[Cali Panthers Fan]

On the Canucks, their decline has been a little surprising when you consider how few goals Burrows has scored and just how poorly the Sedin's have played despite years past when they were dominant offensively. I mean Brad Richardson and Mike Santorelli have as many goals as Henrik Sedin putting them tied for 6th on the team. In fact, if you look at the forward group and realistic expectations for them at the beginning of the year, only Kesler, Higgins, and maybe Kassian of all people have hit their expectations. Everyone else has been woefully terrible on offense and I think it has a lot to do with Tortorella's system than anything else. This is purely speculation on my part, but I think a LOT of players don't enjoy playing for Tortorella. Also, you have to consider the camaraderie and dressing room mood must have been destroyed with the whole Luongo fiasco and the infamous line brawl incident earlier this year. Oh, and Edler has been downright awful this year.

Basically career worst seasons for the majority of their roster coupled with some poor goaltending and awful dressing room makes for a bad season. They have the talent to be a playoff team but not with their current situation. I'm not sure Torts survives this year and it's probably a good thing for that team.