The Lesser Evils  Wednesday, 02.7.2007 / 9:00 PM PT / News
Vancouver Canucks Share with your Friends  The Lesser Evils  By
Jeff Paterson  The good news - and yes there was some good news
to come out of Wednesday's 3-0 home loss to the Blackhawks - is
that the Canucks won't have to face Patrick Lalime in the
playoffs. Come to think of it, they won't have to deal with Ty
Conklin or Sean Burke either.  But unless the Canucks find a way
to manufacture intensity, urgency, and the will to win against
some of the lesser-lights the NHL's Western Conference has to
offer, then it's no bargain the rest of the league's going to
have to face Roberto Luongo come playoff time.  Yes, it's
difficult to get up for the lowly Hawks less than 24 hours after
a rousing 5-2 win over a bitter division rival like the Oilers,
but it still has to be done.  As it stands right now, the
Canucks are in a fairly comfortable position to lockdown one of
the eight post-season berths in the conference. And yet, being
comfortable seems to have be