This is the most fun I’ve had watching the Canucks in years. Some people are going as far back as the 2011 Cup run, and honestly, I’m having a hard time coming up with anything to the contrary.



Never mind the success; who knows if that’s going to last. Remember how the Canucks were doing at the 15-game mark last season? The results are icing on the cake. It’s the way this team is playing that matters in this conversation.



To the eye, this is one of the fastest, most exciting Canucks teams I’ve ever watched. Yet, they’re keeping the rate of shots (the objective way to measure pace) at a level necessary to succeed given the considerable talent deficit they’re faced with anytime The Alien himself, Elias Pettersson, isn’t on the ice. My only hope is that this keeps up; that if the losses start to mount, as we all expected they would at some point, that the games themselves remain entertaining. Holy hell, this market deserves...