The Vancouver Canucks and the Anaheim Ducks saw the largest improvement over the first 10 games from last season in the NHL. That's just part of a chaotic Pacific Division with historically bad performances and underperforming squads.
When the clocks fall back to standard time on the first Sunday in November, it's also a sign that we're into the heart of hockey season.
With a 7-2-1 record through their first 10 games, the Canucks improved by a league-leading nine points from last season's start of 2-6-2 under Bruce Boudreau. Now, with Rick Tocchet at the helm, Thatcher Demko back to Vezina form, and a dramatically re-worked roster behind stars Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes and J.T. Miller, the Canucks have gotten out to the third-best start in their franchise's history.
Greg Cronin is in contention as the most successful bench hire of the off-season — a 60-year-old who was given his first NHL head-coaching opportunity by GM Pat Verbeek this summer. And speaking of the Coyotes — credit to them for taking a step forward. With Logan Cooley tied with Philadelphia's Bobby Brink atop the rookie points race, the Coyotes are one of three teams that posted a four-point improvement over the first 10 games, along with the Kings and the New York Rangers under Peter Laviolette.
, they just became the first team since 1965 to give up 10 goals in back-to-back games. While the Sharks lost 10-1 to Vancouver on Nov. 2 and 10-2 to Pittsburgh on Nov. 4,The Sharks went 3-7-0 in their first 10 games last season and finished 29th overall with 60 points. It's not like this year's group had a high bar to clear in order to hold steady or even show a bit of improvement.
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