Connor Bedard's much-ballyhooed first NHL game in Vancouver very much did not go the way he imagined it would.
Games against teams in the basement of the NHL can sometimes be traps, as even the worst team in the NHL can win on any given night, especially if a team takes them too lightly. That hasn’t been a problem for the Canucks this season: this was their fifth game against a team in the bottom quarter of the NHL standings and they’ve won all five.
It was great that the Canucks bounced back from a dismal performance against the New York Islanders to beat the Blackhawks but, well, it’s the Blackhawks. Sure, they have Connor Bedard, but even with him they’re tied for last place in the Central Division with a 6-11-1 record and have some of the worst underlying statistics in the league.
That’s perhaps the most encouraging aspect of the start of the Canucks’ season. They have yet to truly play their game for any significant length of time and yet they’re still second in the Pacific Division by points percentage and have sparkling underlying numbers that suggest once they do figure out their game, they’ll be a nightmare for the rest of the league.
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