It was a season to remember, that’s for sure. From the pause, and the uncertainty if they could even return, to the bubble, and an unexpected playoff run that reignited the passions of this long-suffering fan base, the 2019-20 NHL season was truly one of a kind. And as players start filtering into the NHL cities to quarantine before the opening of training camps, we find ourselves looking at the Vancouver Canucks with as much uncertainty as we did in the late summer of 2019.
For a team that quite likely would have missed the playoffs had they played out the rest of the season, the Vancouver Canucks made the most of their shot, defeating the Minnesota Wild, and then picking off the defending Stanley Cup Champion St Louis Blues in a series that will go down as one of this franchise’s most entertaining.