The Stanley Cup Playoffs’ first round is busting the “anything can happen” myth, and the Vancouver Canucks are better off for it
When former Canucks general manager Jim Benning was asked about how he planned to navigate the 2021 offseason, his response included an all too familiar phrase. “Once you make the playoffs, then anything can happen,” Benning said last May. “You look at teams that have won the cup and it’s taken time to where they’ve…