Vancouver Canucks much happier with start to the season compared to 2022-23
After six games, the Vancouver Canucks are in a much happier place this NHL season than they were at the same time last year.
“We’re a little happier this time around,” centre J.T. Miller said after practice Thursday at Rogers Arena. “We just feel more confident.Defenceman Quinn Hughes, who was named Vancouver’s captain in the off-season, said the way the team played on the road was as important as the results. The Canucks play their first back-to-back games of the season at home on Friday against the St. Louis Blues followed by the New York Rangers on Saturday. The homestand continues Halloween night against the Nashville Predators, who lost 3-2 to Vancouver on Tuesday night.The Canucks missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season last year but were 20-12-4 after Rick Tocchet replaced Boudreau as head coach.
Right winger Brock Boeser, who plays on a line with Miller and Phil Di Giuseppe, leads the Canucks with six goals, four of them in the opening night win over Edmonton. Entering Thursday’s games, centre Elias Pettersson was sixth in the league in scoring with 10 points and Hughes’ plus-8 was tied for best in the NHL.
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