What’s this? A little Vancouver Canucks optimism from me? As much as I disagree with how we are getting there, the Canucks are in some form of a rebuild. It may not be efficient and is full of avoidable mistakes, but a transition is happening.
That’s where this year becomes important. Most of us have written off the season on the assumption that the fourth consecutive year of pain-fifth if you felt the Canucks were better off tanking in 2014-15-will pay off in the form of a high draft pick.
During the 2015-16 season, the Toronto Maple Leafs bottomed out and won the draft lottery to select Auston Matthews first overall.