VANCOUVER, BC - JANUARY 4: Goalies Michael Dipietro #65 and Braden Holtby #49 of the Vancouver Canucks take to the ice ahead before the main group for the start of the Vancouver Canucks NHL Training Camp at Rogers Arena on January 4, 2021 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)
In a way, we always knew this day could come, but it was a gut-wrenching blow to Vancouver Canucks fans nonetheless. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to look around the sports media landscape to see how much the ground has shifted over the past few years.