NHL Saturday: Vancouver drops out of the playoff race

The NHL’s pre-Olympic schedule ended as you might expect: with varying degrees of highs and lows.

It just so happens that the biggest beneficiaries of Vancouver’s free-fall are the Dallas Stars. Not so long ago, the Stars had lost 11 of 15 games in January and looked like they had played their way out of the playoff race. Now, after two huge wins against Phoenix in the last week (including a 2-1 win on Saturday) the Stars are sitting in the playoff picture looking down at the Canucks.

At least, until it hit Alexander Edler’s face.

Oof. Considering how the last couple of weeks have gone for Vancouver, that goal actually makes a lot of sense. Even the Canucks’ social media guy is beaten down.

Those descriptions all apply to his outfit on Saturday.

If this is just how he likes to dress, then more power to him. But maybe packed all of his clothes for Russia and this was all he had left to wear to the game.

• Outdoor games far from out-of-style

• Beach volleyball, fireworks, KISS … and hockey

Amazing, indeed. Bergenheim has never been selected to play for his home country in the Olympics before despite participating in three World Championships during his career. At 30 years old, this was likely his last real chance at playing for Finland on the big stage. So why turn Finland down?

Apparently because he doesn’t trust his body yet after spending most of the last year battling abdominal injuries. The Miami Herald spoke to him on Friday: