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Canucks: What happens if they lose qualifying series to Wild?

VANCOUVER, BC - NOVEMBER 12: Vancouver Canucks Head Coach Travis Green looks on during their NHL game against the Nashville Predators at Rogers Arena on November 12, 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vancouver won 5-3. (Photo by Derek Cain/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

The Vancouver Canucks will play the Minnesota Wild in a best-of-five qualifying round, but what will happen to the team if they’re ousted?

If the 2019-20 NHL season resumes, the Vancouver Canucks will square off against the Minnesota Wild in a best-of-five qualifying round.

The winner of that series will move on to the round of 16, where they’ll play one of the top four seeds in the Western Conference — either the Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, St.