When things aren’t going well, fans like to find a scapegoat. For the Vancouver Canucks, however, it was different for the longest time. Everyone knew it would be extremely hard to make the playoffs, so when the club was still in playoff reach 50 games into the season, they were exceeding expectations. That has changed.
On Saturday, the Canucks celebrated Retro Night, sporting their black, red and yellow skate jerseys that had been worn in the late 1980s and 1990s, in a game against the NHL’s worst team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. It was supposed to be a great night, as captain Henrik Sedin would take the franchise lead in games played.