BC-Born Jason Krog Excited to Show Off His Skills at Work with Canucks' Coaching Staff

The Canucks' development camp gives Jason Krog the perfect opportunity to excel in his new role as the Canucks' skating coach.

BC-born Krog is looking forward to a week of on-ice practice with the Canucks' prospects and working alongside his new teammates on the Canucks' coaching staff. Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin and former skills coach and now assistant coach Yogi Svejkovský were among the Vancouver Canucks coaches in development camp.

“I've been there with some of them and it's nice to be here,” said Krog. “The team here has welcomed it with open arms, and it is made up of good people from top to bottom. That's what makes it fun to come to work every day.”

Although it's a new position for his hire, Krog has worked with many Canucks coaches in the past. He has lived with Svejkovský for a while, as both are local talent coaches in the Vancouver area.

“We've seen each other on the rinks, and I've helped him a few summers ago with skates leading up to training camp. I have nothing but good things to say about Yogi and I'm excited to learn from him, work with him, and collaborate on things,” said Krog.

Krog is a former star in the NCAA and AHL, and believes he has learned a lot about how to work with the younger generation from his time as a skills coach with the Burnaby Winter Club and other young pro players in the Vancouver area.

He likes to lean on his playing days but continues to emerge as a young player. As much as he leans on his past playing days, Krog said he can bring experience from being on both sides of the player-coach relationship.

Working for the Canucks sounds like the right place for Krog, and he's confident that this week at development camp is the first step in helping the Canucks players and coaches.

“It's very exciting. Any talent coach or talent developer wants to work with the best players and it's an added bonus to be able to go and do it in Vancouver with such a great organization, with great staff, to do it in the province I grew up in,” said Krog. .