Canucks’ Quinn Hughes, Thatcher Demko Address ‘Panic’ Talk After Setback

Added Hughes: “We haven’t deserved the right to be 1–2 and say, ‘We’ll be good.’ We have to go prove it.

“There’s a mental challenge, sure. But it’s our job to be positive throughout the whole season, no matter what’s going on.”

The captain added that the solution lies within the dressing room, starting with himself.

“Definitely, there's waves (of ups and downs) and I felt it last night,” Hughes said. “But for myself, just be positive and bring your best every game. So that's what I need to try to do, and everyone needs to do.

“Just rely on our teammates and rely on each other. The guys in this room are going to get us out of it.”

Demko has saved the second-most goals above expectation (4.4) and leads the league in goals against average better than expected (2.25), per Money Puck.

The goalie, who has been a steadying force to start the season despide the losing record, said the ongoing issues are “super correctable.”

“Hopefully, we can address those things we have in video,” Demko said Tuesday. “We had so much momentum in the preseason, and I don’t think it’s going to take much to get back to that level.”

Demko made it clear he's rejecting the idea that panic is creeping into the room.

“I don’t think there’s a panic level or anything like that,” Demko said. “We know we have to address some things. We’ve got to clean some things up, for sure. But I feel good about our group.”

The Canucks begin a five-game road trip Thursday in Dallas, hoping to start it by getting back to a .500 balanche through the first four games of the season.