Even if the Vancouver Canucks were to win their final nine games, they would still need a good amount of help to get into the playoffs.
A brutal month of February (they only won four games), and bad start to March (2-3-1 in the first six games), essentially ended any hope of Elias Pettersson and company reaching the postseason. Of course, 2018-19 was never about making the playoffs in Vancouver.
Rather, it was about a year of progress — where the Canucks would hopefully avoid the Western Conference basement and simply ice a more competitive team.