from Dave Hodge of TSN,

If it's true that a one-goal loss hurts more than a blowout loss, the Vancouver Canucks definitely feel worse than any other NHL team for all the one-goal losses they've suffered.

Incredibly, 11 of their 12 defeats have been by a single goal, and the other loss would have been by that same narrowest of margins had a goal in the closing seconds of a 4-2 loss to Toronto not been declared offside by an inconsequential video review.

But let's think more about how tough these one-goal defeats actually are to swallow, because six of them have come in overtime, which means that those games have produced six of Vancouver's 20 points in the standings. And that's good enough for a second place tie in the Pacific Division.

On the other hand, there's the problem of an 0-6 record in overtime. Some thought the 3-on-3 format would be made to order for the slick-passing Sedins.

continue for a bit more plus a "thumbs down" to NHL linesmen...