Welcome back Demko. Impressive for first game back.

It has to be mentioned that our 2nd and 3rd goalies and defensive play by the skaters made pretty good out of what could have been a disaster for almost a 1/4 of a season. There was a lot of negativity and hand wringing expressed during this time frame but the Canucks come out of losing their starter by clinching a playoff berth with home ice advantage, winning the Div, still in a battle for the conference and the story of this season continues to be written. What a ride so far.
- boonerbuck

It's hard to be without your top goalie. After last years nightmare of goaltending, anything less than amazing was hard. Credit to Silvos and DeSmith for their winning ways. They aren't the best goalies (yet), but they totally showed up and produced when needed.

I will also say, as an interview and attitude, I love DeSmith. Seems like the nicest, most giving, and team focused guy. Even my wife who dislikes hockey and the weak interviews of most players ("the guys... they just did so much. The guys gave it their all. The guys... ") enjoyed his interviews. Humble, generous and focused.

I think those footsteps you kept talking about were the Canucks just running away with the division. Suck it
- NewYorkNuck

New blog is here: https://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=125013

Congrats guys. I kept expecting the Canucks to falter at some point but they stayed consistent through the season.
- Oildrum

It's nice to be wrong once in awhile...

Division won, now to just hope Dallas loses against St. Louis tomorrow and we beat Winnipeg and then we claim home ice through the Conference Finals.
- DariusKnight

I think we want to play Nashville. So depending on how LA and VGK do in their final games determines if we want 1st or 2nd in the division. We have troubles playing VS LA so we don't want them R1, VGK we can beat, but won't be easy. Nashville is our preferred opponent in R1 I think