GDT: Canucks host Oilers Feb 23rd-7pm PST/10pm EST/Feb 24th 4am CET/7am GST/11am HKT/2pm AEDT

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LW	C	RW	Forwards
TANNER PEARSON Rating: 73.7#38 LW	BO HORVAT Rating: 74.8#34 C	NILS HOGLANDER	FL1 Rating Rating: 74.25#22 FL1
J.T. MILLER Rating: 78.5#7 LW	ELIAS PETTERSSON Rating: 77.7#14 C	BROCK BOESER Rating: 74.1#41 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 76.78#3 FL2
ANTOINE ROUSSEL Rating: 71.0#97 LW	BRANDON SUTTER Rating: 70.1#131 C	ADAM GAUDETTE Rating: 70.2#130 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 70.44#27 FL3
ZACK MACEWEN	JAY BEAGLE Rating: 68.4#163 C	JAKE VIRTANEN

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
ALEXANDER EDLER Rating: 74.3#26 LD​	NATE SCHMIDT Rating: 75.5#18 RD​	DL1 Rating Rating: 74.89#16 DL1​
QUINN HUGHES Rating: 75.2#15 LD​	JORDIE BENN Rating: 70.9#101 RD​	DL2 Rating Rating: 73.04#16 DL2​
OLLI JUOLEVI​	TYLER MYERS​

GOALIES
BRADEN HOLTBY Rating: 65.4#50 G1​	THATCHER DEMKO Rating: 66.3#42 G2​

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LW	C	RW	Forwards
RYAN NUGENT-HOPKINS Rating: 77.4#11 LW	CONNOR MCDAVID Rating: 82.7#5 C	JESSE PULJUJARVI	FL1 Rating Rating: 76.37#10 FL1
TYLER ENNIS Rating: 71.4#90 LW	LEON DRAISAITL Rating: 86.1#1 C	KAILER YAMAMOTO Rating: 73.5#47 RW	FL2 Rating Rating: 77.00#2 FL2
DOMINIK KAHUN Rating: 72.5#69 LW	JUJHAR KHAIRA Rating: 69.1#152 C	JOSH ARCHIBALD Rating: 71.2#95 RW	FL3 Rating Rating: 70.95#25 FL3
JAMES NEAL Rating: 71.7#82 LW	GAETAN HAAS Rating: 69.6#139 C	ALEX CHIASSON Rating: 72.2#76 RW	FL4 Rating Rating: 71.19#11 FL4

DEFENSIVE PAIRINGS	Defense
DARNELL NURSE Rating: 74.1#30 LD​	TYSON BARRIE Rating: 75.3#21 RD​	DL1 Rating Rating: 74.69#18 DL1​
KRIS RUSSELL Rating: 70.1#115 LD​	ADAM LARSSON Rating: 71.1#88 RD​	DL2 Rating Rating: 70.61#28 DL2​
SLATER KOEKKOEK Rating: 71.3#78 LD Starting Goaltender MIKE SMITH Rating: 64.4#58 G1​ ​	EVAN BOUCHARD Back up Goaltender MIKKO KOSKINEN Rating: 68.2#31 G2

Disappointing turn of events at the end of last game, but as the saying goes, better to be pissed off than pissed on



Some do not like the retro jerseys, but other fashion styles have been worse



Our Boys will likely be chasing McDavid around the ice tonight



Hopefully we can keep him to the outside


and contain him



Of course they have the reigning Art Ross winner as well who you can’t turn your back upon



So our Team will need to be aware at all times to counter-attack



I’m guessing Demko starts and he’ll need to be extraordinary



And our Offence will need to get the lead and, as a Team deliver

to break the Oilers winning streak & our losing run.





Shoutout to @WTG for his food fetish. Be prepared to share what you’re eating tonight

 

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Let’s enjoy ourselves and each other’s company on here tonight.

 

leon and mcdavid are gonna have an absolute fun time dancing in vancouvers zone.

 

Daily faceoff has Mcdavid as the 5th ranked C? Lmao

 

Wow. Epic GDT. An effort probably no doubt greater than one we'll see on the ice.

For some reason I'm not too pessimistic about this one. Squeaker either way. 2-1, 3-2 with a late score kind of thing. My psychic premonition aided only by a Yanni cd and a bucket of margaritas.

 

Please, whatever we do, do not let Benn match up against McDavids speed.

 

This really should be stickied its a GDT after all

Anyways 6-2 Oilers with our goals from Roussell and Virtanen. Benn with two big appies

 

At this point, it's not about holding McDavid in check. It's about limiting the amount of points he gets to 3 or less.

 

Even when we're playing well they always light us up.

 

My morning coffee grounds see a serious beat down.
8 - 4 for the Coil.

 

The lads will do their best but
Benn and Edler are getting long in the tooth, Edler is getting meaner but still they are slower.
Hughes is too damn small to check Drasaitl.
There aren't enough defensive defencemen.
Juloevi hasn't looked out of place, that is bad because this is not a good defence group. But he tries and on CDC they would give him pages of slaps on the back, anything to divert from the teams crushing defeats. And as hard as they are trying 3-2 is crushing
Horvat is starting to lose hope after 7 years on not succeeding and then having to apologize after every game for things he cannot change, like the team is good but just playing badly.
Media should start realizing that this is a bad team, as a group put together, that has great games every now and then.
It is funny that the media keeps asking how to fix the team, "what do you have to do", "What went wrong?", "How is it in the room?"
They are asking the wrong person, even Green can't answer those questions, the whole world can see these guys are as good as they get and players and coaches do not change the players on a team.

BTW
This should not be the same group next year.
This team should be looking at a tear down just before the TDL to stock up on picks and prospects so they have room to take on players through the expansion draft.
The team need not spend tons buying out Erisksson, Retention on Sutter's expiring contract, Pearson to get added value in return and ? would leave the team with a full cap hit to fill at the end of the season. Indeed they would save some money.

This game will be interesting to watch, McDavid has put it into stardrive his 5 point game literally looked like he was playing against, Vancouver, er oops, I mean, Bantam players. He just looked like the best player I have seen play since some of Orr's. There was Orr/McDavid and then everyone else, not even close.

This could be Mr. Aquilini's straw, 7-2 Oilers

 

Love to see Benn, Myers, Edler leave their side to blow up Connor. The only tome Connor has his head down is when he does his hoop around a barrel to a d man. Perfect time fir the off side d to “Scott Stevens” Connor. Won’t even see the train.

 

I love looking at your GDTs. You have such good senses of humour. Vancouver fans are great! Unlike Calgary am I right?

 

We are all cute like your puppy picture.

 

We know this team has issues, to quote Todd Bertuzzi...it is what it is

 

Came here to say this. gingerpaps for MVP, holy cow.

Shatner Panties. I will never not laugh when I hear that. omg, gp, you'r killing me.

 

FIFY

 

Pls no OT. McDrai's gonna score before the Canucks D are back in their own zone after faceoff. On the bright side, I think there is a 50/50 chance to beat them in regulation. I just want to see some good plays by the top 6 to be happy. (And MacEwen. He's earned that spot. Pretty please coach.)

 

Lots of things SHOULD happen, but they just won't. Reality is a harsh mistress.

I hope our young guys can play a good game, at least.

 

May not be possible. UFA cap savings: Pearson, Sutter, Edler, Benn, Hamonic, Sven, Spooner. Total cap hit (less the $1 mill saved on Sven being on the taxi) is about $20.5 million. Currently, only 5 of these guys occupy a roster spot. So, if they are replaced with $1 million players, like Rathbone, Lockwood, Podkolzin and vets that frees up $14.5 mill. Need to sign key RFA in Petey, Hughes, Demko. Demko in under $3 mill like Blackwood. So, he takes away around $1.5-$1.8 mill of that cap space. Leaving under $13 mill to split between Petey and Hughes. If one is an $8 mill and the other a $7 mill cap hit, then there's really no more cap space to add an upgrade.

Thus, they need to move their UFAs this season for draft picks and then look into flipping those picks with a bad contract like Eriksson to free up cap space. Only way to get an upgrade over the current roster, barring a Miller trade. I'd add Virtanen to the list of guys that the team should move off.

 

If they haven't done so the past 6 years...I know they certainly won't this year.

 

Hopefully, its a good game.Their last half dozen or so, have been..Canucks have to find that killer instinct, and put teams away...I thought that the Canucks controlled about 85% of the last game, and were unlucky not to have more than 2 goals, for which they had the majority of the game.

I'm assuming Demko's in net.

Great GDT , as always GP.

 

Just got back from my game day morning run.

Yup. Ran the Hellcat over to the adult candy store to get tonight’s drink of choice. The Cat needed to stretch her legs.