In a world where surely Peter Chiarelli is hastily updating his LinkedIn profile to take credit for the Oilers’ hot start this season, is it too crazy to think the Canucks might be, in the words of Thomas Drance, “better than we think”?



I jest, of course. If we were told to slow down on our criticisms after an 0-2 start, we must do the same when the team bounces back to win two in a row. Especially in a game in which the Canucks had to grind out the victory and played with fire during the dying seconds of the game.



Were it not for the backup goalie tandem of Alexander Edler and Chris Tanev blocking shots on the final play, this game might have ended up a disappointing loss, one that even a surprise guest appearance by Kevin Bieksa in the locker room couldn’t have saved (rest assured, the Murphy vs. Bieksa friendly feud is still alive, as both men took shots at each other’s sense of fashion).



That being said, there were some...