Vancouver Canucks: 3 Positives About 5-4 Victory vs. Stars

Nov 13, 2016; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Vancouver Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher (51) scores against Dallas Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen (32) during the third period at Rogers Arena. The Vancouver Canucks won 5-4 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 13, 2016; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Vancouver Canucks defenseman Troy Stecher (51) scores against Dallas Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen (32) during the third period at Rogers Arena. The Vancouver Canucks won 5-4 in overtime. Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports
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Apr 4, 2016; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Vancouver Canucks forward Bo Horvat (53) celebrates the win with goaltender Ryan Miller (30) during the third period at Rogers Arena. The Vancouver Canucks won 3-2. Mandatory Credit: Anne-Marie Sorvin-USA TODAY Sports

The Canucks Won!

Let’s start with the obvious. When you are a Vancouver Canucks fan, you have no choice. You need to celebrate every win you can get. After all, there aren’t many.

What makes this one even more exciting is that it came against the Dallas Stars. Now, you may say “what? The Stars are hardly better than Vancouver!” I guess you’re right, but the Stars are still considered a Stanley Cup favourite, and it’s great to see the Canucks weren’t the team that got Dallas back on track.

Another thing that made this win particularly exciting and positive is that it was another comeback.

Sure, one could argue that coming from behind is a really bad and unsustainable strategy, but it generates exciting games. The Canucks are finally able to win one-goal games, whether it is in overtime or regulation. That’s a giant positive.

We can’t be too excited because it would be great to see an easy blowout win for the Canucks sometime. But since that is, objectively, totally unrealistic, we just have to go with this.

A Canucks comeback win!