Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser combined for a whopping 27 points (13-14), 35 shots and a combined plus-27 rating as the Canucks outscored the opposition 21-12. They made it look easy.

And what’s notable is how that differs from last year’s squad, which had a couple other cultural focal points in the dressing room: Ian Cole, first, and then Nikita Zadorov.

Any reasonable self-examination is replaced by ritualistic self-flagellism. The country is, once again, wracked in its ...

There are 90 days until the Vancouver Canadians open their season. It’s going to be a hectic 90 days for team general manager Allan Bailey and the construction crew revamping Nat Bailey Stadium.