DANIEL SPRONG SPEAKS OUT ON RICK TOCCHET, ELIAS PETTERSSON, AND MORE (Canucks News)

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We're going over the recent comments made by the newest Vancouver Canucks signee Daniel Sprong.
This video is taking place after the 2024 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2024 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) San Jose Sharks, Macklin Celebrini
2nd) Chicago Blackhawks, Artyom Levshunov
3rd) Anaheim Ducks, Beckett Sennecke
4th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Cayden Lindstrom,
5th) Montreal Canadiens, Ivan Demidov
6th) Utah Hockey Club, Tij Iginla
7th) Ottawa Senators, Carter Yakemchuk
8th) Seattle Kraken, Berkly Catton
9th) Calgary Flames, Zayne Parekh
10th) New Jersey Devils, Anton Silayev
11th) San Jose Sharks (from Buffalo Sabres), Sam Dickinson
12th) Minnesota Wild (from Philadelphia Flyers), Zeev Buium
13th) Philadelphia Flyers (from Minnesota Wild), Jett Luchanko
14th) Buffalo Sabres (from Pittsburgh Penguins via San Jose Sharks), Konsta Helenius
15th) Detroit Red Wings, Michael Brandsegg-Nygard
16th) St. Louis Blues, Adam Jiricek
17th) Washington Capitals, Terik Parascak
18th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Sacha Boisvert
19th) Vegas Golden Knights, Trevor Connelly
20th) New York Islanders (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Chicago Blackhawks), Cole Eiserman
21st) Montreal Canadiens (from Los Angeles Kings), Michael Hage
22nd) Nashville Predators, Yegor Surin
23rd) Anaheim Ducks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Stian Solberg
24th) Utah Hockey Club (from Colorado Avalanche), Cole Beaudoin
25th) Boston Bruins (from Boston Bruins via Detroit Red Wings and Ottawa Senators), Dean Letourneau
26th) Los Angeles Kings (from Winnipeg Jets via Montreal Canadiens), Liam Greentree
27th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Carolina Hurricanes), Marek Vanacker
28th) Calgary Flames (from Vancouver Canucks), Matvei Gridin
29th) Dallas Stars, Emil Hemming
30th) New York Rangers, EJ Emery
31st) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Edmonton Oilers via Anaheim Ducks), Ben Danford
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Florida Panthers via Philadelphia Flyers), Sam O'Reilly
This video is also taking place after 2024 NHL Season, and after the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Florida Panthers defeated the Edmonton Oilers in the Finals.
Daniel Sprong was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2015 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st - Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid
2nd - Buffalo Sabres, Jack Eichel
3rd - Arizona Coyotes, Dylan Strome
4th - Toronto Maple Leafs, Mitch Marner
5th - Carolina Hurricanes, Noah Hanifin
6th - New Jersey Devils, Pavel Zacha
7th - Philadelphia Flyers, Ivan Provorov
8th - Columbus Blue Jackets, Zach Werenski
9th - San Jose Sharks, Timo Meier
10th - Colorado Avalanche, Mikko Rantanen
11th - Florida Panthers, Lawson Crouse
12th - Dallas Stars, Denis Gurianov
13th - Boston Bruins (from Los Angeles Kings), Jakub Zboril
14th - Boston Bruins, Jake DeBrusk
15th - Boston Bruins (from Calgary Flames), Zachary Senyshyn
16th - New York Islanders (from Pittsburgh Penguins via Edmonton Oilers), Mathew Barzal
17th - Winnipeg Jets, Kyle Connor
18th - Ottawa Senators, Thomas Chabot
19th - Detroit Red Wings, Evgeny Svechnikov
20th - Minnesota Wild, Joel Eriksson Ek
21st - Ottawa Senators (from New York Islanders via Buffalo Sabres), Colin White
22nd - Washington Capitals, Ilya Samsonov
23rd - Vancouver Canucks, Brock Boeser
24th - Philadelphia Flyers (from Nashville Predators via Toronto Maple Leafs), Travis Konecny
25th - Winnipeg Jets (from St. Louis Blues via Buffalo Sabres), Jack Roslovic
26th - Montreal Canadiens, Noah Juulsen
27th - Anaheim Ducks, Jacob Larsson
28th - New York Islanders (from New York Rangers via Tampa Bay Lightning), Anthony Beauvillier
29th - Columbus Blue Jackets (from Tampa Bay Lightning via Philadelphia Flyers and Toronto Maple Leafs), Gabriel Carlsson
30th - Arizona Coyotes (from Chicago Blackhawks), Nick Merkley
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[@janneschroderus2866]

Sprong will prove to be an excellent acquisition for Vancouver.. Sprong was one of the best players of the Red Wings, despite his very little playing time, when the team was fighting for playoff spots.. for example, in the last game he scored: 1+1= 2 points +/- statistic +2 and playing time ONLY: 8:44..

[@chrisjoseph6466]

"if he gets 15-20 goals he can be as bad as he wants on defense"... Tocchet's doghouse is impossible to exit if you are not sharp and work hard on defense, ask Kuzmenko.

[@jdhali93]

Facts, and if Sprong costs the team 5v5 he'll be watching from the press box.

[@bengagnon6947]

You know I was just gonna quote Lego for saying that and say a lack of defense is UNEXCEPTABLE!!! if he's gonna be a Canuck he needs to buy into our new system or goodbye. We can't except half assing it

[@shanegleeson5823]

Oddly enough, Tochett said that Kuzmenko wouldn't have been healthy scratched if he was still scoring, but because he's not he HAS to play the system well.

[@fredrikandersson7399]

I saw a video a while back digging into Sprongs stats arguing that he was one of the most undervalued players in the league

[@aepochbrett]

I'll be surprised if Sprong ends on on the same 5V5 line as them. PP, yeah likely. But hey, I don't know the Canucks system as well. I'm just a Wings fan, so I know Sprongs goals are clutch and fun. Dude can score from anywhere. If he puts more effort into Defense then maybe he can earn top 6. At the end of the season him and the Wings systems just weren't mixing. He was benched a lot. I wish the best for him.

[@armaansohi4829]

Tocchet is no nonsense about being able to play a 200ft game. Kuzmenko got traded for not being great at it. Sprong's offensive ability will give him a chance to be looked at in the top 6, let's see how his effort and 200ft play improves under Tocc. He's going to have the benefit of playing with an extremely well balanced defensive minded team around him on any of the 4 lines

[@conservativeamber1216]

​@armaansohi4829 We still need a Top 4 D Man but we have No Cap Space Wish we had about $5 MILL for another Top 4 D but we don't

[@armaansohi4829]

@@conservativeamber1216 Canucks have added enough forward depth to be able to potentially move out a guy like Hoglander or Podkolzin in order to bring in a defencemen IF they end up needing one. We'll see how that 3rd pairing ends up playing. If it struggles early then you can expect PA/JR to make an early move like they did with Zadorov instead of waiting on it

[@chevelle1]

Wings fan here. Followed Sprong’s interesting career for awhile now. His defensive game isn’t bad. I’m thinking there’s another reason why teams never re-sign him. Maybe it’s an attitude or character problem? I hesitate to say this as I haven’t seen any evidence of it, but he’s a solid middle 6 guy who can give you goals. He’s fast and has a bullet of a shot. Sprong was buried on a deep Pens team, then bounced around. Was hoping Stevie would sign him again.

[@sucraf1]

Like I said before, teams gave up on him for a reason. Canucks gave him the best or only offer. I hope he now has a chip on his shoulder and is going to prove the rest of teams they made a mistake not signing him.

[@JohnRedCorn79]

Zadorov was on his 6th team with the canucks, look what they did to him.

[@sucraf1]

@@JohnRedCorn79 What did they do to him? He had 20 points last season. He had a good playoffs. And he was on his contract year. LMAO.

[@WWaduheky]

This didn't motivate him when no one wanted him after his first year with the kraken so he did a PTO, then he went to the red wings and wasnt motivated. Dude will never be that guy.

[@nsldsfv1202]

@@WWaduhekymay never be that guy, buuuuut perhaps he can have a rehab of a season, put up good numbers for us, then sign a big contract domewhere else where he can get his bag then go back to being unmotivated lol

[@bruce4139]

i could see sprong being used as a new kuzmenko that tochet will bench to make sure the rest of the guys dont ever slack but i'd be happy to be wrong

[@Subastand]

last minute was dedicated to insulting player and management baldness 💀💀

[@gordoncheswick4169]

Another NON signing by SY. Sprong was great having played only 11-12 minutes a game. They said he was D poor - well he scored 43 points and was -5. And signed for under $1MM!!!!!

[@andreisison9256]

He needs to be on a line that can hold their own defensively. Would be interested to see if he gets slotted in with JT/Brock.

[@bshoulder]

I would like to see Sprong be on the third line with Blueger and Podkolzin to start the year. Podz needs a chance to prove himself and he and Blueger are both capable defensively. I think this will complement Sprong's skills set (good on offence and poor on defence). This will help Podz too which I think should remain a goal for the Canucks. This would allow the team to trade Garland away for some D help.

[@liamskeo1768]

do the eggs thumbnail

[@Ridgefall]

Just start the pre season already.

[@vdac1068]

He plays hockey and can speak? Wow

[@michaelparsons2268]

Please take Hoglander off the first line of your graphic. He is not good enough for either the first or second line on this team. Great when used on the fourth line.

[@Bbbbbvggtttttfcdeeww]

He will get sick of loosing in playoffs and request a trade

[@briantubbs5439]

Don’t know anything about him. I hope he plays a physical game and can keep up with Petey’s passes. If he can’t play with Petey then this was a bad signing. If he can then hooray. Maybe he will fit in on the 4th line and pot a few goals.

[@danielpatterson5189]

Hard disagree on good offence being enough. But he sounds like he at least wants to be competent offensively. If he does that then he likely makes second line and his numbers and minutes likely go way up.

[@sirfrancis1756]

He he was good defensively he would score 40

[@petermitchell9790]

I get annoyed with this channel cause the guy rambles about seems like nothing for more time then it actually takes to get to the point!

[@phillytheflyerable]

Just want to hit that 9 minute mark