Over the past 13 seasons, the Vancouver Canucks have only lost once to the Maple Leafs at home. But these are the new Maple Leafs and as sick as we all may be of hearing about it, they are the genuine article. Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner, William Nylander and company are a legitimate contender in the East, and Vancouver will have to have its A game against the revamped Buds.
But this is a Vancouver Canucks team riding the high from its most inspired game of the season in Nashville on Thursday.