The Vancouver Canucks have been out of the playoff race for a while now, but oddly enough, Canucks Twitter has been a rather positive place as of late. “Why is that?” You may ask. It’s simple. These last few games have been long looks at what we can look forward to seeing for years to come. We saw a bit more of that bright future last night. Here are my three takeaways from last night’s game.
Play. The. Kids.
Heading into last night’s game, there was lots of pressure on head coach Travis Green to put Quinn Hughes on the top power play unit, replacing franchise leader in games played by a defenceman, Alex Edler.