I think it's entirely reasonable to think Tortorella alone was directly responsible for at least 5 Canucks losses last season. Even if everything goes exactly the same, but they win those five games they make the playoffs.
Hell, if they only win thee of them and lose two in overtime/shootout they tie Dallas in points and only miss the playoffs based on ROW.
I think Vancouver is going to surprise a lot of people on this board who very much want them to be terrible. They're going to finish somewhere between 6th and 9th in the Conference next year.
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