VANCOUVER CANUCKS

BY BEN KUZMA

PREDICTION | 6TH IN PACIFIC THERE WAS GOING TO be a rebuild to prop up a back end that wasn’t structurally sound. However, the extreme extent to which the Canucks addressed their defensive deficiencies was like taking a house down to the studs. When, for the seventh time in eight years, Vancouver failed to make the playoffs, it was demolition time. Quinn Hughes and Tucker Poolman are the lone remaining members of Vancouver’s D-corps from opening night last season (although it should be noted Tyler Myers was on IR at the time). Oliver Ekman-Larsson was bought out and went to Florida as a UFA. Luke Schenn and Riley Stillman were traded at the deadline (to Toronto and Buffalo, respectively). Kyle Burroughs left for San Jose in free agency, and even Poolman remains…

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The Hockey News (Digital) - 1 Issue, Yearbook 2023-24

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