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Last game it was Ehler’s showing the Canucks what they could have drafted. He displayed a level of skill the Canucks could desperately use, skill the team seems very short on.

Tonight it was Matthew Tkachuk, showcasing what Jim Benning wants the Canucks to desperately have, displaying both a scoring touch, and a gritty “good in scrums” type of game.

The only good news tonight is that the Canucks next opponent the LA Kings don’t have a player that can haunt the Canucks from the past couple of drafts.

Unless Adrian Kempe gets a mysterious call up and gets his first NHL point/goal/hat trick.

Which, if we’re being honest, we probably shouldn’t count out.

How bad was tonight’s game?

So bad it re-ignited #WillieWatch with a fury.

So bad the Canucks were declared legally Corsi dead twice during the game:

Don’t think we don’t see how you almost died for a third time at the end of the game, Canucks!

It got so bad, John Garrett didn’t even talk about things he likes to put ketchup on during the game.

Yes, it got that bad.

I don’t even have a fun movie metaphor for this game.

It was like when Marty McFly sees how his kid’s future turns out, and it’s just really depressing to see how poorly things went?

The Canucks managed 14 shots. For a while they were toying with 8.

The fact they ended up with 14 was almost a Christmas miracle.

That being said, it’s easy to get depressed watching this team pinball between bad losses, close losses, and odd wins, so let’s try and have a light hearted look back at this game, shall we?