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While some publications insist on doing weekly power rankings of NHL teams, we thought it would be even more abstract and pointless to do a weekly power ranking of the players on the Canucks. And yes, we understand that Sunday is technically the start of the week, but no one thinks that way. Every Canuck gets a new start in 2018, so no previous rankings this week.

24. Brendan Gaunce

Gaunce still hasn’t done much of anything and it’s why he’s routinely found himself on the fringes of the lineup.

23. Michael Chaput

Chaput has become one of the sole reasons to rally against Travis Green’s moves. Fans are at a loss to explain why he’s playing over a skilled forward like Nikolay Goldobin, and they’re right to be confused. He dropped the gloves against Anaheim, which seemed to endear him to the coach.

22. Ben Hutton

The subject of Twitter arguments, Hutton has found himself stapled to the press box recently, and while it hasn’t been all that deserved, he hasn’t done much of late to dispute the decision. He got a chance in Montreal after Tanev had to sit out and was a disaster, with the lowest Relative Corsi on the team.

21. Anders Nilsson

Nilsson hasn’t been helped by the play in front of him, but two losses in one week don’t bode well. He can’t really be blamed for the Montreal game, but four goals on 19 shots against Anaheim?

20. Nikolay Goldobin

Travis Green didn’t mince words when asked why Goldobin was sitting against Montreal, asserting that the talented forward “turned the puck over a couple times.” He said that he’s had some good chats with the Russian, so hopefully he gets back into the lineup because he’s far too talented to be sitting in favour of the Gaunces and Chaputs of the world.

19. Loui Eriksson

The veteran Swede has been largely forgotten about, and is logging fourth-line minutes. That’s what happens when you don’t score. He’s not necessarily hurting the team with his play, but he’s being paid $6 million a year.

18. Nic Dowd

Dowd is getting a lot of opportunities of late. He played more minutes than the Sedins in both Toronto and Montreal, which is truly bizarre. It remains to be seen if his playing time will stay high when Brandon Sutter returns to the lineup. He’s still taking costly minor penalties.

17. Markus Granlund

Granlund’s played some encouraging hockey of late, eating up more than 19 minutes in each of the week’s games and posting nine shots along with decent underlying numbers.

16. Brandon Sutter

Sutter is starting to benefit from a little revisionist history, with fans and coaches alike including him with Bo Horvat in quotes about injuries and waiting for players to return. He brings a solid presence to the team, for sure, but let’s not get carried away.

15. Michael Del Zotto

The cavalry was starting to come for DZ, who routinely has the worst underlying numbers among Canucks’ d-men. However, a breakaway goal against Montreal gave him a temporary stay of execution. Some are still calling for him to be scratched instead of Hutton.

14. Derrick Pouliot

The shine has come off. Pouliot is slated to sit tonight as a healthy scratch in favour of Alex Biega. That’s without Tanev. Tough blow for the defenceman, who has hit a rough patch of late.

13. Erik Gudbranson

Gudbranson has been surprisingly solid since returning from injury and the game against Montreal showed the physical side of the blueliner that we’ve seen far too little of this season. Fans are hoping that everyone’s favourite senile uncle Don Cherry set the price tag for the blueliner on Hockey Night in Canada when he said that Toronto would have to give up “[Connor] Brown or [Mitch] Marner.” Um, one Marner please.

12. Sam Gagner

Sam Gagner is currently this team’s defacto number one centre. Let that sink in for a bit.

11. Jake Virtanen

The speedy forward is still not getting many minutes under Travis Green, but fans are starting to rally against this inane decision. He needs more ice time and all of Vancouver knows it.

10. Troy Stecher

The young defenceman has come on of late, and was the team’s best rearguard against Montreal. It actually wasn’t even close.

9. Daniel Sedin

8. Henrik Sedin

No faulting the twins lately, they’re doing what they can. They aren’t first-line players anymore, so it’s much more beneficial to have them play secondary competition when Horvat is in. They shined with Boeser in a brief look with the rookie.

7. Alex Edler

The much-maligned veteran had one of his best games of the season against Toronto. He’s also been taking some heat for not passing to Boeser on the power play because Vancouver.

6. Sven Baertschi

Didn’t look great in his return to the lineup in Montreal, but Baertschi has been sorely missed in the lineup.

5. Jacob Markstrom

He was solid, especially in a heartbreaking loss to Toronto that Markstrom was brilliant in. He did get a break in that his customary soft goal of the game was called back for offside.

4. Thomas Vanek

Vanek’s chemistry with Boeser is hard to deny, as the duo looked great against Toronto, combining for a gorgeous goal. Away from Boeser, well, that’s been a bit of a different story.

3. Chris Tanev

The best defenceman on the team by a large margin. Hopefully he returns from losing several teeth soon.

2. Bo Horvat

The team is in dire straits without him.

1. Brock Boeser

No justification is needed. He’ll be the team’s only All-Star when rosters are announced tomorrow, and it’s more than deserving.