Rick Tocchet may have just thrown some subtle shade at the Vancouver Canucks

Fans were already excited about the hire, but it was this answer about communicating with the young players on the team (something that their previous head coach couldn't do) that had fans most excited.

"I'm a partner with the players. It's not a dictatorship. That's my job to steer the ship, but I think it's important that you let the player steer the ship too."

While Vancouver may not have had much success in 2024-25, Tocchet is great at building relationships with his players, and after the way Matvei Michkov in particular was treated by his last coach, this reaction will no doubt be a positive one in the Flyers locker room.

However, it wasn't just the Flyers fan base he got excited, as he seemingly got the Canucks fan base fairly frustrated as well, as he took this subtle shot at his former team in the process.

While it wasn't a direct shot, Tocchet was raving about the Flyers' practice facility in his news conference. That's something that has been a sore subject for the Canucks in recent years, with his remarks potentially a comment on Vancouver's lack of a state-of-the-art practice facility.

At this point in time, it's unlikely that Tocchet will take a direct shot at the Canucks, as things appeared to have ended fairly amicably between the two sides, but for Vancouver fans, it's hard not to take this one as a direct shot from Tocchet.