About Last Night: October 30, 2015 vs Arizona

Jared McCann has continued to impress, which even saying that might be an understatement. Its still very early but so far he has done nothing but impress. Nice to see Gaunce grab his first NHL goal, even if it wasn't a pretty one. He was in the right place at the right time though, and that counts for something. I thought Bachman looked pretty good as well. I'm not going to jump on the Sbisa bashing bandwagon, but he was right out in front watching two of those go in, so the scoresheet says he gave up three, but he played better than that.

The team looked good as a whole, especially on back-to-back road games, plus Dallas and Phoenix aren't exactly close to one another. Back-to-backs are tough enough, but on the road they can be killers. This was also the first of 12 back-to-backs the Canucks have this season. Another advantage to having younger guys in the lineup. However, if you think I am going to be all compliments, you're dead wrong.

Once again a big lead withered away to (almost) nothing. One of my favorite things looking at my Twitter timeline last night were the "Where are all the Willie haters now?!" So having the ability to turn your three goal lead into a one goal lead should be applauded? What planet is this. Yes they won in regulation, but they also lead 3-0 at one point and won the game 4-3. This means from roughly nine minutes left in the first period until the final horn they scored once, while their opponent scored three times. This made people gloat?

As far as I am concerned this was the exact same game as in Dallas, They were just able to stop the bleeding sooner, most likely because Dallas is a more talented offensive team. But when it mattered most the defence wilted away and the opposition was able to claw back to make it a game. This trend continues to baffle me, and concern me quite frankly. Blowing leads at any time of the year is not a good trend, and winning despite blowing a lead means they think they're still on the right path.