Quinn Hughes is set to enter a stage where the annual sense of despair and outrage in Canucks Nation has replaced an early sense of optimism surrounding the team and Elias Pettersson. (imacSportsnet)
The dynamic 19-year-old defenceman from the University of Michigan turned pro on Sunday, arrives in Vancouver on Tuesday and could be in the Canucks’ lineup Friday when they play the New Jersey Devils. But after blocking a shot on his ankle during college playoffs last weekend, Hughes first must get healthy, which seems appropriate because nearly everyone on the Canucks has been injured this season.
It was another mass migration to the medical room that torpedoed the team’s unexpected playoff bid and started its current 4-10-3 freefall in the National Hockey League standings. The defence, especially, has been a mess since top blue-liners Alex Edler and Chris Tanev were injured, again, nine days apart in February.
The Canucks have one win in six games and two of their worst performances of the season came last week against the Vegas Golden Knights. In its last home game, Saturday, Vancouver surrendered five first-period goals for the first time in 15 years. On national TV.a short time ago — and the pleasant novelty of a playoff race — has been replaced by the annual sense of despair and outrage in Canucks Nation, whose angriest activists are once again shouting for the head of general manager Jim Benning.
“He’s an excellent skater. The transition part of the game, he’ll help our group. He’ll help us on the power play. I just said: ‘Come in, work hard and have fun, and don’t be nervous. Just do the things you’re capable of doing.’”
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