In 2011, a star-studded Vancouver Canucks team with Stanley Cup aspirations ran into an upstart Nashville Predators squad looking to make a statement by knocking off a contender. It became one of the most sneakily memorable series in that postseason, ending with a Vancouver victory in six games. 

Thirteen years later, we once again see the confident Canucks confronted with the determined and well-coached Predators, this time in the first round of the playoffs. This has been a match-up to pray for for weeks and is poised to be one of the most entertaining ones we see this spring.

Vancouver went from a rebuild-ready bubble team to a Cup contender seemingly in a matter of weeks in the fall and has spent the past couple of months solidifying their bona fides as a transformed group. They have sta