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

[DDRhockey]

Yeah but at least our goaltending is bad.

I doubt hasek would save that defense.

Also eriksson on the 2nd line

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

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

Wonder how long it takes for the lines to get juggled..i keep saying we need to get JV going .put him on the 2nd line

 

[carolinacanuck]

What youth movement? The youth movement is no different than the youth movement nearly every team has every year.

I know we'll miss their points but I was tired of the twins.

All I have to look forward to are ep40, boeser and gaudette making an appearance hopefully soon.

 

[EpochLink]

I sense a Canucks win tonight for the home fans.

HOLLA, as Jay Z would say.

 

[Eddy Punch Clock]

#40's night being over shadowed by Fortnite... for shame 1040.

... now thats poetry!

 

[Horse McHindu]

I doubt hasek would save that defense.

Also eriksson on the 2nd line

The Edler-Tanev pairing is a good one obviously, but yeah..........those other pairings are hurtin'.

I don't mind Eriksson on the 2nd line playing with Pettersson. Eriksson was a 30 goal scorer a few years back. I'm a Hindu, and I believe in re-incarnation........and so if Pettersson can bring Eriksson back from the dead, I'm all for it.

Motte-Sutter-Virtanen has the potential to be a fast, grinding, and hard working line.

 

[DekeyPete]

Here we go!!! So happy to watch some hockey.

 

[pgj98m3]

The Edler-Tanev pairing is a good one obviously, but yeah..........those other pairings are hurtin'.

I don't mind Eriksson on the 2nd line playing with Pettersson. Eriksson was a 30 goal scorer a few years back. I'm a Hindu, and I believe in re-incarnation........and so if Pettersson can bring Eriksson back from the dead, I'm all for it.

Motte-Sutter-Virtanen has the potential to be a fast, grinding, and hard working line.

Correct me if I am wrong but you don't get reincarnated as the same person do you???
What, if based on his performance as a Canuck, he comes back as a turtle or three-toed sloth????

 

[DL44]

Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Dube - Ryan - Neal
Bennett - Jankowski - Czarnik

Giordano - Brodie
Hanifin - Hamonic
Valimaki - Stone

Smith

Flames are DEEP in their forward corps. Their bottom 4 dmen should be their Achilles this yr... Green needs to work his matchups.... see what happens...

Need to win the special teams battle.

 

[Zombotron]

Impressive D-corps on paper. I'd be curious to see how it stacks up against, say... San Jose... in a playoff series

 

[Horse McHindu]

Correct me if I am wrong but you don't get reincarnated as the same person do you???
What, if based on his performance as a Canuck, he comes back as a turtle or three-toed sloth????

You are correct. You get reincarnated as someone different. Meh. Dumb analogy on my part. It's 6:13 am here in Shanghai and I'm just about to go to bed, lol. Not really thinking straight.

Have fun watching the game! #GoCanucksGo!

 

[Shareefruck]

Imagine that line-up if Pettersson didn't look ready to play in the NHL.

 

[tantalum]

I wish the Canucks had that depth problem in the bottom 4 of their blue line. There isn’t a Canuck not named Tanev or Edler that is better than those 4 (maybe Stecher). That isn’t to say they are outstanding but rather a comment on how bad the Canucks blue line is.

 

[Hit the post]

I wish the Canucks had that depth problem in the bottom 4 of their blue line. There isn’t a Canuck not named Tanev or Edler that is better than those 4 (maybe Stecher). That isn’t to say they are outstanding but rather a comment on how bad the Canucks blue line is.

One can make an argument an old fossil like Hamhuis is better than any Canuck blueliner not named Tanev or Edler right now.

 

[tantalum]

One can make an argument an old fossil like Hamhuis is better than any Canuck blueliner not named Tanev or Edler right now.

An easy argument to make right now.

 

[Icebreakers]

Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Frolik
Dube - Ryan - Neal
Bennett - Jankowski - Czarnik

Giordano - Brodie
Hanifin - Hamonic
Valimaki - Stone

Smith

Flames are DEEP in their forward corps. Their bottom 4 dmen should be their Achilles this yr... Green needs to work his matchups.... see what happens...

Need to win the special teams battle.

Their bottom 4 dmen looks solid to me... Hamonic and Hanfin should easily be able to handle second pairing deployment. Valimaki is a question mark but he has great potential. Stone is alright too.

 

[Icebreakers]

I would be extremely surprised if we won this game. The two lineups are just night and day.

 

[Ryp37]

I don’t know why I’ve always had a soft spot for Elias Lindholm but I think he has a career year, sucks it’ll be for the Flames but wouldn’t be surprised if he pots one tonight.

 

[Hit the post]

I would be extremely surprised if we won this game. The two lineups are just night and day.

Opening night - I think the home team takes this. We aren't playing against a Cup contending team.

 

[Icebreakers]

Opening night - I think the home team takes this. We aren't playing against a Cup contending team.

Thats a solid playoff team on paper though. We scored 10 goals in 7 preseason games..

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Here we Go! Pumped for this season!! Excited to see a new core begin to emerge. Win or lose doesn’t matter, just want to see some fast paced up tempo exciting hockey. Let’s get this thing started!!!!

 

[DL44]

Their bottom 4 dmen looks solid to me... Hamonic and Hanfin should easily be able to handle second pairing deployment. Valimaki is a question mark but he has great potential. Stone is alright too.

Devil's advocate:
Stone is meh and now paired with a raw rookie...
Hamonic was not very good last year at all... needs to establish last season was a definite one off, and is now paired with a dman that's always been considered "very good for his age"... So he needs to, right now, convert the relative performance into absolute performance.

Potential good with Hanifin and Valimaki... we'll see how they do this season absolutely. Let's hope gm 1 is 'learning experience' for them.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Having your GM dying his hair is not youth movement.

Actually,thats a good one..!

 

[krutovsdonut]

Having your GM dying his hair is not youth movement.

should have saved that to tweet after the game.

 

[tantalum]

Having your GM dying his hair is not youth movement.

Wow. Puck hasn’t even dropped on the season and we already have a candidate for post of the year.