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The Vancouver Canucks decided to make a run for the playoffs the week they were eliminated from the playoffs. A natural series of events when it comes to this team. It just makes sense that nothing has made sense for the entire 2024-2025 Canucks campaign. An eternal paradox. 
One loss and two wins on the week would be just fine if a postseason run were in the cards. Still, consistency is key for a playoff-ready team, and the Canucks have shown absolutely none of that this year – for better or for worse. Saturday’s 3-2 overtime loss with a two-goal lead lost late in the game is a perfect reflection of a team that just couldn’t stay the course with their foot on the gas. It is simply a shame that their genuinely gobsmacking 6-5 comeback win against the Dallas Stars and 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche were moral victories rather than meaningful games at this time of year.
Next week will be the last 3 Stars of the season, so let’s hope the Canucks go out in a blaze of glory rather than with a weak and thready pulse.

Kiefer Sherwood

To be frank, Kiefer Sherwood might be a star of this entire Canucks season. If Quinn Hughes is the inevitable season MVP, then Sherwood should be the runner-up – no contest. His status as a fan-favourite player has come thanks to his ferocity, with him firmly holding onto the title of season hits leader at 451, and his ability to shine in high-pressure moments. High-pressure moments such as Tuesday night in Dallas.
The Canucks became the first team in NHL history to overcome a three-goal deficit in the final minute of a game, and Sherwood took the whole thing home for Vancouver after some nifty playmaking from Conor Garland and, honestly, a complete collapse from the Stars. Not only that, but this record means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of the season, seeing as Dallas already punched their ticket to the playoffs.
The Canucks were entirely shutout until the third period and still won the game 6-5. To anyone who did not watch this game live – I cannot emphasize how shocking this comeback was and how absolutely hilarious it was. Since it is the Canucks, it was not hilarious in a traditional “haha” way, but more of an ironic tragic comedy in the style of Shakespeare. Let Sherwood be the hero of this play.

Elias Pettersson

The young man we call D-Petey around here has made a fantastic impression down the stretch for the Canucks.
Playing alongside Quinn Hughes on the top pairing has been a win-win – the rookie gets some insurance and can learn from his captain and the best in the business, while Hughes gets a reliable young player to bring a high-energy pace while he winds down from the injuries he’s faced this year. 
Pettersson’s “high-energy” might best be described as “puppy scrapping at the dog park” this week. He found himself in a healthy tilt against Logan O’Connor of the Colorado Avalanche after he didn’t step aside from a challenge.
This was followed up by the revelation that it was his first fight. First fight, period.
Stick taps go out to D-Petey this week because I haven’t seen a healthy hair-pulling fight like that since the halls of high school. He’s playing like he’s going to a Game 7 that only he knows about.

Dakota Joshua

Dakota Joshua has not had an easy calendar year or an easy season. After returning to the ice after his treatment for testicular cancer last summer, he hasn’t been able to meet his previous season’s 32-points in 63 games mark. Then again, the entire team has been unable to capitalize on last year’s success, so his struggles in the offence department by far do not exist in a vacuum. “Adversity” may be the defining word of this Canucks season, self-imposed or otherwise, and Joshua best exemplifies fighting to overcome it. The Canucks nominee for the Bill Masterton Trophy was absolutely a deciding factor in the match-up against the Avalanche this week, with a goal and an assist.
His past year, both personally and professionally and as an individual and as a team, has not been ideal, and he’s shown remarkable resilience through it all. Last year, he won the title of “Unsung Hero” in the fan awards, and it’s wise to remember that he’s still that same player.
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