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It’s troubling to hear people predict the NHL’s goal-scoring surge won’t last.

Mostly because, in Vancouver, it never got started.

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It took seven games, but the Canucks are last in goal scoring. While NHL games saw a robust 5.91 goals scored per game for the first two weeks, the Canucks are averaging just two.

Everyone knew goals wouldn’t be easy, but holy Hannah, is it going to be this bad all year?

Is a faster, younger, more dynamic league about to do laps around the Canucks?

Maybe so, but the Pittsburgh Penguins are second last, and you know they’re not finishing the season anywhere near that when it comes to goals scored.

But the Canucks don’t have Sidney Crosby to roll in to Westworld, shoot up the joint and save all the forwards in distress.

Some of the issues, you get. The season will have an ebb and flow. The Sedins with Loui Eriksson is new, and, you could argue, it’s a line that needs patience.