from Ed Willes of the Vancouver Province,
It's hard to know what constitutes a full-blown crisis in this market because such weighty issues as the fourth-line's ice time is often enough to trigger mass hysteria among the faithful.
Still, there's something about the Canucks' current situation which registers as something far more serious than those petty talk-show intrigues which pass for controversy.
Saturday night, in a game head coach Willie Desjardins billed as a must, well, something for his team, the locals surrendered a goal on the game's first shot —to arch-villain Brad Marchand no less — and meekly capitulated to the Boston Bruins 4-0.
The Canucks now have three wins in their last 16 games, which is concerning enough.
But it's the larger image — the lifelessness, the lack of initiative, the sense that this team has run out of ideas 27 games into the season — which is far more troubling.
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