The Vancouver Canucks have coughed up multi-goal leads in the third period in their last two games against the Seattle Kraken.
Sure, they were above .500, technically speaking, with a 4-3-1 record in their eight games. But it was some ugly hockey that got them to that extremely mediocre record.
It's been, to be frank, sad and uninspiring. Even the return of Quinn Hughes couldn't help lift the Canucks out of their doldrums, as their loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday was the Canucks' worst performance of the month.Despite playing some awful hockey and ceding ground to teams behind them in the standings, the Canucks head into their first game in March in a playoff position.
The Canucks close out their five-game road trip on Saturday against the Seattle Kraken, a team that is far enough back in the standings that they're not a legitimate threat to catch the Canucks. They haven't been good this season and the Canucks, in theory, should be able to beat them comfortably. Vancouver Canucks projected lines With no eyes on the Canucks' morning skate, it's tough to know whether the team will make any changes to the lineup and what they might be. Well, they will be making a change: the last two games, the Canucks have dressed seven defencemen and 11 forwards; on Saturday night, they'll be back to the usual six defencemen and 12 forwards.
UPDATE: We have some major changes up front, as the Canucks put two different wingers up on the top line with Elias Pettersson presumably in an effort to get him going.
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