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BEST POOL PARTY

It seems a rather cruel twist of fate.

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It was a thrilling win, against a loathed rival. It showcased some of the best Canucks goaltending of the season.

And it featured one Canucks miracle goal, and another scored by Alex Edler from centre ice.

It was a win that, if all was right here in Van, would be savoured like few others on the schedule.

Who knows, maybe in some places it sill is.

But it was also the game where winning could actually mean losing.

It kept the Canucks slack 2016-17 body propped up for another day in the playoff race.

Another day to talk about how they’re only a few points out. How they just need one more three- or four-game win streak and they’re right in the thick of it.

Yes, a win streak. It’s happened before, why not again, right?

What’s a stake, of course, is the big picture and that, in a nutshell, is the number of weapons they’re going to need to become a relevant team again in the NHL.