VANCOUVER — With the Vancouver Canucks about to name a National Hockey League roster bottom-loaded with graduates from their minor-league program and their first 18-year-old player since 1990, the team’s greatest transformation over the last three weeks has been its positivity.

The bleakness of last season was eradicated by a training camp and pre-season of harmony, crisp execution, self-belief and optimism.

“You can feel it,” assistant coach Scott Young said after Sunday’s practice. “You can feel the energy, the excitement of the players on the ice. It’s palpable.”

“I just feel like we’re all buying in,” longest-tenured Canuck Brock Boeser said. “I think it’s been great so far. I can’t get over how good I feel or how good the vibes feel, so I’m hoping that we can really take this into

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