GDT: [GM33] Canucks @ Predators | Tue. Dec 19th, 5pm | SNP | Early Starts, Slow Starts

[kylek023]

oof

 

[DimitriL07]

Preds have such a random lineup

 

[StreetHawk]

Glass really fell off again after it looked like he was finally going to get it together.

yeah, happens. Button nailed it right with Jake. But, he projected Glass to be like Scheiffle as well. Tough for Patrick with the hernia on both sides and then migraines. Other top 6 have done well.

 

[andora]

Fabbro running his own pairing

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

https://x.com/sportsnetmurph/status/1737164897924866463?s=46&t=CUs2GOsUYn1b73ZqT99upg

Really thought he was strong in the Florida game I was at. He was consistently in on the forecheck and scored a nice goal, too.

Disappointing he’s coming out. PDG has been ice cold for going on a month+ now, too - don’t see how this makes us better.

 

[Deeds26]

https://x.com/sportsnetmurph/status/1737164897924866463?s=46&t=CUs2GOsUYn1b73ZqT99upg

Really thought he was strong in the Florida game I was at. He was consistently in on the forecheck and scored a nice goal, too.

Disappointing he’s coming out. PDG has been ice cold for going on a month+ now, too - don’t see how this makes us better.

I'm surprised it is Kuzmenko and not Hoglander. Hoglander only played 8:06 against Minny and 9:53 against Chicago.

 

[wonton15]

Really not liking the Kuzmenko situation. He has it in him to forecheck and has shown he can still be elite offensively, something we need.

Wonder if they might actually trade him or he asks out…

 

[platotld]

https://x.com/sportsnetmurph/status/1737164897924866463?s=46&t=CUs2GOsUYn1b73ZqT99upg

Really thought he was strong in the Florida game I was at. He was consistently in on the forecheck and scored a nice goal, too.

Disappointing he’s coming out. PDG has been ice cold for going on a month+ now, too - don’t see how this makes us better.

Maybe a sit and watch a preds team that is strong Defenisely and how he needs to play. Otherwise This could again be a non Rick player and Cap space victim.

 

[Bgav]

Weird feeling theres a trade in the works. Makes no sense to have PDG in the line up over him.

 

[Vector]

 

[wonton15]

Playing him on the 4th line does him no favours at all. Doesn’t let him use his strengths and magnifies his deficiencies even more. How he didn’t even get a look with Petey again even when he was rolling for 2 games is baffling - I don’t agree with how Tocchet approached this.

But, Tocchet is the coach and if he won’t even use him in December then there’s no way he plays him in meaningful minutes in the playoffs. I don’t agree as Kuzmenko is something we need for sustainable offense beside Petey still but maybe he’s better off being shopped.

 

[Vector]

 

[andora]

He is going to get so fed up with being asked about him.

If kuzmenko was a generic personality/player - everything else the same is the response the same?

 

[Bobby9]

Big game tonight. Saros has been an absolute wall lately.

Excited to see how the Canucks do against a team on an absolute heater

 

[thekernel]

He is going to get so fed up with being asked about him.

If kuzmenko was a generic personality/player - everything else the same is the response the same?

He scored 39 goals last year and now he's a healthy scratch, I feel like any personality type on the planet would still generate intense media scrutiny for that

 

[bossram]

Kuzmenko situation is heading somewhere very bad. Will basically leave the Canucks in a Boeser 2.0 situation from the summer - a "scorer" that no team wants at the given cap hit.

They could have had some foresight with this situation.

 

[andora]

He scored 39 goals last year and now he's a healthy scratch, I feel like any personality type on the planet would still generate intense media scrutiny for that

right, last year

poor offensive sophmore followup, potential conditioning issues and defensive stagnation.. been a real struggle this year, but glimpses are there. i just wonder if it would be any different if the player wasn't so loveable (with i believe the casual fan bure nostalgia)

 

[Tables of Stats]

What's more likely:

PP gets hot and we win a couple games on its back, or

Garland breaks the seal and we win a couple games on his back?

Yes.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Yeah f*** off with Kuzmenko sitting.

They made the point by gluing him to the 4th line for the last couple of weeks. Yeah let’s put a slumping forward who doesn’t play a 4th line game on the 4th line and hope somehow he starts figuring it out playing with non offensive guys.

Meanwhile they’ve devolved Pettersson into a 3C checking forward.

 

[Tables of Stats]

https://x.com/sportsnetmurph/status/1737164897924866463?s=46&t=CUs2GOsUYn1b73ZqT99upg

Really thought he was strong in the Florida game I was at. He was consistently in on the forecheck and scored a nice goal, too.

Disappointing he’s coming out. PDG has been ice cold for going on a month+ now, too - don’t see how this makes us better.

I think the difference is that PDG isn't an asset that the coach is trying to get more out of while Kuzmenko is.

Kuzmenko can play the game the right way and produce offense while doing so, so the coach is sending a strong message that he'd better start doing so if he wants to stay in the lineup. He can't have two good games and then take a night off right now.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Not a fan of Kuz sitting but I trust Tocchet. Has to be something else going on between the lines because I don't think he's been as bad as anyone else on the 4th line.

Hopefully all works out and Kuz is back playing on the top line by new years and Tocchet looks like a genius!

 

[valkynax]

Not a fan of Kuz sitting but I trust Tocchet. Has to be something else going on between the lines because I don't think he's been as bad as anyone else on the 4th line.

Hopefully all works out and Kuz is back playing on the top line by new years and Tocchet looks like a genius!

This a kick in the nuts to get him fired up situation, I guess?

Because if they want him out via trade, this is doing nothing but tanking his value.

 

[God]

Yeah I don't really like the Kuzmenko scratching but after two great games against the Florida teams and two games where he did nothing (same for the entire team against Minny), I sort of get why Tocchet is doing this. At the same time, players do have off nights, and I thought Kuzmenko overall had been playing much better.

PDG has been awful since October.

 

[canuckking1]

Canucks just need to trade Kuze. Him and Tocchet just won't work

 

[Flik]

Sadly it feels like the writing is on the wall for Kuzmenko, though if we were gonna trade him, why not at the very least try and pump his value up vs potentially moving him while is value is so low?