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Fresh start sends Canucks to playoffs against Flames (The Associated Press)

Yahoo! Sports | April 14, 2015

Related Topics: Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, Henrik Sedin, 2009–10 NHL season, Willie Desjardins

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- Prior to getting fired after one season with the Vancouver Canucks, John Tortorella didn't mince words when assessing the club's veteran core.

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But fast-forward one year and Tortorella is a distant memory, while that ''stale'' nucleus of older players - the one that led Vancouver to two Presidents' Trophies and within a game of winning the 2011 Stanley Cup before stumbling badly in 2013-14 - has the Canucks back in the postseason and buoyed at the chance for another run.

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