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Prince George, B.C. – If the Vancouver Canucks are going to repeat what they did last year and make the playoffs, then they’ll need to be good early.

That from Vancouver Canucks play-by-play broadcaster John Shorthouse, who spoke with 250 News Friday.

“A good start’s imperative, you can’t fall behind early,” he says. “And hopefully they can do that when they open in Calgary in a couple of weeks.”

But do the Canucks have the horses to do so considering other teams in their conference (LA, Calgary and Edmonton) made some high profile additions to their rosters?

“I think they (Canuck management) feel they’ve gotten stronger too and maybe it’s not quite as apparent because maybe the moves they’ve made haven’t been as sexy as some of the other teams, but they feel they’re in a good position,” says Shorthouse, who declined to make any predictions going into this season.

“I never really like to make predictions because I am wrong most of the time. I was, like most people, a little surprised last year at how well they did,” he says. “I think there were questions about whether the Sedins could bounce back and play the way they did and I think in that regard there’s a more positive feeling this year because they did prove that they still have some gas in the tank.”