Pre-Game Talk: [EXHIBITION] GM 3: Vancouver @ Calgary - Thurs, Sep 25th - 6:00PM PST - SN360

[Mr. Canucklehead]

vs.

WHEN: Thursday, September 25th, 6:00PM PST
WHERE: Calgary, AB
TV: Sportsnet 360
RADIO: TSN1040

Vancouver Canucks' Starting Lineup:
To Be Determined.

Calgary Flames' Starting Lineup:
To Be Determined.

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[galiano]

Should be very interesting who gets to play. Will they give Curtis Valk a chance ?

There are a lot of players still on the roster who have no chance and you have to wonder why they aren't cut or sent back to wherever.

Anyone heard about the next cuts ? Likely after the next game ?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Should be very interesting who gets to play. Will they give Curtis Valk a chance ?

There are a lot of players still on the roster who have no chance and you have to wonder why they aren't cut or sent back to wherever.

Anyone heard about the next cuts ? Likely after the next game ?

Anton Cederholm appears to have been cut, although there's nothing official yet.

Anton Cederholm‏@antoncederholm·1 hr
I would like to thank @VanCanucks for great two weeks and even greater experiences. Excited to get the season started with the boys in PDX!!

 

[Barney Gumble]

Should be very interesting who gets to play.

Who's still coach of the Flames?

Bob Hartley decides to ice this....

 

[PhilMick]

I just hope we can keep Gaudreau under 10 points.

Jk, I'll settle for under 20.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Anton Cederholm appears to have been cut, although there's nothing official yet.

Jordan Subban has been re-assigned as well, per Jeff Patterson.

 

[Barney Gumble]

Jordan Subban has been re-assigned as well, per Jeff Patterson.

Really? A shame, thought he had a decent enough night to warrant at least another game.

 

[JoeCool16]

Jordan Subban has been re-assigned as well, per Jeff Patterson.

I would have thought he'd get another game for the experience, but I guess his junior season is starting and he should be there. Wasn't ever going to make the team this year anyway, that possibility is several years down the line.

 

[Huggy]

Sedin Sedin vrbata
Shinkaruk Vey Kassian
Burrows Horvat Higgins
Gaunce Richardson Jensen

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Sedin Sedin sestito
Shinkaruk sestito Kassian
sestito Horvat sestito
sestito sestito sestito



avenge
avenge

 

[NoShowWilly]

Sedin Sedin vrbata
Shinkaruk Vey Kassian
Burrows Horvat Higgins
Gaunce Richardson Jensen

ill say

Higgins Richardson Hansen
Matthias Vey Dorsett
Zalewski Gaunce Grenier
Sestito Valk Wyman

Edler(if he is good to go)/Hamhuis Corrado
Sbisa Sanguinetti
Tommernes Biega

Markstrom
Lack

 

[BeardyCanuck03]

Won't happen but I'd love to see this lineup tomorrow

Shinkaruk-Bonino-Kassian
Burrows-Horvat-Vey
Gaunce-Valk-Dorsett
Sestito-Richardson-Zalewski

 

[skyo]

I would have thought he'd get another game for the experience, but I guess his junior season is starting and he should be there. Wasn't ever going to make the team this year anyway, that possibility is several years down the line.

Pretty much nailed it.

Excited for Subban's progress in the next couple of years.

 

[Canucks LB]

Subban not getting another game or two, is wrong imo

He earned a few more games, the experience he could gain playing a few more games in the preseason is worth it. They sent him down way to early.

 

[Huggy]

Won't happen but I'd love to see this lineup tomorrow

Shinkaruk-Bonino-Kassian
Burrows-Horvat-Vey
Gaunce-Valk-Dorsett
Sestito-Richardson-Zalewski

I wanna see Shinkaruk horvat Kassian for WCE similarities but I agree bonino would actually get them both going.

 

[nekyvGkOPaiWICTscLl6]

Subban not getting another game or two, is wrong imo

He earned a few more games, the experience he could gain playing a few more games in the preseason is worth it. They sent him down way to early.

Meh, not the end of the world.
Will most certainly have no influence on his development, but I can't tell if that's what you're getting at...

 

[Virtanen2Horvat]

Dang I have to work tmrw so I won't get to see the lineup till tmrw night.

I think they should just do a mixed lineup and rest the Sedins. I want to see a good lineup Friday night since I can finally watch the game on SN1.

Fridays lineup I would like is:

Sedin - Sedin - Vrbata
Shinkaruk - Vey - Bonino
Guance - Horvat - Jensen
Zalewski - Valk - Friesen

Hamhuis - Bieksa
Sbisa - Tanev
Stanton - Corrado/Andersson/Tommernes

Toughness will come from defense.

 

[Nucker42]

looking forward to seeing Sbisa

 

[PG Canuck]

I hope for the entire preseason they keep Sedin - Sedin - Vrbata together and Burrows - Bonino - Kassian together to build chemistry.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

SN360 again. No HD for me. Dammit.

Odds on the Flamers starting every goon they picked up in the offseason: 60/40.

 

[biturbo19]

I hope for the entire preseason they keep Sedin - Sedin - Vrbata together and Burrows - Bonino - Kassian together to build chemistry.

Agree on the Sedins+Vrbata. We know we've already got some chemistry and familiarity there with Burrows as a fallback anyway.

I'd be a lot less bullish on the Burrows-Bonino-Kassian trio though. I wouldn't be dead set on that being a set 2nd line come regular season either. If there's a real spark, sure...see where it goes. But if it's not meshing right off the bat, we've got a lot of other pieces that could cycle in there.

 

[Pip]

SN360 again. No HD for me. Dammit.

Odds on the Flamers starting every goon they picked up in the offseason: 60/40.

Bollig-Carroll-McGrattin
Engelland-Brookbank

 

[Virtanen2Horvat]

Bollig-Carroll-McGrattin
Engelland-Brookbank

Send Sbisa and Stanton in they will teach them a thing of two along with Bieksa. Our defense is actually pretty gritty and tough this year.

Then get Dorsett, Lain and Friesen(Plays big) in the lineup.

Line Brawl?

Dorsett - Bieksa - Lain
Sbisa - Stanton

We will pay Torts a 500K bonus to go fight Hartley

 

[PG Canuck]

Agree on the Sedins+Vrbata. We know we've already got some chemistry and familiarity there with Burrows as a fallback anyway.

I'd be a lot less bullish on the Burrows-Bonino-Kassian trio though. I wouldn't be dead set on that being a set 2nd line come regular season either. If there's a real spark, sure...see where it goes. But if it's not meshing right off the bat, we've got a lot of other pieces that could cycle in there.

True enough. We could see a lot of Higgins/Hansen on that second line as well, with Bonino. I think with the wingers we have (Higgins, Kassian, Burrows, Hansen) we could see them shifting around from the second/third lines all year, depending who is hot or not.

 

[biturbo19]

True enough. We could see a lot of Higgins/Hansen on that second line as well, with Bonino. I think with the wingers we have (Higgins, Kassian, Burrows, Hansen) we could see them shifting around from the second/third lines all year, depending who is hot or not.

Yeah. I think we're likely to see a fair bit of mix-n-match movement in the middle-six this season, if not even most of the bottom-9 in general. A lot of moving pieces, personally i'd want to explore where the chemistry might be. And as is often the case, sometimes even good chemistry needs a bit of a spark with some change-ups.

I think even the Sedin line will probably see some changes with Vrbata being the go-to, but we've already established that Burrows can play well there, Hansen can frustrate everyone playing there if desperate, Jensen is an option, etc. It's all these new faces in the middle where we don't know what's going to jive.