After the hype and subsequent burnout of the Vancouver Canucks 2022-23 season, management is playing it more cautious this NHL season.
Former coach Bruce Boudreau said at the start of last season that failing to make the playoffs would"be a disaster for us."
Everything going right will rest on the performances of new captain Quinn Hughes and a retooled defence. The Canucks signed defencemen Ian Cole from Tampa Bay, Matt Irwin from Washington and Carson Soucy from Seattle in the off-season as well as acquiring Filip Hronek from Detroit late last season as the team added veteran presence and experience to their blue line.
Hughes, who was named the 15th captain in franchise history at the start of September, is the first defenceman to hold the honour for Vancouver since a three-player rotation during the 1990-91 season that included blueliner Doug Lidster.The American defenceman served as an assistant captain for the first time during the 2022-23 season, during which the 23-year-old recorded seven goals and 69 assists in 78 games.
"In order to ultimately get to where you have to get to, you have to develop your own players … you have to draft right," said Rutherford.
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