from Ian MacIntyre of Sportsnet,

A National Hockey League net is made of steel and weighs up to 125 pounds. When it falls on you, it tends to hurt.

Gravity is not the Vancouver Canucks’ friend these days.

When the net threatened to fall on goalie Jacob Markstrom Tuesday and the Washington Capitals scored a farcical goal, it was the Canucks who collapsed. They stopped playing for 25 minutes and by the time they started again, the Capitals had built their 3-1 win and the Canucks had fallen even farther behind in the standings.

Now 2-11-2 since top forward Bo Horvat’s broken foot sent the Canucks past a tipping point, the team’s free fall has probably already reached terminal velocity. But the injuries alone don’t fully explain Vancouver’s uncontrolled descent the last five weeks.

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