After a solid start on the road, where the Canucks displayed improvements in their overall team game, they already face a referendum on their competitiveness and evolving culture Thursday night against the Blackhawks. (By imacSportsnet)
After a solid 1-1-1 start on the road, when the Canucks outshot opponents overall and displayed improvements in their team game, the Blunder in Buffalo rekindled disconcerting memories of last season and Vancouver’s free-fall toward the bottom of the National Hockey League standings.
Canucks coach Travis Green blasted his team afterward, then stoked the competitiveness in Wednesday’s practice here by making each drill punitive for the losing side, which did extra skating. If Tuesday’s game had happened in mid-January, after the Canucks had established themselves as better than last season, you’d move on. Stuff happens. But tonight is the start of Week 2 to a season when the team is expected to be –– better than it was, and Tuesday’s loss raised considerable panic among a fanbase that has enjoyed one incredible month of playoff success in the last decade.
Forwards from the top two lines, which are supposed to be Vancouver’s strength, are collectively struggling. There is a seven-way tie among forwards for the goal-scoring lead at one, and most in the top nine are underwater at even strength. Top forward Elias Pettersson, who kept Hughes company during their contract impasses, has one goal, one assist and a shooting percentage of 6.7 through four games.
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