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We’re just one week away from the American presidential election, which raises the question, what are we going to do for entertainment when it’s over? To help fill the void here are the musings and meditations on the world of sports:

— The Canucks are only nine games into this season, but even with this limited sample size, it should be clear, as they’re now constructed, they can’t compete with the best teams in the West.

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And that’s not a bad thing.

For the last two years the organization has clung to the illusion they can rebuild their team while staying competitive. This thinking led to signing, in no particular order, Ryan Miller, Radim Vrbata, Loui Eriksson and Philip Larsen. It also led to trades for Brandon Sutter, Derek Dorsett and, lest you forget, Brandon Prust.

And that’s left the team in the worst kind of limbo.

The organization has tried to serve two masters but it hasn’t worked. The only out for this team, in fact, is developing their young players, and that has to be their priority for the next 5 1/2 months.