GDT: GAME #1... Canucks vs. Flames | Sportsnet, 7:00 p.m.

[DL44]

What? No we didn't.

We were a slow, crappy team with lots of soft skill players which was terrible defensively, terrible on the PK, had a terrible goal differential, and was largely kept afloat by a good PP.

Other than the Sutter-Archibald-Gaunce line and the Tanev defensive pairing, this team was soft lazy garbage last year.

Many games where we continue to fight and claw back from an early deficit... how many games did we give up a goal or 2 in the first 5 mins? Felt like all of them.
But we would claw back in despite the gut punch softies...

We didn't do that softly skating around the rink saying 'oh excuse, trying to skate thru'.

Team never gave up on or stopped playing for Green like you've seen from some teams over the years around the league.

It's Lazy to paint the season like you just did.





So anyways... need less gut punch, first 5 min/5 shot goals please.. that will help to start, thanks.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Wait, wait, wait. Hutton didn't make the team? But Pouliot did? That's outrageous. Honestly, truly, completely ridiculous. I thought Hutton looked decent in preseason. Pouliot looked like melted cheese.

i has a confuse. where is it stated hutton didn't make the line up? if he didn't make it and mdz didn't make it then that would mean biega is in?

 

[Hockeyphysio]

Wait, wait, wait. Hutton didn't make the team? But Pouliot did? That's outrageous. Honestly, truly, completely ridiculous. I thought Hutton looked decent in preseason. Pouliot looked like melted cheese.

Yea agree except I think Pouliot looked like digested cheese

 

[krutovsdonut]

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schaller, gagner and hutton ($7.85 m in salary) can't make canucks opening night roster
11:30 AM - 3 Oct 2018

oh wait, botchford says hutton is scratched. not seeing that confirmed anywhere else.

 

[Dr Good Vibes]

oh wait, botchford says hutton is scratched. not seeing that confirmed anywhere else.

Yes, that's where I saw it. If true, it makes no sense whatsoever. Hutton isn't a pristine, shining, gold idol of excellence, but he's way better than Pouliot.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Looking forward to seeing Pettersson, Boeser, Horvat, and maybe Virtanen and Goldobin. The rest not so much.

 

[Peter10]

Full of optimism for another season. I love the youth movement but shudder at the D and goaltending.

Having your GM dying his hair is not youth movement.

 

[Nucker101]

Having your GM dying his hair is not youth movement.

lmao

 

[Scumbag Frank]

Tank points count just as much in October as in April
Just lose baby

 

[Knight53]

Horvat/Boeser/Pettersson get points and lose in regulation

year 4 of the tank easy work lets go

 

[Jabba The Hutton]

Per Jeff Paterson on TSN:

https://www.tsn.ca/radio/vancouver-1040/canucks-vs-flames-gameday-report-1.1185467

Canucks probable lines:
Baertschi-Horvat-Boeser
Goldobin-Pettersson-Eriksson
Motte-Sutter-Virtanen
Leipsic-Beagle-Granlund

Edler-Tanev
MDZ-Stecher
Pouliot-Gudbranson

Markstrom

 

[Seatoo]

f*** Travis Green

 

[DL44]

Virtanen will be seeing big minutes if along side of Sutter.

Huge for him.

 

[Fire Benning]

Schaller already scratched, great start for the FA signings.

Green’s special treatment of Pouliot is starting to get really irritating.

 

[ziploc]

Per Jeff Paterson on TSN:

https://www.tsn.ca/radio/vancouver-1040/canucks-vs-flames-gameday-report-1.1185467

Canucks probable lines:
Baertschi-Horvat-Boeser
Goldobin-Pettersson-Eriksson
Motte-Sutter-Virtanen
Leipsic-Beagle-Granlund

Edler-Tanev
MDZ-Stecher
Pouliot-Gudbranson

Markstrom

Up there with the worst intentional d-corps we have ever iced.

 

[Dr Good Vibes]

Hutton out, Pouliot in. Water dry, fire wet.

 

[Dana Murzyn]

Sucks that this ugliness has to start against the Flames.

 

[hellstick]

Virtanen will be seeing big minutes if along side of Sutter.

Huge for him.

He'll get his 12 or 13 minutes.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Sucks that this ugliness has to start against the Flames.

username checks out

 

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I seem to recall him playing pretty well against Gretzky (of all people....) but that's about it.

 

[Hockeyphysio]

Our bottom 6 is brutal, top 6 not much better and then we get to the defense.....

 

[Hollywood Burrows]

VERY cool team, I love these guys

 

[DDRhockey]

Up there with the worst intentional d-corps we have ever iced.

That is AHL pairings. They need to take more D next draft.

 

[Dana Murzyn]

Our bottom 6 is brutal, top 6 not much better and then we get to the defense.....

Yeah but at least our goaltending is bad.

 

[xtra]

Just to continue my point from the other thread;

Someone has to score so when a player who has been a grinder their entire career puts up 20-25 goals don’t expect it to be the norm it could easily be due to the amount of pp ice time and deployment they get ala grandlund a few years ago.

This of course doesn’t apply to a Peterson or horvat/ Boeser who are expected to play that role and have shown the talent to do so.