Aatu Raty needs a reset, his coach says.
That’s why the young Finn found himself essentially benched in the late stages of Wednesday’s 5-4 win for the Vancouver Canucks over the Anaheim Ducks, a win that was very fun, very loose, and perhaps a touch lucky — at the very least won because of a great performance by another young player, goalie Nikita Tolopilo.
Adam Foote said after practice Wednesday in Anaheim that Raty may need a break, that watching a game or two from up in the press box might help.
“Take a step back and look from up top … you want to do it without breaking their confidence,” the coach said.
Against the Ducks, Foote and the coaching staff leaned heavily on his top-end players, partly because of special teams, which limited the ice time of the bottom two lines. And as

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