There’s no doubt the Vancouver Canucks need to score a lot more this season if they want to make the playoffs after ranking 26th in scoring with 219 goals in 2018-19.



Dissecting how they can make a significant improvement begins with analyzing the specific deficiencies from last year and seeing if there have been changes — personnel or tactical — to rectify them. For instance, in last week’s article, we highlighted many of the areas where the Canucks could see tangible improvement in the goal-scoring department — the power play, Bo Horvat’s line, and the blue line were the main sources covered.



But there’s another facet that’s yet to be uncovered and it just so happens to be one that the Canucks have strategically addressed. To break down what exactly it is, we’ll have to turn our attention back to a piece of data I presented in a January article that profiled Vancouver’s offensive tendencies.



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