Canucks this season

Vancouver Canucks are the best team in the NHL at conserving energy. The Canucks know that a team doesn't have to come first in the regular season to win the Stanley cup. The Canucks so far have played this regular season with the bare minimum effort required. They have been hanging around 7th to 9th position for the past month this season and the Canucks are planning on locking up 8th place on the last possible game. By only winning when they absolutely have to they know that they haven't wasted any energy and all of their hard work was necessary. Even if they have to play Detroit in the first round the canucks know that they will have to play Detroit at some point in the playoffs. It would be better for Vancouver to play Detroit in the first round when they are fresh from all the energy they conserved from the season than to play them in a later round.