GDT: GM 20 | Vancouver Canucks @ Calgary Flames | 7:00PM PST | SPAC

[Mr. Canucklehead]

WHEN: February 17, 2021, 7:00PM PST
WHERE: Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary, AB
TV: Sportsnet Pacific
RADIO: Sportsnet 650

Vancouver Canucks’ Starting Lineup (unconfirmed)

Boeser - Pettersson - Miller
Pearson - Horvat - Hoglander
Roussel - Sutter - Gaudette
Eriksson - Beagle - Virtanen

Edler - Schmidt
Hughes - Benn
Myers - Juolevi

Demko


Calgary Flames’ Starting Lineup:

To Be Posted.


Relax, have fun, and Go Canucks Go!

Mod Note:

This is a thread to discuss the game between the Canucks and the Calgary Flames. Posts cheering against the team / advocating for tanking will be removed. It is not the thread to discuss the team’s management and their successes or failures. The thread for that can be found here: The Management Thread | White Hole Edition

Let’s stay on topic, and hopefully we have a good game to talk about.​

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[Fatass]

I will be cheering for us to win, as always, but see the Flames beating up on us again.
6-1 Cowpies.

 

[M2Beezy]

4-3 Canucks, all 4 goals by Roussell Pettersson Schmidty and Bo Horvat

 

[GreatSaveLuongo]

Whats' the point to have Eriksson there? Rather have Mac or Motte there

 

[mouz135]

5-2 flames. Don’t let me down, boys

 

[bandwagonesque]

Whats' the point to have Eriksson there? Rather have Mac or Motte there

Pretty sure Motte's banged up.

 

[VanJack]

Almost a guarantied 'win night' for the Flames. Canucks this year are generally awful on the road......one thing's for certain, either Demko or Holtby are going to have to unreal for them to steal a win tonight.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Whats' the point to have Eriksson there? Rather have Mac or Motte there

I just copied the lineup from last game. Honestly, with both Jake and Loui getting under 7 minutes in ice time, I feel at least one of them is coming out - likely for Jayce Hawyrluk, who is ready to go.

Zack MacEwen just can't seem to buy a break.

 

[wonton15]

Mac and Jayce in please. Even Michaelis.

Enough with Loui and Jake. Hell, take Roussel out and put all 3 in (ok I know Green would never do this)

 

[NuxFan09]

Whats' the point to have Eriksson there? Rather have Mac or Motte there

Eriksson - Beagle - Virtanen have actually been Al pretty good 4th line.

 

[Scorvat]

Eriksson - Beagle - Virtanen have actually been Al pretty good 4th line.

We're practically out of a playoff spot and the team has looked "wrong" for the majority of the games. We should be trying out new players right now to see how they fit with the team in a game. It's not like Loui or Jake have an earned any rope (Roussel shouldn't have any either but whatever....)

 

[DL44]

Alright people...
What we've seen from the Canucks over the last 4 games was pretty much what we were expecting.... In the fight, but 1-2-1, and needing a bounce or two to go our way... needing the PP to just come thru a little extra... needing just the extra save... THIS is what we should be the rest of the season. And it will at least be fun to watch from here on out. Right?

Too bad it took 15 games to find the groove and realize the level of committment and work that took em to the playoffs last year. Game by game... period by period... it's coming along.

Really liked Hoglander and Juolevi's progress over the last week.... very promising. Eriksson's zero event hockey is actually stabilizing. Don't want him to come out for a kid at this point.


Win the special teams battle. Keep the puck out of the net the first 5 minutes of the game. Keep the puck out of the net the last minute of each period. And just work.

 

[canuckking1]

Hopefully we get a Horvat and Miller sighting at even strength and not one of the bad variety.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

As long as they build on what they've been doing in the last week, I'll be happy..Hopefully, they've done a bit of work on the PP, which really let them down last game.

 

[geebaan]

As long as they build on what they've been doing in the last week, I'll be happy..Hopefully, they've done a bit of work on the PP, which really let them down last game.

werent we supposed to be better than last year this year? Isn’t that what Travis and Jim both said? You’re “happy” with this? I guess I just had higher expectations that 7-11-1

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

werent we supposed to be better than last year this year? Isn’t that what Travis and Jim both said? You’re “happy” with this? I guess I just had higher expectations that 7-11-1

I heard them say they would like to improve and make the playoffs..I never heard either of them guarantee we were going to be better than last year..?..I said before the season started that they would likely take a step back for a year.

Of course I'm not happy with the crappy start, and they probably wont make the playoffs..Its a young core, and there's going to be peaks and valleys..As DL44 pointed out, what we've seen in the last 4 games, is what we were expecting at the beginning of the season.

I'm still optimistic about the big picture.

 

[Royal Canuck]

Bennett scores on the top line, and has gotten the boot to the 4th line ever since.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Mangiapane has been a heckuva good player for them..Seems like he's always on the ice.

 

[Fatass]

Bennett scores on the top line, and has gotten the boot to the 4th line ever since.

Love to have Bennett in our bottom six. But looking at their team it’s kind of obvious they are way better than the crap group we are icing. We have some great young stars, but the rest is just terribly inferior to Calgary’s Team.

 

[geebaan]

I heard them say they would like to improve and make the playoffs..I never heard either of them guarantee we were going to be better than last year..?..I said before the season started that they would likely take a step back for a year.

Of course I'm not happy with the crappy start, and they probably wont make the playoffs..Its a young core, and there's going to be peaks and valleys..As DL44 pointed out, what we've seen in the last 4 games, is what we were expecting at the beginning of the season.

I'm still optimistic about the big picture.

what does “improve on last year” mean to you.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

what does “improve on last year” mean to you.

Precisely what it says, the continued growth of the young players, and an upward trajectory..What else would you expect them to say?

 

[M2Beezy]

Bennett scores on the top line, and has gotten the boot to the 4th line ever since.

Jeff 'green' Ward

 

[Zippgunn]

Eriksson - Beagle - Virtanen have actually been Al pretty good 4th line.

BUT BENNING!!!

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Are the Flames ever going to play Rittich..?..They'll be hooped if they burn Markstrom out.

 

[iceburg]

Eriksson - Beagle - Virtanen have actually been Al pretty good 4th line.

Did you see the first goal last game? They were completely overwhelmed in their own zone for like a minute. Each of them, together with Myers and Juolevi, had a give away or lost a puck battle. And when Eriksson wasn't losing a puck battle he seemed to be wandering around out there. I know you don't judge a player based on their worst shift but man that was ulgy.