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The Vancouver Canucks Keep Winning

03/26/2023 at 10:50am EDT

from Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet,

This is going from kind of fun to just kind of silly.

The Vancouver Canucks can’t lose.

Their professional, well-earned 3-1 road win Saturday against the playoff-bound Dallas Stars was the draft-lottery-bound Canucks’ ninth win in 11 games. The team that ranked 31st in the National Hockey League in defending — and was 27th in the standings — when Rick Tocchet took over as coach two months ago is 12-4-1 in its last 17 games and has allowed three or fewer goals in 14 of them.

With 10 games remaining, starting Sunday in Chicago against the hapless Blackhawks, the Canucks were in a tie for 23rd in the NHL. Vancouver will miss the Stanley Cup playoffs for the seventh time in eight seasons, but if the Canucks finish 21st or higher they won’t be able to select Connor Bedard even if they win the draft lottery in May.

It doesn’t make sense — except for the legitimacy of their record the last five weeks. That makes sense.

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