Sorry USA Today, but your prediction for the Vancouver Canucks is in serious jeopardy.
Forgive Canucks fans if we gloat just a little bit. We’ve had so little to gloat about the last few years, so we have to take what we can get.
And a 4-0-1 start is worth gloating about. This is the best start in franchise history. The Canucks have started 4-0-0 once before, in the 1992-93 season. That year, they lost their fifth game in regulation. (That loss was against the Chicago Blackhawks, in case you were looking for another reason to dislike the Hawks.