With Adam Gaudette coming to town, Canucks fans are getting their yearly moment of glee during the end of season blues.
Last year, it was super-rookie Brock Boeser who took the team by storm. The Burnsville, Minnesota native immediately looked like he was the best player on the team, just days after wrapping up his collegiate career.
The year before that, it was all about the arrival of Nikita Tryamkin.
On March 10th, 2016, the 6’7” Russian descended on Vancouver to prop up interest in a dying season. It worked, as people were infatuated with catching a glimpse of “Zdeno Chara 2.