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If we can be real for a second, the Canucks never had a chance.

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Tampa is the team that does everything right.

The Canucks?

Somehow, Tampa is big and small. They are skilled and tough. They are fast, creative and have edge. They will rub you out. They will make your head spin. And they will score. Oh, they will score lots of goals.

The forwards get all the love. For good reasons. Whatever juice is left behind goes to the goalie. He’s 23 years old and may win the Vezina. He’s good.

But the defence is a freaking monument.

Hedman is 6-foot-forever and ridiculous.

Suster is 6-foot-7.

Girardi can hit and hit and hit.

Sergechev is 6-foot-3 and his skating is a thing of beauty.

If only the Canucks had one of these guys.

Stralman could arguably be their best dman.

Oh yeah, they could have had one of those guys.

That’s a story for another day.

Tonight?

This game was over before it started. And you should have been sitting back admiring this creation that is the Tampa Bay Lightning, wondering how long it will be before the Canucks have a team like this.