How should the Canucks approach negotiations with their 2 superstar RFAs?
It was exactly 10 years ago today. You know the anniversary. June 15, 2011. Game 7, the Stanley Cup Final. The Vancouver Canucks lost 4-0 to the Boston Bruins. It was a grim end to a remarkable season. The 2011 Canucks werent just the best team in franchise history, they were one of the best teams of the salary cap era. And yet their season ended with Zdeno Chara lifting the Stanley Cup on Vancouver ice, as a riot engulfed Vancouvers downtown core. The 1994 team came closer  they were centimetres away from Nathan Lafeyette forcing overtime  but for long-suffering Canucks fans, the 2011 loss is the one that stings the most. With the passage of time, the accomplishments of the 2010-11 team have begun to be viewed in a more appropriate and forgiving light. That team didnt summit the elusive peak, but they were an imposing, thrilling, high-octane side.