As a 1st generation Canucks fan, nothing was more sickening to watch than the 2005-06 season after the Olympics. The begin of the downfall of the WCE.
Some key losses included: Nashville (6 seconds into OT), Minnesota (in the SO), LA (1-0 loss), Anaheim (trailed 4-0 lost 4-2) and the two final games against San Jose.
This was the end of perhaps the most exciting offensive eras since the days of Pavel Bure, and the start of the Roberto Luongo era. Anways, I digress.
The peak of this was final game of the season against Colorado (won 4-3 in OT), all members of the WCE scored but the bittersweetness of how we were the favourites going into the year was hard. The last time I cried (also the 2nd) after the Canucks were eliminated. You knew it was the end of the WCE and proved to be when Bertuzzi was traded at the draft.
But the pain of this was well worth it as Luongo more than lived up to hype the next year. Roberto playing like that was equally as exciting because of the goalie graveyard. October 5, 2006 was the day when Canucks grew to love Bobby Lu, only to rip on him during the years coming