The Canucks Made The Playoffs!?

According to smart hockey guy Elliotte Friedman,  the league and its Players Association are working towards agreement on a 24-team Stanley Cup tournament that will see the fifth through 12 seeds in each conference play a five-game series to get into the final 16.

The new format, decided by winning percentages when the NHL stopped on March 12, has No. 7 Vancouver against No. 10 Minnesota.

Of course, we still don’t know when, where or how any live hockey games will happen, but it’s nice to know we have a dog in the race.

Also, Markstrom is healed up and ready to play. They boys have had time to lick their wounds and get healthy for a run to the championship (I can’t call it a Cup run, I just can’t).

Here’s how it COULD look: