Torts was gone after one year, replaced by the well-intentioned but tactically overmatched Willie Desjardins, who took a still-talented team to the post-season, where they fell in the first round to Calgary. They failed to qualify for the playoffs under him. Tortorella’s abrasive style grated on the players, who tuned him out not long after he went full ham trying to fight Flames coach Bob Hartley in the Calgary dressing room. They’ve had seven different men hold the title of head coach and have stumbled through the decade as an organization while seeing their rivals, both geographical and compatriotic, surpass them in scope and success. Only five times in their 12 seasons have the Caps made the playoffs, and all but 2017 ending in an early and ignominious defeat. The Vancouver Whitecaps manhandled the San Jose Earthquakes 5-0 in the knockout round of the 2017 post-season, but have only played three home playoff games since becoming a Major League Soccer team in 2011 - and two of those were when the league ran a two-leg series in the playoffs. In Vancouver, the fog of time has settled over the city and muddled the memories of sports fans, obscuring the pain while simultaneously only allowing fleeting moments of triumph to pierce the gloom. Photo by Rich Lam / GETPICS HOW DID WE GET HERE? The Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4 to 0. The Vancouver Canucks react after being defeated by the Boston Bruins in Game Seven of the 2011 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Arena on June 15, 2011. It just feels like a new beginning, and I’m really ready to jump on board.” It’s just the new ownership group and everything.
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