The upcoming 2017-18 season will mark the first unofficial year of a Vancouver Canucks rebuild in the 21st century, so fans don’t really know what to expect.
New head coach Travis Green replaces the fired Willie Desjardins, and the Canucks are hoping their younger players will be able to assume the responsibilities of leading this team into a different era.
We’ll certainly get a good look from the Canucks in October, but their play in the opening month of the season won’t necessarily dictate how they play through the rest of the season. Remember the good ol’ Northwest Division-winning days when the Canucks always slumped through October?