I have absolutely no recollection of this, Vancouver media said this?
I remember eastern media and even that absolute dope Scott Burnside saying it, but not our own media.
Well, he's been on the money for the entirety of the Canucks trajectory during the Benning era. And the beginning of the JR/Allvin era.
Literally no one said this.
Everyone thought the Canucks were a contender in 2011. Because they were.
The absolute second the Canucks drew the Hawks every local pundit was saying they might not be able to slay the dragon, that the hawks were their kryptonite. The moment it went to game 5, then 6, then 7 the entirety of the media in vancouver from the cryptkeeper to ol sniffy mcgee (rip) was saying the team was fragile and couldn't do it. Round two they said the Preds defense was potentially something they couldn't overcome until kesler went beast mode. Sahrks? Same thing, kept pumping the lack of success against the sharks going back numerous years.
While nobody outright stated they were not going to win a single game/round, there was unending doubt heaped on the team to start each round and especially the first round the moment they started losing games. Against the sharks it was "they don't want to go back to san jose, they can't win in san jose"
Vancouver media sh*ts on this team harder than anyone and kind of always have. Going all the way back to the 90s