The frustration of losing and being dead last in the NHL standings has clearly affected some Vancouver Canucks players.

Brock Boeser met with the media following the Canucks’ 3-2 loss to the 29th-placed Buffalo Sabres to talk about the loss and the frustration of the 1-3 homestand:

“Yeah, to be honest, I think this whole home stands frustrating.

“Yeah, I mean, of course,” Boeser replied when asked if he liked the team’s push. “But at the end of the day, we lost another game, and it’s getting really frustrating.”

The right-wing sniper had some discomfort Thursday morning and was checking in with team doctors to confirm it was not an appendix issue. Boeser was a game-time decision and ended up suiting up despite the pain.

In the loss, Boeser played 20:26 minutes of ice time, logging just one shot on goal and a minus-one rating.

“That’s part of the condensed schedule. You’re gonna have nicks and bumps and bruises and whatever,” Boeser said regarding his morning discomfort. “But, yeah, I pushed through it and I wish I could have done more to help our team win the hockey game.”

The Canucks drafted Boeser in the first round (23rd overall) of the stacked 2015 NHL draft. The 28-year-old winger was drafted at the start of the team’s decline from their contending era. Boeser has gone through his fair share of losing seasons in Vancouver, only seeing playoff hockey in two of his eight seasons with the Canucks. And with the Canucks 32nd in league standings and more than one game gap between the 30th-ranked Nashville Predators and the 31st-ranked Calgary Flames, Boeser acknowledges this is a different feeling:

“I think this is different. I don’t know if this feeling has been a little different than in the past. I feel like there’s games we’re playing pretty well and out-chancing teams and stuff, and we’re on the wrong side of things. I think it just comes down to doing the little things right. I think you always have to go back on that, and we have to be harder to play against, and the little details of the hockey game, you have to make sure you’re dialled in at all times. And I think there’s times where we get away from those details, and the puck ends up in our net. And I think that’s definitely a big issue.”

Over their four-game homestand, the Canucks heavily outshot the Utah Mammoth (33-18), Detroit Red Wings (39-21), and the Sabres (32-15), but were outscored 11-3 in those games. They walked away with a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild, but were outshot 30-21 in that contest.

One thing you can’t fault the players for is their effort. They’re trying. Whether it’s their laundry list of injuries or a roster-construction issue, the Canucks just can’t capitalize on their chances lately. That frustration is clearly starting to affect the players, as Boeser expressed after Thursday’s loss.

You can watch the full Boeser availability at the 7:07 mark down below!