Happy Saturday. The Canucks are home and they have a new forward.

Obviously it was a tough finish to the road trip but if you’d said at the beginning they’d return with a 3-2 record, playing five games in eight days, most people would probably say “OK not bad.”

This squad, we know, is not a cup contender. But it’s clearly got some battle to it.

Whether that will be enough in the long run to make the playoffs is the main question that will hover over this season. So think about that as you bundle the kids out the door this morning for some soaking soccer games, or while you stay cosy and warm in bed, or you make your way to whatever it is you have to do this weekend.

The Canucks have back-to-back games this weekend: Montreal today, Edmonton tomorrow. In between those two faceoffs, by th

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