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Canucks eager to build on playoff run as new NHL season begins [Video]

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.

Fans watch from a public viewing party as the Vancouver Canucks face the Edmonton Oilers during the Stanley Cup playoffs. Vancouver hosted a playoff game for the first time since 2015 during the 2023-24 season. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

After dispatching the Nashville Predators in six, the Canucks met the Edmonton Oilers …

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