Fast start, Boeser, injuries among the story lines for Canucks in first half
VANCOUVER — Leaning against a dark blue cement wall adorned with a Vancouver Canucks logo in the bowels of Rogers Arena, club president Trevor Linden reflects upon his team as it approaches the midway point of the regular season.
There’s the Canucks’ surprising start, the play of red-hot rookie sniper Brock Boeser and the avalanche of injuries that have contributed to a recent stretch of two victories in 12 games to send Vancouver tumbling down the standings.
Linden uses the word “challenging” a number of times during the impromptu media availability, especially with regards to the Canucks’ current slide that began a month ago when No. 1 centre Bo Horvat went down with a broken foot.
“I look at the positives,” Linden, Vancouver’s former-captain-turned-executive, said Wednesday. “(Rookie head coach Travis Green) had come in and instilled a system that was really conducive to our group.