In all my years covering the Vancouver Canucks, I didn’t think I’d see darker days than the final few weeks of the 2016-17 season.   As a refresher, that version of the hockey club won just two of its final 17 games in what — at the time — seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime death spiral….

Don’t look now, but since the calendar flipped to March, the Vancouver Canucks are tied with the Utah Mammoth for the second-best power play in the league at 32.6%.   That’s right. They trail only the Carolina Hurricanes in that stat after converting on 14 of those 43 power play opportunities. But what’s even more…