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My wife once said to this reporter: “I hope one day you get to cover a team that wins more.”

She was talking about Canada’s rugby team, but she could have easily been talking about our three major pro teams, too.

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Your author is primarily focused on the Vancouver Canucks, who suddenly seem to be carrying the city’s “hope torch.” Yes, what a year in sports this has been.

If you’re in the marketing offices of the Vancouver Canucks or Vancouver Giants, you’re focused on bubbling opportunities, even as we all have to admit this is probably the worst year ever for sports in Rain City.

Put aside all the Stanley Cup Final heartaches of past years. Forget the disappointments of recent post-seasons for the Lions and Whitecaps. Think about it — how can it be any worse than not having seen NHL playoffs at Rogers Arena for four years, or watching a soccer team that only has four wins, or a football team that has one lucky win this season thanks to a last-second rouge in Toronto?