It probably goes without saying that this is a make or break season for Vancouver Canucks bosses Jim Rutherford and Patrik Allvin.

Fair or not, you know that chairman Francesco Aquilini has his eye on the state of the team he’s owned for two decades now and whether his latest set of senior leaders have the ship pointed in the right direction.

If he doesn’t see this ship sailing towards the playoffs — and let’s be clear, this team should be a playoff quality squad — there’s little doubt he’ll look to make changes.

And that means there’s all kinds of pressure on Rutherford and Allvin. Allvin especially; indeed discord may already be brewing between ownership and the GM.

“Patrik isn’t a pushover. He won’t bend if he believes in something,” a source who is a close observer of the situati

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