(Ed. Note: As the Stanley Cup Playoffs continue, we're bound to lose some friends along the journey. We've asked for these losers, gone but not forgotten, to be eulogized by the people who knew the teams best: The bloggers and fans who hate them the most. Here is The Royal Half, the brilliant Los Angeles Kings blogger, fondly recalling the 2014-15 Vancouver Canucks. Again, this was not written by us. Also: This is a roast and you will be offended by it, so don't take it so seriously.)

By The Royal Half

There are Puck Daddy readers who believe that these Eulogies, especially the ones written by Greg Wyshynski, have become tedious opportunities for idiotic bloggers who never even played the game to recycle a bunch of old jokes about a team that has just been eliminated from the playoffs.

And I have to say that I agree. Take the 2014-15 Vancouver Canucks for instance. No one wants to hear that old joke about how just four years ago this franchise won back-to-back President's Trophies and was one win away from capturing its first ever Stanley Cup Championship. That's just irrelevant... like Michael Ferland.

No, Puck Daddy readers would rather focus on how since 2012, the Canucks have won as many playoff games (three) as the Toronto Maple Leafs or the Florida Panthers.

I promise not to bring up any old jokes about the 2011 Stanley Cup Final. I mean, readers are soooo tired of hearing about that series and would much rather focus on how the Vancouver Canucks are the all-time NHL leader in Stanley Cup Final Futility.

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That's some pretty rare company.

And no one wants to hear that old joke about how the Canucks fired the general manager that led the team to five straight division titles, two consecutive President's Trophies and a trip to the Stanley Cup Final. No, readers would rather learn about how when it came time for the Vancouver Canucks ownership group to find a new leader, they searched for someone whose name was synonymous with "Recent Playoff Success" and "Vancouver Canucks."

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And when Markus Naslund wasn't available, the Canucks hired Trevor Linden.

Linden was actually the perfect choice to lead this new Canucks team away from its reputation of being an "old joke" and return it to its former glory. For instance, when the Canucks were down in their series to the Calgary Flames... Linden brought back the oldest of Vancouver Canucks playoff traditions:

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