VANCOUVER – Kevin Lankinen began last season on a contract worth $875,000. He started this one on a deal worth $22.5 million. Expectations change.

“That’s a good question because coming into the season that was a question I was thinking, too: ‘OK, what’s different?’” the Vancouver Canucks goalie said after Saturday’s practice at Rogers Arena. “And I came to a point where I realized nothing changes because I have been doing my thing all these years.

“I love the game as much as I have ever done, and I’m just so hungry and determined to get better. If anything, (the contract) just creates a little bit of a safer space where you don’t have to worry about the outside as much, and you can put more emphasis and more energy on what matters the most in hockey, which is the day-to-day stuff and ho

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