The Vancouver Canucks turned heads with an impressive 8-5-2 start that saw them in the running for first in the Pacific Division. But this team’s flaws have been exposed in the past two weeks, and they’ve lost five of their last seven.
Now, there is time to turn it around — and they do deserve the benefit of the doubt. But in all likelihood, the Canucks aren’t going to be a playoff team with lackluster offence, leaky defence — especially in an ultra-crowded Western Conference where the Arizona Coyotes are the only team that’s lacking in relevancy right now.