Head Coach Adam Foote Pre-Game Media | Canucks at Predators (Oct 23, 2025)
This team has played some good hockey through this road trip and you got one more to close it out. How do you make sure it just finishes on a high note here in Nashville? Well, these guys are pros. They’re they know what’s, you know, what’s going on here. Um they feel good about the trip and they’re going to, you know, they know that we go back and we have a quick backtoback. So, they’re going to be professional and be ready. Nashville works hard. They’re going to be flying tonight. Adam, Elias Penderson had the lowest ice time at five on five among your center group in Pittsburgh the other night. Why was that? Why did he have the lowest ice time five on five? Yes, among your center group. Do you Can you give me his ice time on the special teams? Do you remember it? Not off hand. No, you don’t remember it. He was four power play and two on the PK. Oh, he was 8 minutes special teams. Mhm. And two probably two shifts in the last eight minutes because we’re down 5-1 or the last probably six or seven minutes. I don’t know exactly. So, when you’re playing 8 minutes on special teams, you know, mainly because of our injuries and uh those are harder minutes, you know, killing penalties, things like that. Um and then you take the three games in three and a half days where you look at Washington physical hockey and three three hard row games and he played really good. Um, so you you try to manage, you know, hard penalty kill minutes, hard PK, minute 20 shifts when, you know, you’re getting 8 minutes compared to previous the previous year he’s probably, my guess is he’s averaging four to five minute special teams. So when you’re up an 8 minute mark and you’re down 5-1 and you had a three three games in three and a half days, you’re trying to manage a guy physically, not putting him in a place to get injured either. you know, you’re playing those hard minutes in a game and you’re you’re you know, you want to win till the end and we’re we’re always in striking distance even at 5-1. We’re thinking about it like we gave a couple more offensive draws or things like that to see if we can get a quick one. But I would say when you look at the overall statistics, it’s harder to play. Harder minutes are um in my opinion are going to be special team minutes, which his are up from last year. So, if we really want to dig in it, and we can, he’s probably a minute on average less, five on five of the year, but probably two minutes if we really focus on the PK of the last three or four games compared to the first three where he’s more of a PK guy. We wanted to get him in gradually so he wouldn’t get caught where you have to go learn it when you play it. Then he’s probably off a minute on PK or sorry, five on five overall, but probably up two two good minutes on special teams. So, um, you know, that probably explains how we’re thinking and he’s going to have harder minutes five on five right now because he’s the most veteran centerman. So, we’re going to have to put him probably in more starts on his end than we would prefer, but he’s he’s really good at finding his guy off faceoffs and things like that. So, I gave the in-depth one and I hope that answered your question. I appreciate little power play there. Um, have you been getting the looks that you want? Have you been seeing some some progress there? Yeah, I mean we’re it goes game by game. It goes depending on who you’re killing, who who you’re who’s who’s killing for you. Um, you know, and there’s been adjustments as far as who who goes on with injuries, too. Uh, you know, you saw Sherwood got the the nice goal back door. Um, so there there’s always going to be adjustments depending on your injuries and depending on who your opponent is. Will Brock Presser be back in the lineup tonight? Yeah, Brock’s here. Where will he play in the lineup? He will play his normal spot. Uh, you know, we’re gonna keep Person with Garland. They’ve been, I felt like, running good connection together. So, uh, we’ll play right now. I think we’re going to start Brock with uh probably start him with Sassin and uh put De Brusk with him and most likely start Kane with Pey and and Garly.
Head Coach Adam Foote speaks with the media ahead of tonight’s matchup in Nashville.
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6 comments
This bum has got to go. Standing in the way of the players. Give us a chance and just quit bro
Bro was prepared for this question haha. He been seeing the youtube chatter.
Thanks for telling the reporter clowns they are way off. All mouth but maybe try listening for a change thank you Adam Foote for telling the Vancouver media they are clueless
Tochet said in a recent interview that he told foote to give it back to reporters.
Put on your skates, we need you
Wow, that was the classiest way to call out a reporter! I'd like to see the rest of our team to do that.