This game could’ve been an email. For a couple of reasons.   Number one, the Canucks have nothing to play for beyond pride and being a spoiler. Neither of those reasons have been strong enough to improve their game in the last few games, so why would it today? And number two, the LA Kings…

In all my years covering the Vancouver Canucks, I didn’t think I’d see darker days than the final few weeks of the 2016-17 season.   As a refresher, that version of the hockey club won just two of its final 17 games in what — at the time — seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime death spiral….