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General manager Jim Benning and coach Travis Green have a plan to bolster back-end scoring if the Vancouver Canucks don’t travel the trade route.

It involves their three free-agent acquisitions on Canada Day. It involves plenty of speed, tact and testosterone. And it involves something positive occurring when pucks get back to the point.

“Travis and I have talked about playing a more aggressive system with our defence — where they’re pinching down on the walls and trying to keep the puck in the offensive zone more,” Benning said Wednesday.

“With the addition of (Tim) Schaller, (Antoine) Roussel and (Jay) Beagle — big-bodied guys who can get in on the forecheck — they can create havoc and get pucks. Our defence is going to have to get shots through and we’re going to have to bash the net.”

Sounds good in theory, but do the Canucks have anybody who can score with authority from the blue-line? Alex Edler and Michael Del Zotto managed six goals apiece last season to lead the back end, but Troy Stecher had but one goal and Ben Hutton none.