After a win over the Detroit Red Wings, the Canucks are sitting in second in the Pacific and boast the division’s best goal differential. That said, a big part of that goal differential comes from the Canucks’ league-leading 10 empty net goals.
That’s the thing: for every positive thing you can say about the Canucks this season, there’s something that undercuts it. Similarly, for every negative thing you can say, there’s context that lessens the blow. Just how good are the Canucks? It’s hard to say.
Daniel and Harrison talk about the troubles with context, and also get into Ryan Miller’s recent roll, Alex Burrows’ revitalization of the power play, and Willie Desjardins’ developing relationships with Burrows, Derek Dorsett, and Zack Kassian.
Before all that, we talk about New Year’s Eve memories or, in Harrison’s case, the lack thereof.