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They already have four really good lines. Right now, the Canucks don’t have one.

Minnesota’s first goal was a bad one. But so what? Miller made a long string of athletic saves as his defence imploded.

It was much easier a couple of weeks ago to say this defence was a team strength as the Canucks swam through plenty of pond scum for a month.

But against the NHL’s rock stars, they have been exposed.

I will go back and re-watch this game but the number of in-alone chances the Wild had was astonishing.

The Canucks saw it. And now they see their season is on the brink.

“This road trip will set us up for where we’re going to be,” Hansen said.

“We’re probably either going to be in the hunt or we’re going to be out of it. It’s probably that simple.”

Wait, they actually think they could be out of it in two weeks.

Yes, life moves fast.

Just like that, the Canucks now sit 26th in the standings.

It’s not so much can the Canucks stay in the playoff race anymore, it’s more like, what exactly is the point?

BEST WTF

OK, Tyramkin had a bad game.

It was his worst as a Canuck. But why was Larsen in this lineup?

It’s not so much Larsen made mistakes, and he did, it’s that the coach didn’t trust him to take a regular shift and it blew up the rest of the Canucks pairings.

Tryamkin was lined with Tanev on the Wild’s first goal against. Edler for the Wild’s second goal against and then Stecher when he took his slashing penalty.

I like Tryamkin. We all like Tryamkin. But he’s 22 years old. He’s still a work in progress. He’s figuring things out.