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While we wait for Quinn Hughes, here’s something else that feels like it takes too long, the Monday morning musings and meditations on the world of sports.

• The dream of a playoff berth, or even a playoff chase, has long since died, but there remained a hope the Vancouver Canucks could continue to provide some positive signs through the final month of the regular season.

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Turns out even that might have been too much to ask for.

The record — three wins in their last 14 games — is one thing, but their performance over this three-game road trip revived the worst nightmares from the last three seasons. They got a point in Colorado because, stop us if this sounds familiar, Jacob Markstrom stood on his head. But they weren’t competitive against the Coyotes on Thursday night and they were embarrassed in Las Vegas on Sunday.

The Canucks built up some goodwill through the first four months of the season but they’re now in danger of squandering that. They have 16 games left to send a message to their fans and themselves that this team is building towards something; that there is reason to believe things will be better.