Edmonton Oilers forward Connor Brown, left, defends against Vancouver Canucks defenseman Quinn Hughes at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, on May 16. Hughes' 92-point regular season should be enough to secure the Norris trophy as the league’s best defenceman.Most preseason projections had the team finishing outside the top 16 heading to the postseason. They were believed to be too young, too inexperienced, too, well, mediocre to occupy a coveted position in the playoffs.
Centre J.T. Miller piled up 103 regular-season points and became the heart and soul of the Canucks. Brock Boeser grew to become a 40-goal scorer and complete, 200-foot player. Arturs Silovs emerged from his third-string position on the Canucks goaltending depth chart and has almost certainly secured a back-up role next season, giving Vancouver arguably the top goaltending tandem in the NHL.
In the off-season, Pettersson needs to get a whole lot stronger. He needs to come back from Sweden a man, not a boy. It won’t be easy. It would also be nice if Canucks management could find him a couple of decent forwards with whom to play because having Ilya Mikheyev on your wing most of the season won’t cut it.
It’s a shame the Canucks are committed to the aforementioned Mikheyev at US$4.75-million per the next two seasons because he’s totally useless and that’s money they could put to far better use elsewhere. There will need to be changes to a defensive corps that was one of the league’s best during the regular season.
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