from Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province,

To win the lottery would dramatically alter the Canucks’ course. They haven’t had that kind of sure-thing draft pick since Trevor Linden in 1988. But Matthews can be better than Linden. He can actually be Mike Modano.

And it would change everything. It would cut through the black cloud which has so often enveloped the franchise.

It would give hope to the hopeless, life to the most miserable, and provide the franchise an opportunity to have an alternate ending, one that doesn’t include the usual collective palm to the forehead.

Matthews would be given every chance to be Vancouver royalty, and be the hero.

The city isn’t looking for much. Just one ring to change everything.

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