Can make the playoffs if...
- Core players can be relatively healthy...Demko specifically.
- PK improves...Players have been brought in to accomplish this.
- Goaltending improves...What was a strength on the Canucks, turned into a massive liability last season..Fortunately, Demko regained form.
- They must get off to a decent start..The Canucks have torpedoed their playoff chances for three consecutive seasons, due to horrific starts...Not saying they have to kill it in the first month (especially on the eastern road swing), but they have to be able to keep their heads above the water.
There will be a battle in the Pacific division between EDM,LVGK,SEA and VAN....CAL could surprise..Also, almost all of the teams in the Central have question marks, all of them are beatable (DAL and COL being the best two)..If there was a prime opportunity for the Canucks to bag points in the Western Conference, its next season.