Pre-Game Talk: Canucks@Oilers Game 1

[canuckking1]

Looks like Hoglander/Pod/Rathbone all got demoted and Green is done with the Miller at C experiment. Still no Boeser at practice which makes me think this could be a while.

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[Brock Boeser Laser Show]

Pearson and chiasson in the top 6? Lol what a time to be alive. Oh and let’s stick our two young forwards with garbage .

I think I’ve figured out why this team loves chiasson so much.
Benning and Chia are best buddies from Boston.
benning saw Chia’s son without a job and offered him a spot on the Canucks first line as a favour to his former boss.

 

[PG Canuck]

I’m so excited to see Podkolzin on the fourth line and Chaisson on the 2nd!! Let me guess, Chaisson net front in the PP too? Have any teams ever tried that role with Chaisson before?

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Chiasson I get is a spot holder for Brock
What has Hog done to deed eve a demotion?
Not being a former Winterhawks?

 

[RussianRacket]

Cannot wait, going to be an awesome season. We're shaping up to be a top 5-8 team in the NHL.

WE WILL WIN. YOU KNOW WE WILL.

GO CANUCKS GO!!!!

 

[canucksfan]

Rathbone might be sitting first game? Has he looked that bad?

 

[Scorvat]

Green can't help himself

Rookie/young players have to be demoted for "vets" in the beginning of the season

Hoglander was our best forward in preseason, Rathbone was better then Hunt

Pearson and Bo are some super combination that can't be broken up (I called that signing Pearson would mean he'd never leave Bo's side)

 

[VanillaCoke]

Chiasson literally played with 2 of the best players in the world and did not much with it.
That team then let him walk for nothing in favor of noted all stars puljujarvi, yamamoto, kassian, perlini.

So he better be a brock placeholder, but it certainly doesn't seem like it from the way the coaches have used him the entirety of camp.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Chiasson I get is a spot holder for Brock
What has Hog done to deed eve a demotion?
Not being a former Winterhawks?

Hog should be in the top 6, excellent player.

 

[wonton15]

Why are the lines constantly in the blender… the team has no chance to build actual chemistry with their linemates. At least JT is finally back with Petey

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Swap Hoglander and Dowling and you have a somewhat respectable lineup.

Miller-Pettersson-Chiasson
Pearson-Horvat-Garland
Hoglander-Petan-Podkolzin
Highmore-Dickinson-Dowling

 

[Gstank]

IDk if batch just writes them in order that he see them but that 4th line looks like our 3rd line and the 3rd line looks like our fouth line.

 

[Cogburn]

I for one am actually excited to see Hoglander and Highmore playing together.

There is a skill mismatch, but the energy they could put out could mean magic happening.

I will not be a fan of this if that line gets 6 minutes a night, but the inclusion of Dickinson gives me hope that it will be more of a "third line role".

I'm more concerned about Podkolzin, Petan and Dowling being a typical "leftovers" line. I hate those kind of lines.

I went to school with Hunt, great guy, but those pairings look awful, Hughes and Poolman being a possible exception.

I'd love to see:

Miller-Petterson-Podkolzin
Hoglander-Horvat-Garland
Pearson-Petan-Chiasson
Highmore-Dickinson-Dowling

OEL-Poolman (depending on if McDavid and Draisaitl are on one line, I was gifted a high draft pick my pool this year, so I hope so)
Hughes-Schenn
Rathbone-Myers
Hunt-Burroughs

But that's just me, if we don't use Miller as a center, I'd want them to stack two lines with all the offensive talent we can muster to break through Edmonton's ho-hum defense.

 

[wonton15]

Swap Hoglander and Dowling and you have a somewhat respectable lineup.

Miller-Pettersson-Chiasson
Pearson-Horvat-Garland
Hoglander-Petan-Podkolzin
Highmore-Dickinson-Dowling

Swap Hog and Pearson then swap Petan and Dickinson

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Swap Hog and Pearson then swap Petan and Dickinson

This would be ideal.

 

[M2Beezy]

Looks like Hoglander/Pod/Rathbone all got demoted and Green is done with the Miller at C experiment. Still no Boeser at practice which makes me think this could be a while.

Man o man looks like one of my joke lineups. Hoggy on the 4th line? Schenn in over Rathbone??

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I don’t know what the hell Green is doing with his lines. Nor do I really understand the plan with Chiasson.

Lammikko still isn’t here, thats another body - and I don’t think we have the cap space to add anyone else at this time.

Hoglander on the fourth line? Podkolzin with Dowling and Petan? Hunt suddenly in over Rathbone?

Just bizarre.

 

[Nucker101]

Normally I’d question why Chiasson is still here on a PTO this late in the process but this is Jim “we ran out of time” Benning

 

[wonton15]

I don’t know what the hell Green is doing with his lines. Nor do I really understand the plan with Chiasson.

Lammikko still isn’t here, thats another body - and I don’t think we have the cap space to add anyone else at this time.

Hoglander on the fourth line? Podkolzin with Dowling and Petan? Hunt suddenly in over Rathbone?

Just bizarre.

I seriously hope Green doesn’t do that bizzare beginning of regular season thing where rookies are scratched or barely get played for the first like 7 games. Rathbone/Pod/Hog getting this treatment would be hilarious.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Normally I’d question why Chiasson is still here on a PTO this late in the process but this is Jim “we ran out of time” Benning

Without another shoe dropping, there simply isn’t room to sign Chiasson to so much as a minimum wage deal. Unless Boeser is more injured than we realize, or the Canucks send down a waiver exempt player such as Podkolzin or Rathbone, it doesn’t work.

Also just frustrates the heck out of me that the first time we legitimately have six top six forwards, Green inexplicably dispatches Hoglander to the bottom six and has Chiasson playing on the top unit.

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

Don't worry everyone. With Travis Green, Hoglander being on the 4th line means he will play 17 minutes.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Some updates on Boeser and Hamonic from
Benning;

 

[Get North]

Chiasson going to play for free this year?

 

[Nucker101]

Some updates on Boeser and Hamonic from
Benning;

This just keeps getting weirder. So he actually expects him in Abbotsford or is this just a scripted answer of some sort?

 

[Scorvat]

I seriously hope Green doesn’t do that bizzare beginning of regular season thing where rookies are scratched or barely get played for the first like 7 games. Rathbone/Pod/Hog getting this treatment would be hilarious.

He's under pressure to win early before the road trips

Whenever Green is under pressure he goes to vets that apparently have chemistry. 2015 Calder playoffs are a prime example where borderline echl talent was put in ahead of Nhl players McCann and Hutton