Pittsburgh. San Jose. (same same, but different)

The Canucks’ season continues to spiral as injuries, inconsistency, and leadership gaps collide. Rob and Shiloh break down losses to Pittsburgh and San Jose, focusing on Brock Boeser’s controversial headshot, the lack of NHL discipline, and how Vancouver keeps getting outmatched by elite difference-makers like Crosby and emerging stars like Macklin Celebrini.

The conversation turns to a bigger-picture reality check: Thatcher Demko’s latest surgery likely shuts the door on the Canucks’ competitive window, and the team now faces hard decisions about veterans, leadership, and development. With the season effectively lost, the focus should shift to playing the kids, managing goaltenders properly, and avoiding further damage to trade assets.

They debate leadership voids left by past moves, question medical decision-making, and agree the priority now is culture, patience, and letting young players learn how to lose before they can learn how to win. The conclusion is blunt: this season may go down as one of the worst in franchise history, and the only real win left is setting the foundation for what comes next.

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