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An eyebrow-raising quartet of faces — in a good way — were spotting on press row Tuesday night before the Canucks host the Lightning at Rogers Arena: CanucksArmy writers Ryan Biech, Darryl Keeping, Jeremy Davis and Harman Dayal.

(Biech and Dayal also write for The Athletic; your author here used to write for CanucksArmy.)

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It’s notable because there was a time when CanucksArmy were persona non grata at Rogers Arena. Even under the stats-friendly regime of Mike Gillis, requests for media access were denied.

They took a “print-only” stance for accrediting writers. Writers working for online-only media outlets or blogs were barred from access.

But the tone has softened in recent seasons. Thomas Drance, the former managing editor, was allowed some access under Sportsnet’s banner before he left the writing game for Florida’s sunshine.

Beginning in 2016-17, JD Burke, Drance’s successor as CanucksArmy head honcho, as well as Biech, were allowed access to practices and were given passes to occasional games.