The Vancouver Canucks got a taste of playoff hockey last season — now they’re hungry for more.
Battling through two gritty post-season matchups is an experience the team will draw on as it heads into a new campaign, said right-winger Brock Boeser.
“Playoffs is a blast, and it was awesome that we had success,” he said at training camp in Penticton, B.C. “And I think it’s only going to help us for this year.”
The Canucks finished the 2023-24 regular season atop the Pacific Division with a 50-23-9 record and, in April, Vancouver hosted its first playoff game since 2015.
After dispatching the Nashville Predators in six, the Canucks met the Edmonton Oilers in the second round. Both teams slugged through a seven-game series where Edmonton emerged victorious.
Vancouver made strides last year, but head coach Rick Tocchet has challenged his players to up their game once again this season.
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