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BEST ALL PRAISE

On the 10th game, the hockey gods rested.

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Either they tired of torturing the Canucks, AV tired of seeing it or the NHL got involved.

How about all of the above?

Let’s face it, a lot of things have to go right for the Canucks to get a win these days.

Either way, it’s a win. The losing streak is over at nine. The speculation about Willie’s job pushed to another day, or even week.

And the scoring slumps, three long ones, are over.

All praise Antii Raanta, one of the few goalies who have ever made a Henrik slap shot look like a 107 mph Shea Weber fastball.

All thank the NHL, which oddly pulled Raanta for a concussion protocol.

It’s not bizarre that he was pulled, it is that he was pulled after being checked out during a stoppage, deemed fine, and then after he played for four more minutes in game time.

And all praise AV, who pulled his goalie from the game with three minutes to go, despite being down two goals.