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Tortorella: ‘We need to change this hockey team’

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James OBrien

It’s not Eddie Lack’s fault that the Vancouver Canucks dropped their fourth game in a row (and five of their last six) via a 2-0 loss against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday, but he was frustrated nonetheless.

“We can’t buy a win right now,” Lack said. “I’m trying to do my job and keep us in every game. It’s tough.”

Head coach John Tortorella praised Lack and David Booth after the defeat, but aside from that, he was as glum about his team on Monday night as he was earlier in the day.

“We need to change this hockey team,” Tortorella said. “We were a slow team. Lack of offence. This really worries me.”

Does that mean Torts might want changes that extend beyond acquiring Raphael Diaz? That remains to be seen, but Vancouver needs to find some way out of this funk or a playoff berth could slip through their fingers.

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