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GoalChella (Day 2): The Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Playoff Game

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 02: Zach Parise #11 of the Minnesota Wild battles with Christopher Tanev #8 of the Vancouver Canucks in Game One of the Western Conference Qualification Round prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 02, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

https://twitter.com/georgiatwiss/status/1290153698568544256 It took five years for the Canucks to get back to the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and after Game One it was almost enough to make you wish they hadn’t at all. In a regular best-of-seven series every game matters, and in a best-of-five even more so. But by the time the buzzer sounded and […]

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GoalChella (Day 1): Canucks optimism, early upsets and judging postseason jersey sets

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - JULY 29: Elias Pettersson #40 of the Vancouver Canucks skates during the third period against the Winnipeg Jets in an exhibition game prior to the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on July 29, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images)

Who’s ready for some summer playoff hockey?! 24 teams playing 52 games over nine days. A Stanley Cup Playoffs unlike any the world has ever seen. And that’s before even getting to the fact that the Vancouver Canucks are making their unofficial postseason return after five long years. Five months after the COVID-19 pandemic brought […]