Night and day watching the Canucks now. It really is amazing how big a difference competence makes. Even with a collection of RD (can't ever remember that happening before...how odd) they're looking a lot better. There were still mistakes and breakdowns, but there's a big difference between the isolated "he's only human" mistakes and the systemic breakdowns we were seeing before. Rarely is it mistake after mistake after mistake then big save from Demko then mistake then mistake then goal against. Execution is still lagging behind where it needs to be, but energy is vastly improved. You can just tell a huge weight has been lifted from the team's shoulders. It's so, so much nicer being able to cheer for good plays and good goals without having that sinking "This just keeps incompetent people in charge" feeling.
Oh yeah, and Chiasson sucks. Not that we all didn't know that.
