The Canucks are most likely not going to miss the playoffs and they are most likely going to finish with a record of about 100 points (give or take 2) the fan base again is going to get very excited when they get to the post season to only realize one thing. They got our hopes up again.
No we are not going to jump off the band wagon after a small 2 game losing streak after winning 7 straight. But what we have to point out is the 2 games under .500 the canucks are on the road. This is not terrible by any means not at all.
What is terrible is the way they play on  the road. They barely scraped by the worst team in the League after falling behind 3-0 in the first period so really they should be on a 3 game losing streak (but they are not so we cant really harp on that).
This team is Jekyll and Hyde when it comes to home and away hockey. At home they are the most dominant force in the league. On the road they more resemble one of the worst. The way they have been playing on the road this year is too inconsistent and if they cant come out of this road trip at least .500 (on the road not the season) They will not do anything in the playoffs.
The Canucks will finish the season with most of their games at home where they will get a big boost in confidence from their home play (10 of their last 14 are at home), that is until at least they play on the road in the playoffs and we could see a quick exit.
Last 5 stanley cup champions road records
Penguins 20-15-6
RedWings 25-12-4
Ducks 22-14-5
Hurricanes 21-14-6
Lightning 22-12-4-3
Not one of those teams  had a subpar road record (the Penguins being probably the worst of the bunch) and its no fluke.
YOU HAVE TO WIN ON THE ROAD.
there are 11 games left on this road trip. We hoped they would win 8 or 9 of the 14 (8-6 record was very reasonable) to do that they now have to go 7-4 which is very salvageable But not playing like they did against Ottawa.
The Ottawa game was one of the worst I’ve seen in awhile. They did play better in the Montreal game but ran into a hot goalie. The rest of this road trip before the Olympic break are all very winnable games. Hopefully we come out with 4 or 5 wins!
5 straight games the Canucks have given up the first goal and early again. ITs getting to be a trend where when the players say we have to start better I scoff at them. They say it EVERY game and fail to produce. Its always the same with this team.