No one was happy with the Vancouver Canucks’ start to the season. Not the players, not the coaching staff and certainly not the fans. Unsurprisingly, the Canucks’ upper management was part of that crew as well. “Well obviously they started 0-5-2 and nobody was in a very good headspace. In the last 48 hours they had back-to-back wins and everyone was feeling a little better. But I think one of the stories that came out of that was that the Vancouver Canucks made it very clear to some of their players that if there were going to be changes, it wasn’t just going to be the coach. “I heard what they said to some players [was] this: “We’ve had two coaches now with this group and it’s not working so far, so if anyone thinks we’re going to sit and wait and say, ‘OK, this is going to be the change I’m going to make,’ you could be wrong, and changes may be with the roster. “I think the players got that message loud and clear. We’ll see where this goes. It’s two big wins in 24 hours, but like I said, it made it very clear to the players that there will be changes in the roster as well if things continue.” The Canucks got off to a historically bad start to their season, becoming the first team in NHL history to lose their first four games of the season while holding multi-goal leads in each. With their win Thursday night in Seattle and Friday’s 5-1 home win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Canucks are no longer the 32nd-ranked team in the National Hockey League. The Canucks return to action on Tuesday when they take on the New Jersey Devils at home.
