Expectations for the Vancouver Canucks were not high heading into the season.
Asked in September if he expected the team to make the playoffs, president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford hedged.
“To be very to the point, the changes that we made, we have a playoff team if everything goes right,” he said.
Things did go right.
On Sunday, the Canucks will host their first home playoff game since 2015 when they kick off a first-round matchup against the Nashville Predators.
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