"The only question emerging from this recent spate of Canucks games is how high to move Sami Salo on the Norris Trophy ballot when it arrives.

His departure from the Boston game last week has led to a fire drill the likes of which we haven't seen during the Mike Gillis regime on this very solid team, the top three seemingly overwhelmed both with the workload and the cumulative fatigue of playing so many games, so many of those on the road."