The Vancouver Canucks‘ defense looks a lot different from last season.
Dan Hamhuis, Matt Bartkowski and Yannick Weber left in free agency. The Canucks added Erik Gudbranson and Philip Larsen, and are giving youngsters Nikita Tryamkin and Troy Stecher a shot.
Still, some issues from last year have not left. Vancouver’s best two defenseman, Alexander Edler and Chris Tanev, missed significant time with injury last year. Right now, it’s more of the same, as they are both on the shelf for the time being.