"Heading into next season, then, the Canucks don't need a knuckle-dragging goon, but they do need size and toughness that can play.

It's the one element this team is missing and you might say it showed up against the Bruins.

The one piece of good news to come from the Canucks' post mortem concerned Kevin Bieksa, who will likely forgo unrestricted free agency and re-sign with the Canucks.

Bieksa became an elite NHL defencemen this season and, until the final, was the best blueliner in the playoffs. He's also a bred-in-the-bone Canuck and one of the team's leaders."