Henrik Sedin Praises Canucks’ Early Progress: ‘Better than Expected’

VANCOUVER – For a 32nd-place team whose prospects of winning anything but another draft-lottery spot this season are dim, the Vancouver Canucks have emerged from summer with a remarkable amount of apparent positivity. The entire roster has reported to Vancouver before Labour Day and participated this week in lively “captain’s skates”, even though the National Hockey League team is without an actual captain. And although the quick turnaround between a late Labour Day and the start of training camp in Penticton, B.C. on Sept. 17 spurred the early arrivals, players also encouraged each other to re-assemble this week. The energy…