Horse McHindu
They call me Horse.....
Take away Markstrom, Pettersson and Horvat and this team would be an absolute trainwreck.
How would the Leafs be without Matthews, Marner, and Tavares? Tampa without Stamkos, Hedman, and Point?
Hell, take away one of these pieces and it would all fall apart.
A few years ago when Edler suffered a season ending injury, the Canucks completely went off the tracks and sunk to the bottom.
As of this writing, the Canucks appear to be fighting, scraping, and clawing while remaining in hockey games (gaining points in the process) while their #1 dman is out. To me, that’s progress.
Canucks may or may not make the playoffs this year, but their willingness to battle despite being outmatched is the type of mindset that will lead this core to bigger and better things one day.
It’s 1989 all over again, and 1994 is only 5 years away.....perhaps with a better ending.