More than halfway through the 2021-22 season, the Canucks still find themselves stuck at .500.
At this stage of the campaign, essentially every loss diminishes the Canucks hopes of making the playoffs.
On the other hand, it also increases the chances of Jimmy Rutherford getting started on his planned set of transactions soon with a potentially major roster shakeup right on the horizon.
As far as the last 2 Canucks games are concerned, it almost seemed like we saw two different Canucks teams on each night.
On Thursday, the Canucks were making crisp passes, quickly moving up the ice, and capitalizing on all of their opportunities as they were able to get a 5-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets to sweep the season series.