The general manager of the Vancouver Canucks wasnB次元官网网址檛 happy Thursday afternoon.

Patrik Allvin wanted to be watching his players prepare for another playoff game. Instead he was conducting exit interviews and speaking to reporters about the season that was.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 not happy sitting here to be sitting here today. Definitely not satisfied,B次元官网网址� Allvin said. B次元官网网址淲e lost our last game and it was only in round two.B次元官网网址�

Few expected the Canucks to be a playoff team when the NHL season began.

Vancouver surprised many, spending much of the campaign around the top of the league standings and finishing the regular season first in the Pacific Division with a 50-23-9 record. The club made the playoffs for the first time since playing in the bubble at the end of the COVID-condensed 2020 season, and Vancouver hosted post-season games for the first time since 2015.

The playoffs saw the Canucks down the Nashville Predators in a six-game first-round series before being ousted by the Edmonton Oilers in a seven-game second-round matchup that ended with a 3-2 loss at home Monday.

B次元官网网址淚 think we got better. But that being said, weB次元官网网址檙e not satisfied at all,B次元官网网址� Allvin said of the season. B次元官网网址淵ou donB次元官网网址檛 know how many chances youB次元官网网址檙e going to have to play in Game 7.B次元官网网址�

Brock Boeser detailed Thursday the blood clotting issue that forced him to sit out that decisive game.

The right-winger said he was hit in the leg with a puck in Game 1 of the second-round series, causing a bruise. About a week later, he started experiencing pain in his calf and a scan revealed he had a blood clot in a small vein, but doctors determined he could still play.

Another scan after Game 6 changed everything.

B次元官网网址淚t showed there was more clotting that moved into my deep vein,B次元官网网址� Boeser said. B次元官网网址淚 wasnB次元官网网址檛 expecting that going into that. I didnB次元官网网址檛 really understand, I think. (Monday) was an emotional morning for me.

B次元官网网址淭o get told that news after youB次元官网网址檙e giving all your energy to your teammates and the playoffs, and youB次元官网网址檙e really striving and pushing for that ultimate goal. To get that kind of swept out from under you, to not be out there in Game 7 with these guys, it hurt.B次元官网网址�

Boeser was VancouverB次元官网网址檚 leading scorer through the regular season, putting up a career-high 40 goals. He added another seven goals and five assists in 12 playoff appearances.

He admitted to thinking about how he could have helped his team in Game 7.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 crushed. I wish I could have been out there with the guys,B次元官网网址� Boeser said. B次元官网网址淥bviously a one-goal game, of course IB次元官网网址檓 sitting there saying B次元官网网址業 could have scored in this game.B次元官网网址� You never know what could have happened if IB次元官网网址檇 been out there.

B次元官网网址淚 would have done anything to be out there. I asked if I could play and tried to push them. But the risks were too big. And I had to protect my future. You donB次元官网网址檛 want health issues moving forward.B次元官网网址�

Boeser wasnB次元官网网址檛 the only Canuck playing hurt.

Elias Pettersson revealed Thursday that he had been playing with a knee injury since January that impacted his performance.

The star centre had 34 goals and 55 assists in the regular season, but struggled in the playoffs, putting up just one goal and five assists in 13 appearances.

B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 been a nagging injury, so the longer it went, the more pain I felt,B次元官网网址� the 25-year-old forward said.

The injury wonB次元官网网址檛 require surgery, but it will need time to heal, Pettersson said.

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After going down with a lower-body injury in Game 1 of the first round, all-star goalie Thatcher Demko worked hard to get back to help VancouverB次元官网网址檚 playoff run. Ultimately, he didnB次元官网网址檛 make it and will have to wait until next season to play another game.

B次元官网网址淧robably the hardest thing IB次元官网网址檝e had to go through as a player not being able to play,B次元官网网址� Demko said, adding that he was B次元官网网址渃loseB次元官网网址� to coming back and likely would have been available for the next round had the Canucks advanced.

B次元官网网址淥bviously weB次元官网网址檝e been through some tough years here and finally get the opportunity and itB次元官网网址檚 always tough watching.B次元官网网址�

Getting to the playoffs will B次元官网网址減ut a hungerB次元官网网址� in the stomachs of many Canucks players, said forward J.T. Miller.

B次元官网网址淎t the end of the day we have a really good hockey team and we have a lot of good qualities and these opportunities just donB次元官网网址檛 come around very often,B次元官网网址� said Miller, who had a career-high 103 points during the regular season.

The real test will come next year, he added.

B次元官网网址淭hat is going to be a challenge, not taking it for granted and raising the bar again,B次元官网网址� Miller said. B次元官网网址淏ecause we can feel good about what we did this year but at the end of the day we still lost. And for me, it makes me want to work even harder knowing that weB次元官网网址檙e a goal or two away from Final Four.B次元官网网址�

For Allvin and his front office staff, thereB次元官网网址檚 a lot of work to be done between now and next season.

The Canucks have nine players who will become unrestricted free agents this summer, including trade deadline acquisition Elias Lindholm, bruising defenceman Nikita Zadorov and big winger Dakota Joshua. Offensive defenceman Filip Hronek and goalie Arturs Silovs B次元官网网址� who became a playoff sensation B次元官网网址� will be restricted free agents.

Many players have expressed an interest in staying with the Canucks, Allvin said, but whether thereB次元官网网址檚 a deal to be made will depend on dollar figures.

B次元官网网址淲e all know we have a salary cap so we want to be a competitive team moving forward,B次元官网网址� the general manager said. B次元官网网址淪o itB次元官网网址檚 only so much I can pay certain individuals. And hopefully we can find ways to keep a lot of players because I do think that a lot of them have a chance, with the coaches here, take their game to the next level.B次元官网网址�

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Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press