The Vancouver Canucks\u2019 prospects took the ice on Tuesday as Development Camp began at the Rogers Forum. The group is eager and excited to begin the week of work, and coaches are already noticing players building relationships with each other and with the development staff.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Canucks Skills and Skating Coach Jason Krog\u00a0has\u00a0helped take\u00a0the lead on running this year\u2019s camp.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDevelopment Camp is fun.\u00a0It\u2019s\u00a0my third one now, and last year I had a little bit more of a role, and\u00a0I\u2019d\u00a0say\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0primarily responsible for the on-ice and the video sessions,\u201d said Krog.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is\u00a0a great group\u00a0of guys. I feel like this year, the guys are already friendlier. They have\u00a0loosened up already\u00a0with each other. In previous years, I felt like the third or fourth\u00a0day\u00a0before guys were\u00a0comfortable talking more. This year, everyone is comfortable, and the tone has been set by Ryan Johnson. He told them not to worry about making mistakes and just be a good teammate and have fun.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Former Canuck Alex Edler has joined the camp as a coach, and the long-time NHLer is enjoying his return to the rink.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI’ve\u00a0been away from the game for a bit, which has been nice, some family time, but lately\u00a0I’ve\u00a0been feeling that I want to do something, and\u00a0I’d\u00a0like to get back into it. To have the opportunity to be here this week with the prospects of Vancouver,\u00a0it’s\u00a0been great,\u201d said Edler.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Caleb Malhotra has had a whirlwind week and is ecstatic to put on Canucks gear and have some fun with his fellow Canucks\u2019 prospects.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a good sweat, getting to know the guys to see what kind of players they are, and you get to know them a little better, so it was fun. It was a good skate,\u201d said Malhotra.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m\u00a0trying to learn all the staff members\u2019 names and just get to know everybody a lot better.\u00a0I think that\u2019s probably my main focus.\u00a0I want to be able to work hard and compete, but that\u2019s\u00a0kind of the\u00a0baseline.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Krog likes how the first day of on-ice drills has gone and is excited to continue seeing these prospects work hard and build their relationships at this camp.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey bring so much energy, as coaching staff, we want to bring a lot of energy too and make it special for them. It should be memorable; getting drafted and being part of their NHL franchise is a lifelong dream. We want to set the tone the right way to let them learn about the organization, and get them off on the right foot,\u201d said Krog.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Canucks Development Camp continues to be a highlight for all their prospects, and, as Development Coaches Mikael Samuelsson and Mike Komisarek have always said, it is the first step in building\u00a0a connectionwith them.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBuilding relationships here\u00a0is\u00a0huge. If you\u00a0don’t\u00a0have the trust and respect of the players, a lot of\u00a0time, it goes in one ear and out the other here.\u00a0So\u00a0in order to\u00a0do that, you\u00a0have to\u00a0be vulnerable\u00a0with\u00a0them, and just make them comfortable,\u201d said Krog.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to talk to them and get to know them a little bit, and they respect that, and then they’re more apt to listen, and then that’s when you can build a relationship, and then you can start teaching them and coaching them.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Canucks will have two more on-ice sessions on Wednesday and Thursday, while having plenty of relationship-building activities throughout the camp. The goal is to get these players working hard and to\u00a0establish\u00a0a relationship that will last for years, so that the players and coaches can achieve the final goal of making it to and staying in the NHL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Canucks\u2019 prospects took the ice on Tuesday as Development Camp began at the Rogers Forum. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-772492","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\/772492","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=772492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}