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DALLAS, Tex. — In another conference and a country away, Mike Babcock was ruminating on rebuilds.

He said something which strikes through the heart of everything currently going on with the Vancouver Canucks.

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“People don’t understand,” Babcock said to Toronto media.

“If you’re going to put your name on the silver thing, you need a real group of players.”

It’s the type of thought which should echo for days in the Canucks’ organization, leading to two questions that are important and haunting.

How many players do the Canucks have who can make up a “real group?”

How many of these current players can help the Canucks put their names on the silver thing?

It sure hasn’t looked like many on this road trip, a point the discouraged Jacob Markstrom apparently hasn’t missed.

In many ways, Markstrom has become the voice of a part of the organization which usually the quietest. Like few others, he’s able to verbalize the frustration of the team in simple and emotional terms.