It’s been loud, and it will continue to be as the pressure increases across the league. Dubas spoke this week of his belief in his group, but the group has changed and will continue to change. And, on Friday, Bergevin created pressure by shockingly selecting defenceman Logan Mailloux with the 31st pick of the entry draft. The Canucks cleaned up a lot of their short-term cap issues, albeit while adding Ekman-Larson’s money longer term, and the hockey team got better. It certainly eased the pressure around the league for a moment, which was surely welcomed with all of the other pressure in play.

Source: thestar July 24, 2021 23:26 UTC