Vancouver Canucks hope young stars can shine after retirement of Sedin twins
With the retirement of Daniel and Henrik Sedin last spring, it is a new era for the Vancouver Canucks.
And their youth movement is expected to come with some serious growing pains.
Most prognosticators see the Canucks, who finished 1-6 in pre-season play with their only win coming via a shootout in a split-squad game against the L.A. Kings, as extreme long shots for post-season play this year.
“We are really young,” admitted Vancouver forward Bo Horvat. “We know where we are at. We know what people are thinking and saying about us, that we are going to finish at the bottom of the league. But that is great motivation to prove them wrong and a chance to prove ourselves this year.”