Pre-Game Talk: Canucks @ Dallas Tuesday, 5:30PM, SNV.

[VanillaCoke]

GDT will be up in the morning boys, sorry I'm swamped with homework.

High school is tough man...

 

[The Stig]

GDT will be up in the morning boys, sorry I'm swamped with homework.

No worries. We have this to tide us

 

[biturbo19]

So sounds like we might see a face-off where both centers lose.

Looking forward to this.

 

[Taelin]

If both centres lose the face-off, did the face-off really happen?

 

[biturbo19]

If they both lose the faceoff, does the official get credit for the win?

 

[yoss]

Loving Burrows and Higgins on the PK, wouldn't be surprised if they get a shorty here soon.

And I know the twins are masters of the pass but at times Sedinery goes into retrograde and they throw some brutal passes telegraphed right down the middle. Like to see them cut down on those, but i suppose when you are puck moving wizards as they are then live by the sword die by the sword kind of thing.

5-3 Nucks. Burrows with all 5 and someone finally wins the Safeway million dollars.

 

[alternate]

Betcha the skill testing question for the million bucks is a doozy.

 

[Bougieman]

I think a little patience is really needed with Vey. He's barely played at all in this league. Now is not the time to decide that he's wrong for this team.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Should be a fun game really. Just want to try and keep them off the PP. Think we could take them at even strength with their defense.

We're actually more dangerous at even strength than on the PP....especially when Ruff loads up the top line.

Our special teams can be a hot mess on most nights.

Good luck tonight, should be a good one.

 

[IntangiBo]

Betcha the skill testing question for the million bucks is a doozy.

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

Win or lose, this should be a lot more fun to watch than the few years where we just traded off 2-1 wins with them.

Ahhhh... the Luongo/Turco snorefest.

 

[CherryToke]

Benn-Spezza-Seguin line is gonna destroy us. we have no answer for that line.

 

[Pip]

Benn-Spezza-Seguin line is gonna destroy us. we have no answer for that line.

Spezza plays with them? I thought he was on the second line

 

[CherryToke]

Spezza plays with them? I thought he was on the second line

they load up a big line for home games and move him to 2nd line for road games according to the Stars GDT.

 

[ddawg1950]

Benn-Spezza-Seguin line is gonna destroy us. we have no answer for that line.

Their top line has 21 points in five games...4.2 points per game.

Our top line has 18 points in four games...4.5 points per game.

 

[Powder]

Their top line has 21 points in five games...4.2 points per game.

Our top line has 18 points in four games...4.5 points per game.

Including a couple empty netters... Our top line is deadly if you pull your goalie!

Not sure if any of their points have come from empty netters though.

 

[BeardyCanuck03]

First game of the season I won't be able to watch... Ah well... The Rural Alberta Advantage Concert will be good.

 

[BeardyCanuck03]

Including a couple empty netters... Our top line is deadly if you pull your goalie!

Not sure if any of their points have come from empty netters though.

To be fair, the Henrik EN was pretty awesome and did you see how hard it was for Tampa to score an EN on Saturday lol.

 

[CherryToke]

Their top line has 21 points in five games...4.2 points per game.

Our top line has 18 points in four games...4.5 points per game.

how many of those points were against Alberta? lets see what they can do against real teams like the Stars top line has done.

 

[ddawg1950]

Including a couple empty netters... Our top line is deadly if you pull your goalie!

Not sure if any of their points have come from empty netters though.

Well, their top line has been shut out twice so far in the first five games...while ours has not.

Their top line may be good...as is ours. I don't see a significant advantage in terms of top lines...which was my point to the poster I quoted.

 

[arsmaster*]

Rather have Matthias center the 3rd line. We've seen he's much better in the middle, and has been playing well the last couple games.

I think the best way to go is have a checking line and a kid line in the bottom-6, and really shelter the kid line as much as possible:

Richardson - Matthias - Hansen
Horvat - Vey - Kassian

IMO, Vey doesn't fit on a line unless he's the center of an offensive line. He's not ready to play center (in his own zone) in the NHL but I feel like he's a square peg in a round hole everywhere else.

To the bolded: We have?

I don't think Matthias has ever looked good in the middle and that grouping with Richardson in the middle and Kassian and Matthias on the wings is the best we've ever seen Kassian play in the NHL. Glad they're trying that one out.

This lineup needs Horvat.

 

[DL44]

Their D...

Goligoski-Daley
Benn-Dillon
Oleksiak-Connauton

At least they're on home ice to protect that 3rd pairing.

Daley does well vs the Sedins, so i expect them to work to get that matchup..

Benn-Spezza-Seguin Vs our 2nd and 3rd lines..
Roussel-Eakin-Garbutt vs Sedin-Sedin-Vrbata..
McKenzie-Fiddler-Hemsky vs our 3rd and 4th..
Cole-Horcoff-Sceviour vs the 4th and 3rd..

Hopefully the canucks are able to force em to go into the blender..

 

[BeardyCanuck03]

Watching the goals that were scored on Lehtonen vs the Flyers, the Canucks need to put the puck on net and rush in looking for rebounds.

 

[Addison Rae]

GDT will be posted soon.

 

[IntangiBo]

Their top line has 21 points in five games...4.2 points per game.

Our top line has 18 points in four games...4.5 points per game.

And they lit the high powered Flyers up. Sorry, I meant the 28th best defence.