VANCOUVER – If this isn’t rock bottom for the Vancouver Canucks, it will do until rock bottom gets here.

The team determined to bounce back from last year’s 90-point, non-playoff season is now three games under .500 for the first time since March 2023 and on pace for 71 points, which would be the Canucks’ worst National Hockey League season since 1999.

On Sunday, rested and playing a tired team that happened to have the poorest record in hockey, the Canucks surrendered five straight goals to the Calgary Flames and lost 5-2 at Rogers Arena.

Injuries alone don’t explain how a team that planned to return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs this spring is now five points behind in the wildcard race at 9-12-2 – with just three wins at home this season.

The race the Canucks are falling into is for l

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