Canucks’ compete level is even now in question, but at least Brock Boeser’s back isn’t bothersome.
The Vancouver Canucks aren’t mathematically eliminated from another passive pursuit of an elusive NHL wild-card playoff position, but they’re mentally frazzled by the free fall and being eight points shy of the final slot.On March 5, 2018 at Rogers Arena, Brock Boeser was getting into checking position on Cal Clutterbuck, but was levelled by the New York Islanders’ winger late in the third period of a 4-3 overtime triumph by the Canucks.
The narrative of an amazing 55-point campaign , including a 16.2 per cent shooting accuracy, transitioned to rehabbing the aliment and a bothersome wrist that was in a cast during the off-season. Boeser was buoyed by dominating a Minnesota summer league with 34 points in just nine games, but that wasn’t the true test.
Time and space have vanished as the second-half pace picked up and Boeser doesn’t look quick. He has turned pucks over in the offensive zone and has been slow on the back check. It’s only natural to wonder if that back is acting up, or is something keeping him from a stronger stride? Most players have minor issues they play through.
The analysis of what has gone woefully awry during an 3-8-3 slide to take the Canucks out of those meaningful March games — they were healthy and in the final wild-card spot after a convincing 5-1 win in Denver on Feb. 2 — is multi-layered and it includes Boeser. Add a sudden wavering compete level into the mix and you get this sobering summation: The Canucks are good enough to be in one-goal games — they have played 32 — but not good enough to win them with a 12-20 mark.
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