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As we await the kickoff of conference finals on Thursday when the Panthers and Canes get it going, here are few observations and quick hits from the first month of the post-season

The Vancouver Canucks' season ticket campaign slogan is "next season starts now." Looks like the team might have taken that literally. 

The Vancouver Canucks got caught cheating, and it cost them $50,000. GM Patrik Allvin said he was surprised by the fine.

In case you missed it, Tyler Myers was back in the lineup in place of Guillaume Brisebois. Vitaly Kravtsov went in for Jack Studnicka and Collin Delia slid in between the pipes for Thatcher Demko.

The Vancouver Canucks are in the midst of a retool after a tough first half to the 2022-23 season. They have a 29-33-5 record through 67 games. The trade deadline passed on March 3, and the club made 10 trades in the first full season under general manager Patrik Allvin and president Jim Rutherford.

With some crowd-sourcing help, here’s a look at some of the reclamation projects available at the NHL trade deadline.

As much as wins are important, weeding out players is just as key for new Vancouver Canucks coach Rick Tocchet, writes Matthew Sekeres.

VANCOUVER - Rick Tocchet has begun the painstaking work of transforming the beleaguered Vancouver Canucks — a process that he says won't be speedy.

The Canucks are two-third of the way through this miserable season and new head coach Rick Tocchet is talking about “stripping it down.”

The Canucks are on their way toward staking a credible claim as one of the most defensively porous NHL teams in a generation.