Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty ImagesThis Sunday the Vancouver Canucks will make their triumphant return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs… kind of.
The Canucks of course are one of the 16 teams slated to take part in the NHL’s Qualifying Series, facing off against the Minnesota Wild in a best of five series to determine who will move on to play in the “real” Stanley Cup Playoffs. Never mind the fact that the Canucks were actually in a proper playoff position based on points percentage when the league halted play on March 12th or the fact that the league will count player statistics from the play-in round as it would for the rest of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. According to the NHL, the matchup…
