The Vancouver Canucks got a whole lot better last season and they have the resume to back it up. Thanks to tremendous team play, the Canucks made it to the dance for the first time in five years. After they survived the play-in round against the Minnesota Wild, they knocked off the St. Louis Blues and took the Vegas Golden Knights all the way to the dying minutes of game seven of the Western Conference finals. They were one win away from the final four and the last Canadian team to be eliminated.
Now, what feels like half of that successful roster, has up and left in free agency to sign with other NHL teams.