Chris Tanev’s NHL career has taken him from one Canucks core to another. After suiting up periodically as a freshman throughout the 2010-11 Stanley Cup Final run, he became the elder statesman of a young group’s first taste of success in the 2019-20 bubble playoffs.
Tanev has meant a lot to this franchise for many years, but this playoffs may have been the beginning of the end of his time as a Canuck. Tanev was fine — he rarely made glaring errors and there is something to be said for his presence as a veteran stabilizer on the ice and in the locker room.