details-about-dysfunctional-vancouver-canucks-dressing-room-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/669298\/","title":{"rendered":"Sasson reveals more details about dysfunctional Vancouver Canucks dressing room | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"

He was a beacon of light in a forgettable Vancouver Canucks season.<\/p>\n

Not only that, but apparently he\u2019s become a voice of reason, too.<\/p>\n

Forward Max Sasson was among a handful of Canucks players who enjoyed a career year in 2025-26. He cemented himself as an everyday NHLer, and his 1.01 goals per-60 at five-on-five was the best mark on the team among full-time players.<\/p>\n

Sasson was also vocal<\/a> during the Canucks end-of-season media availability about how the team really bonded towards the season\u2019s dreadful conclusion.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you, and every I\u2019m sure every guy in here said this, you know, how much closer of a team we were,\u201d Sasson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur group chat was buzzing every single day. We were going to dinners on the road,
everyone. I think there was a lot more buying in and a lot more energy around the group.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old expanded on those thoughts Wednesday while chatting with Don Taylor and Rick Dhaliwal on the Donnie and Dhali podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Sasson put it, his experience in Abbotsford helped give him perspective on what a tight-knit locker room should look like.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Abbotsford, when we won, I saw what a winning locker room and a winning vibe and culture can do for a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to go in there with a smile and a comfortability of being able to be yourself, and having people around you that want you to succeed, and you want them to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"sasson<\/a><\/p>\n

Max Sasson hasn\u2019t been shy about discussing the Canucks improved locker room. (James Guillory\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when the Birmingham, Michigan, native reflected on the juxtaposition between Abbotsford and Vancouver.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we had that for at least my first year, year and a half [in Vancouver].\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd you know, I think just at the end [of the season], it was just great to see how tight the locker room got and how everyone kind of put their egos aside.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just allowed everyone to be themselves, and I think you started seeing some guys really step up their play,\u201d he said. \u201cI think, because they weren\u2019t thinking about \u2018can I do that\u2019 or being judged, whatever. So I think it\u2019s huge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In a league as competitive as the NHL, a brotherhood-like atmosphere in the locker room can be a key advantage to edging out the competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we had a single meal on the road away from each other,\u201d Florida Panthers defenceman Aaron Ekblad said last year<\/a> after winning the Stanley Cup. \u201cLike, that\u2019s the kind of team, right?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tight-knit group\u2026 and it\u2019s a special place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Canucks have a Trans-Canada-like road ahead before they get back to respectability. However, eliminating the incessant locker room drama would be a decent start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He was a beacon of light in a forgettable Vancouver Canucks season. Not only that, but apparently he\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-669298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}