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Originally Posted by Turd Ferguson
Vancouver isn't better on paper but don't discount their change in management, sometimes a change in mentality is all you need
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I can agree with the sentiment, but fundamentally reject its application to the Canucks. The only way the team makes a dramatic improvement is if they substantially increase their production from the top two lines, and I can't see that happening under any conditions. When the Canucks were a great offensive team, it was on the backs of the Sedins as 100-point players as well as a healthy and productive Ryan Kesler to centre the second line. The Sedins are a long shot this season to produce at a point/game pace, and Kesler has been replaced by a second/third line tweener. No change of management and coaching can overcome the rather precipitous drop in offensive strength that this team has endured in the past two or three years.
I can see a modest improvement for the Canucks, but nothing that will make much of a difference on their finish, and also nothing that will have much of any impact on the Flames' fortunes.