It was quite the shock to the Vancouver Canucks fanbase back in pre-season when head coac Travis Green sent both Nikolay Goldobin and Sven Baertschi packing to Utica.
It was a bit of a head-scratcher for fans who didn’t understand playing the game with a more balanced line-up. Everything was going perfectly, and the strategy worked for the month of October. But when injuries struck the bottom-six forward group, Green had to shake things up and since then, the five-on-five effort offensively has been disappointing.
The Lotto line has been a bright spot for the Canucks, but beyond that, the team has really had a tough time producing goals.