{"id":204917,"date":"2025-10-11T10:18:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/204917\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T10:18:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T10:18:14","slug":"im-coming-in-with-confidence-and-playing-my-game-arshdeep-bains-makes-a-strong-impression-in-canucks-home-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/204917\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m coming in with confidence and playing my game\u2019: Arshdeep Bains Makes a Strong Impression in Canucks Home Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday\u2019s home opener was just one game of 82, but for Arshdeep Bains, it was a chance for him to make a strong first impression with the new head coach.<\/p>\n

Bains received a big cheer from the crowd when public announcer Al Murdoch called out his name during the players\u2019 introductions. He received a bigger cheer when he sprung Filip Chytil in on a breakaway for Chytil\u2019s second goal of the game, which gave the Canucks a 3-0 lead in the third period.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/Canucks\/status\/1976505752920666279<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI just thought he\u2019d take off. He\u2019s a smart guy. He knows when there\u2019s an opportunity, show a stick, [and I gave] it to him,\u201d said Bains. \u201cHe\u2019s not going to miss that. So it was kind of a gift for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through his first 21 NHL games, Bains had just one point, so getting the assist in the first game of the season helps maintain the confidence he built during his strong play with Abbotsford in their Calder Cup run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m coming in with confidence and playing my game. That\u2019s the difference this year, I\u2019m going to try to just play my game. I\u2019m going to make mistakes, I\u2019m going to learn from them, and it\u2019s going to be growing pains. But I think just being confident in what I can do and letting the staff trust and teach me and see how far I can go,\u201d said Bains.<\/p>\n

Through his three seasons with the Abbotsford Canucks in the AHL, Bains has consistently been near the top in points production. His new mindset of playing his game and allowing the game to come to him enables the 24-year-old to play with more freedom.<\/p>\n

Another area where he excelled in the AHL was his play on the penalty kill. Bains was often the first forward over the boards for Abbotsford to kill penalties, and he is looking to bring that part of his game to the NHL level this season.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/Canucks\/status\/1976494381625639102<\/a><\/p>\n

Head Coach Adam Foote liked Bains\u2019 debut for the 2025-26 season and gave him praise for his work on the penalty kill.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he did really good tonight,\u201d said Foote of Bains.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I like is [that] he sacrificed himself for the team. I thought he had a great hockey game. I mean, he held in there. We had to change up [things] here and there with matchups with power plays and penalty kills, and guys\u2019 energy. I just kept telling him, \u2018Man, you\u2019re playing good, don\u2019t worry about who you\u2019re playing with.\u2019 I thought he kept going with a motor. He\u2019s going to learn. He played so well as far as his energy and his speed, and a couple of things that, in my head, our coaches will fix those little things.\u201d<\/p>\n

The local kid spends his summer in the Vancouver area and can often be found in the gym at Rogers Arena. He’s earned praise for his offseason work ethic, driven by his understanding that as an undrafted player, his attention to detail in training must be exceptional.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stay here all summer, I train in this building all summer and every summer I come in here, it\u2019s not easy work, and it\u2019s a good system we have, and I\u2019m pretty lucky that I get to play at home, because all the benefits of being around this rink,\u201d said Bains.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatrik Allvin has done a good job of believing in me and giving me opportunities throughout bits of the last couple of seasons, and now giving me a chance to make a jump.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bains skated on a line with Chytil and Conor Garland on Thursday, and is looking to continue to develop chemistry with his linemates while also wanting to play without fear and try some things as he did during his time in the AHL. This league will test you, but as an undrafted player in both the WHL and NHL, Bains knows all about taking on challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday\u2019s home opener was just one game of 82, but for Arshdeep Bains, it was a chance for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-204917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}