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There had been enough pain and suffering.
Those television images of Vancouver Canucks’ hockey operations personnel frozen in stunned disbelief at falling down the NHL draft lottery board aren’t easily forgotten. Perhaps in a season where so much went wrong, something would actually go right Wednesday.
Maybe the hockey gods would smile instead of smirk and finally award the Canucks the first overall selection in the 2021 NHL Draft on July 23-24. Maybe the team would rocket to the top despite a 5.4 per cent chance of landing a budding star or beat a 5.7 per cent shot at picking second overall.
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