As many of you have noticed, the Vancouver Canucks have altered their approach this season. Stripping away all the losing and poor defensive play, the team made a fundamental change to produce more offence. Using their speed, they are able to play a more up tempo game off the rush.
The back and forth is a treat for fans to watch and the offence is responding. I was concerned that this team would have trouble scoring goals, but they have roughly kept the same pace as last year. They are in the middle of the pack in lead scoring and their overall defensive play at even strength and on special teams is killing them.