Pre-Game Talk: [#NHL24Playoff]: Canucks vs Wild - Play In Rounds. [Best of 5]

[Canucks LB]

The Vancouver Canucks will be playing the Minnesota Wild in the Play-In Rounds.
[24-Team Playoff Rules.]
Canucks would play Minnesota in NHL's planned 24-team playoff format | Offside

Line Up's
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/minnesota-wild/line-combinations/
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vancouver-canucks/line-combinations/

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[Peter10]

The Vancouver Canucks will be playing the Minnesota Wild in the Play-In Rounds.

24-Team Playoff Rules.
Canucks would play Minnesota in NHL's planned 24-team playoff format | Offside

Line Up's

https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/minnesota-wild/line-combinations/
https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/vancouver-canucks/line-combinations/

Is there a difference between the first and the second pic?

 

[Josepho]

those western conference series are straight up cheeks

 

[Addison Rae]

those western conference series are straight up cheeks

Edmonton- Chicago will be fun

 

[Canucks LB]

Is there a difference between the first and the second pic?

There is now lmao

 

[Addison Rae]

i also think arizona beats nashville

 

[CpatainCanuck]

Well if healthy the Canucks should be slightly favoured in this series.

If the Canucks make it to the Finals it will be an interesting 3rd edition of the Riot; with people being arrested for getting within 6 feet of each other.

 

[Fatass]

I think we should handle Minnesota, but accept Benning will do something stupid to ruin our chances.

 

[Josepho]

Edmonton- Chicago will be fun

A lot of entertaining/interesting players are involved, but I don't think it'll be particularly competitive.

 

[RussianRacket]

Is this confirmed? Is it a go?

 

[y2kcanucks]

Are we allowed to have our own opinions on this or nah?

Also, curious what the impact these play ins will have on the draft. Any word on how the lottery will be done?

 

[RussianRacket]

Are we allowed to have our own opinions on this or nah?

Whether we are or not, I can't decide if to me it is a fun interesting novelty, a joke, a legitimate hopefully once in a lifetime opportunity, or a combination of those and more.

 

[Addison Rae]

We should handle Minny depending on Markstrom. Their d-core is excellent and are surprisingly potent offensively, but their goaltending is below league average, Dubynk has been horrendous this year.

Canucks in 4 (if it's a 5 game series?)

 

[Horse McHindu]

Canucks sweep the Wild and make the Conference Finals. With Markstrom, Toffoli, and Boeser all healthy, the Canucks would be borderline elite.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I think the Canucks and Wild match up pretty well except for in goal, where I think Markstrom would be the series X Factor. The Canucks have the better young talent, but the Wild have some wily veterans who could show well in short series’.

Despite Minnesota’s continued propensity to play boring hockey, I’d be super excited to watch Canucks hockey again. And meaningful hockey at that.

 

[Grantham]

Any series where we don’t have to play Vegas right away is a-ok with me. They would beat the living day lights out of us in hockey and physically.

Colorado would annihilate us too if we make it past Minny, but atleast we wouldn’t need to see Hughes and EP stretchered off the ice.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

Redemption for 2003. This time the Wild fans will not be able to buy tickets for Game 6

 

[Lupuls Grit]

Well if healthy the Canucks should be slightly favoured in this series.

If the Canucks make it to the Finals it will be an interesting 3rd edition of the Riot; with people being arrested for getting within 6 feet of each other.

Quality post.

 

[Bankerguy]

I read somewhere that Ferland was 100% symptom free and feeling game ready.
If that's the case then lets see him go full play-off mode here. If he's does have an unidentified long-term injury then this might be his last crack at it.

I'd like to see the following lineup:

Jt. Miller Pettersson Toffoli
Pearson Horvat Boeser
Ferland Gaudette Virtanen
Roussel Sutter Macewen
Keep Motte and Eriksson as extra's. If we get hit with 3 or more injuries up front you still have Baertschi you can call up or possibly Leivo however i'm not sure what his status is.

That third line could really sway momentum, Gaudette and Virtanen had some good chemistry and if Ferland is in fact back 100% then that could be scary for opposing teams.

 

[NoShowWilly]

wait all this time and we play Minnesota? a little underwhelming.

opinion on the series is a healthy canucks team with a very favorable match up. should win in 3-4.(could also be 2003 all over again)

 

[Teflon Jim]

Are we allowed to have our own opinions on this or nah?

Also, curious what the impact these play ins will have on the draft. Any word on how the lottery will be done?

To be honest my personal opinion is NAH

 

[Green Blank Stare]

Canucks should beat them...so Wild in 5 and Kevin Fiala has a 10 point series.

 

[vanarchy]

Everyone is on board but it's gunna be hilarious when fans from all over the league asterisk the winner later on when it's not their team. "That wasn't a real Stanley Cup" etc etc etc

 

[Zombotron]

Hock...ey? What's that.

 

[Hit the post]

Hock...ey? What's that.

What's a Zombotron?