GDT: [EX GM 1 and 2] Canucks @ / vs Calgary | 4:00PM / 5:00PM

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Two split squad games occurring tomorrow night.

The crew going to Calgary (game to be streamed on Canucks.com) :



And the crew playing at home, game being broadcast on Sportsnet:



Let’s f***ing Go! Great to have some Canucks hockey back!

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[Mr. Canucklehead]

I don’t know if those are just rosters, or lines. If they’re lines, they’re freaking weird.

Also, I can’t find the Tweet, but barring injury I believe the Canucks will make their first round of cuts after these games.

 

[Hammman]

I thought Boudreau said we'd pretty much have the planned lines for the season during pre-season?

EDIT: Scratch that, they're in numerical order for some reason.

 

[Hansen]

Bold move to play a line with four skaters

 

[wonton15]

Those are organized numerically. They're not lines. Whoever is in charge of that on the media team is out to lunch

I am so excited to see Kuzmenko Petey Mikheyev, and Rathbone Schenn on TV. This is a real treat

 

[Petey O]

Quite looking forward to seeing what Joshua can do. It'll be nice having a player that other teams genuinely fear, and who can actually play as well. Any player who has the guts to wreck Reaves is a player I want on my team.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

There goes my dream of watching Petey play with elite wingers like Di Giuseppe and Focht.

 

[Canuck Luck]

I’m guessing the lines for the away game will be:

Joshua dickinson lazar
Hoglander Aman karlsson
Nielsen wouters klimovich
Bains stevens gatcomb/alfaro

No idea what the d pairings will look like

The home game will be:

Kuzmenko pettersson mikheyev
Garland horvat podkolzin
Di Giuseppe dries lockwood
Arsenau focht sheppard

Dekeyser myers
Rathbone schenn
Kalynuk woo

This is based off the training camp

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

A must win game.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Curious to see the Kuzmenko/Pettersson/Mikheyev line, if that ends up being a thing.

Dekeyser certainly seems to be getting a real opportunity to make the team, given he’s exclusively skated as a partner to Myers at this point.

 

[rypper]

 

[wonton15]

I don't like this lol

 

[MS]

Why aren’t they running these back-to-back like Toronto/Ottawa did earlier?

 

[Kryten]

 

[Baby Pettersson]

It's TIME!

 

[VancouverJagger]

I don't like this lol

WE can only hope that he's needed 2 years to get his physical health back to a higher level........by all accounts he was pretty poor last year - At this point we need to cross our fingers - stranger things have happened. Having him pan into something capable would be a really nice gift from the hockey gods.......We've had a few of them lately (Kuz for me was a big one) so who knows?

 

[Angry Little Elf]

Hockey is back!

 

[BWJM]

Lets go!

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Players I’ll be watching most closely: Kuzmenko, Klimovich, Hoglander and Rathbone.
I’m hoping Hoglander continues his strong play and forces himself onto the opening roster.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

The lineup the Flames are sending to Vancouver.

 

[Vector]

Ruzicka is a guy on the Flames to watch. If he doesn’t make the team he’s either traded or someone should grab him on waivers.

 

[biturbo19]

I'm actually kinda more interested in seeing some of the "away" lineup. But it'll be nice to get a first sorta real look at Kuzmenko and Mikheyev in a Canucks jersey. Also curious to see how DiGiuseppe does, as it's sounded like he's a possible wildcard to actually make the big club. Also, want to see just how much chaos DeKeyser and Myers can create. Starting to feel like they're actually taking a serious look at him for a real contract offer.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

I have a feeling that come Tuesday, the team will cut a large number of players..and just cut to the chase, and focus on getting the main squad ready.

We did'nt do that last season ..there was a lot of messing about (right to the end) with players who clearly were not making the team..Although, in their defense, there was no EP,QH or Boeser.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Hopefully having Hughes and Pettersson at camp means the team is ready to go right from game 1. Pettersson especially seemed to really miss having a camp.

 

[wonton15]

Flames are sending their goon squad to Vancouver lol Schenn should be busy

Kuzmenko should walk a few of them