General manager Jim Benning remains confident the Vancouver Canucks are a better team than the one that has managed just seven wins in the first 20 games of this National Hockey League season.
Benning knows they’ll have to be if they are to remain in the Western Conference playoff race.
The Canucks limped home from a season-long seven-game road trip with a 7-7-6 record. To put that into perspective, the Canucks have not had so few wins after 20 games since the 1997-98 season. The Canucks started 4-13-3 that season under former head coach Mike Keenan and finished the year with just 65 points.