TORONTO, ON - FEBRUARY 4: Nils Hoglander #36 of the Vancouver Canucks skates against the Toronto Maple Leafs during an NHL game at Scotiabank Arena on February 4, 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Maple Leafs defeated the Canucks 7-3.(Photo by Claus Andersen/Getty Images)
The Vancouver Canucks are living through a nightmarish version of Groundhog Day.
They’ve seen their ugly, disappointing shadows, game after game, and are currently spiralling deeper and deeper into an abyss of catastrophic defensive breakdowns, plummeting expectations and dangerously low levels of effort.
If the Canucks are not able to snap out of this funk quickly, they’ll soon realize that they’ll be facing (at least) six more weeks of relentless, unforgiving defeat from their Scotia North Divisional foes.