Slowly or otherwise, the Canucks need to improve their six-man defensive unit as well as team defending. Currently in a playoff position on winning percentage, Vancouver significantly upgraded its attack this season and sits eighth in the NHL at 3.25 goals per game. But the Canucks are 20th in goals allowed at 3.10, and that figure flatters them because goaltender Jacob Markstrom has had a Vezina Trophy-calibre season. The team has allowed 33.
“I don’t think there’s any way to hide that; I’d like to see our team be better defensively,” coach Travis Green told Sportsnet earlier this month. “We said at the beginning of the year with our group: ‘We want to score more and we want to cut goals-against down.’ Elite teams, they have that quality — they can shut teams down, and yet they still score.”
The Canucks aren’t an elite team yet, but they’ve moved in that direction this season, driven by a few young stars and some key veterans. “This year from last year, we took a big step in upgrading our back end, and we’re going to continue looking at ways we can take another step this summer,” Benning said. “Until we put this season in the books. . . we still have guys that we have to make decisions on going forward. The season isn’t finished yet.”
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