Over the past three years, we’ve seen the Vancouver Canucks blow plenty of multi-goal and/or third period leads, which is always expected when you’re engaged in a rebuild.
But Saturday’s 4-3 matinee shootout loss to the Buffalo Sabres stings a lot more than any other we’ve seen throughout the years. Without All-Star forward Brock Boeser, the Canucks nearly defeated a red hot Buffalo team on the road. This would have been arguably their biggest feel-good victory of the young season.
As the clock winded down to the final minutes, however, the Canucks began playing like the team that was rebuilding two or three years ago.