The general manager of the Vancouver Canucks wasn91裸聊视频檛 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.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 not happy sitting here to be sitting here today. Definitely not satisfied,91裸聊视频� Allvin said. 91裸聊视频淲e lost our last game and it was only in round two.91裸聊视频�

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.

91裸聊视频淚 think we got better. But that being said, we91裸聊视频檙e not satisfied at all,91裸聊视频� Allvin said of the season. 91裸聊视频淵ou don91裸聊视频檛 know how many chances you91裸聊视频檙e going to have to play in Game 7.91裸聊视频�

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.

91裸聊视频淚t showed there was more clotting that moved into my deep vein,91裸聊视频� Boeser said. 91裸聊视频淚 wasn91裸聊视频檛 expecting that going into that. I didn91裸聊视频檛 really understand, I think. (Monday) was an emotional morning for me.

91裸聊视频淭o get told that news after you91裸聊视频檙e giving all your energy to your teammates and the playoffs, and you91裸聊视频檙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.91裸聊视频�

Boeser was Vancouver91裸聊视频檚 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.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 crushed. I wish I could have been out there with the guys,91裸聊视频� Boeser said. 91裸聊视频淥bviously a one-goal game, of course I91裸聊视频檓 sitting there saying 91裸聊视频業 could have scored in this game.91裸聊视频� You never know what could have happened if I91裸聊视频檇 been out there.

91裸聊视频淚 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 don91裸聊视频檛 want health issues moving forward.91裸聊视频�

Boeser wasn91裸聊视频檛 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.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 been a nagging injury, so the longer it went, the more pain I felt,91裸聊视频� the 25-year-old forward said.

The injury won91裸聊视频檛 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 Vancouver91裸聊视频檚 playoff run. Ultimately, he didn91裸聊视频檛 make it and will have to wait until next season to play another game.

91裸聊视频淧robably the hardest thing I91裸聊视频檝e had to go through as a player not being able to play,91裸聊视频� Demko said, adding that he was 91裸聊视频渃lose91裸聊视频� to coming back and likely would have been available for the next round had the Canucks advanced.

91裸聊视频淥bviously we91裸聊视频檝e been through some tough years here and finally get the opportunity and it91裸聊视频檚 always tough watching.91裸聊视频�

Getting to the playoffs will 91裸聊视频減ut a hunger91裸聊视频� in the stomachs of many Canucks players, said forward J.T. Miller.

91裸聊视频淎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 don91裸聊视频檛 come around very often,91裸聊视频� said Miller, who had a career-high 103 points during the regular season.

The real test will come next year, he added.

91裸聊视频淭hat is going to be a challenge, not taking it for granted and raising the bar again,91裸聊视频� Miller said. 91裸聊视频淏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 we91裸聊视频檙e a goal or two away from Final Four.91裸聊视频�

For Allvin and his front office staff, there91裸聊视频檚 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 91裸聊视频� who became a playoff sensation 91裸聊视频� will be restricted free agents.

Many players have expressed an interest in staying with the Canucks, Allvin said, but whether there91裸聊视频檚 a deal to be made will depend on dollar figures.

91裸聊视频淲e all know we have a salary cap so we want to be a competitive team moving forward,91裸聊视频� the general manager said. 91裸聊视频淪o it91裸聊视频檚 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.91裸聊视频�

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Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press