The Canucks have adopted their fair share of changes over the last year, starting with entirety of the coaching staff. When Allvin and Rutherford took over, they made it quite clear that they intended on taking this team back into the playoffs and back to their former glory.
Secondly, the teams defensive depth. Allvin added Ian Cole and Carson Soucy, they'll be getting a full season of Filip Hronek and we're probably going to be assisting our fair share of internal competition with guys like Jack Rathbone, Cole McWard and Akito Hirose pushing for a roster spot.
Third of all, Tocchet will be building a team that ressembles what he likes. A hard team to play against, whereas the previous lineups where way too easy to battle with.