from Ed Willes of the Vancouver Province,
The Vancouver Canucks dropped a 1-0 decision to the Calgary Flames on Saturday night, their first loss to an Alberta-based team this season after six straight wins, and that, coupled with a general downturn in performance, has created a sense of unease in this province.
This after all, is about the point the Canucks lost their way last season on their way to a dumpster-fire of a campaign which engendered a full house-cleaning of the hockey department. As for this season, the loss finished off a five-game homestead in which the locals went 2-3 with losses to Florida and old friend Roberto Luongo and Los Angeles. They're still holding down a playoff spot in the West and their record is still respectable but they're also trending in the wrong direction and with the nightmare images from last season's disaster still fresh in the faithful's minds, that's not a healthy place to be.
But the Flames also represent a problem for the Canucks which goes a lot deeper than the results of one game and to really understand the dilemma facing this team, take a look at the makeup of the Calgary team, then look at the rest of the Western Conference.
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