VANCOUVER — Expectations for the Vancouver Canucks were not high heading into the season. Asked in September if he expected the team to make the playoffs, president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford hedged.
Asked in September if he expected the team to make the playoffs, president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford hedged.
“I think if someone told us where we would be this time year in the summer, obviously we’d take it," said captain Quinn Hughes."It’s different when you're building something every day and you're living it. But we knew we had some good pieces in here and we’ve got a great staff, and management did a really good job with putting pieces together.Players arrived in Vancouver well ahead of training camp last fall, trading their late-summer plans for group skates.
Head coach Rick Tocchet preached the importance of having a"day-to-day mindset" throughout the season. That won't change come playoffs, he said. NHL playoff experience is one thing many of Vancouver's stars lack. The Canucks' last playoff run came in the Edmonton bubble during the COVID-abbreviated 20219-20 season.
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