Post-Game Talk: Oilers def. Canucks - 3-2 (SO) (Miller, Garland)

[Mr. Canucklehead]

WHEN: April 29th, 6:00PM, PST
WHERE: Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB
TV: Sportsnet Pacific
RADIO: Sportsnet650

Vancouver Canucks’ Starting Lineup: (unconfirmed)
Garland - Miller - Chiasson
Podkolzin - Pettersson - Boeser
Highmore - Lammikko - Dickinson
Dries - Richardson - Petan

Hughes - Schenn
Ekman-Larsson - Myers
Burroughs - Hunt

Martin


GAME NOTES:
- The Canucks close out the 2021-2022 season tonight.
- JT Miller is 2 points away from being just the 6th Canuck ever (Pavel Bure, Alexander Mogilny, Markus Naslund, Henrik Sedin, Daniel Sedin) to post 100 points in a season.
- Spencer Martin is expected to start again for Vancouver.​

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[RussianRacket]

Over my many many years as a Canucks fan this is going to go down as one of the memorable teams for me, and one we can all certainly be proud of.

What a group of warriors. What a battle they waged.

Now let's finish off the season strong! Great things are ahead for this group.

GO CANUCKS GO!!!

 

[Baby Pettersson]

I'll be heading to this one for my 2nd ever Canuck game! Last time we were just entering the Benning era and I was full of hope! Oops...

Now we are entering a new era, and full of hope I am. Let's hope this time it's a beautiful Canuck win and the start of a beautiful new era!

Go Canucks go and let's kick some Oiler ass!

 

[RussianRacket]

Enjoy the game, my friend!

 

[EpochLink]

Final Canucks game of the year, until October.
It’s gonna be a good summer, let’s get a W to close it out.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I'll be heading to this one for my 2nd ever Canuck game! Last time we were just entering the Benning era and I was full of hope! Oops...

Now we are entering a new era, and full of hope I am. Let's hope this time it's a beautiful Canuck win and the start of a beautiful new era!

Go Canucks go and let's kick some Oiler ass!

Hope you have a good time and that the boys can pull out a W for you.

As I said before - would be nice to put the boots to the Oilers here and send them into the playoffs with some question marks.

 

[LaVal]

JT better play 30 minutes with Vancouver's best players feeding him pucks all night. With the way he's put the team on his back all season he deserves to hit 100.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

JT better play 30 minutes with Vancouver's best players feeding him pucks all night. With the way he's put the team on his back all season he deserves to hit 100.

Agree. Would be really awesome to see him hit that milestone.

But that can backfire - I remember the last game in the 2003 season, our home loss to LA. Lots of guys passed up easy opportunities to score looking to set up Nazzy in his race for the Art Ross, and then we ended up losing 2-0.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

I remember we played Edmonton in our last game in 2018 (Sedins last game,Tryamkins last, and best game)...There's going to be some players who will be wearing the Canuck jersey for the final time.

Not concerned about the result, hopefully it will be an entertaining game..Canucks look to be ending their season on a positive note.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Lot of changeover from Game 1 to now (mostly injury related, but still)

 

[604]

Would take an L tonight to make sure that we finish below Vegas.

There, I'm joining team tank.

 

[Melvin]

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Agree. Would be really awesome to see him hit that milestone.

But that can backfire - I remember the last game in the 2003 season, our home loss to LA. Lots of guys passed up easy opportunities to score looking to set up Nazzy in his race for the Art Ross, and then we ended up losing 2-0.

Funny to look back on that - the “we choked” game. The Canucks were chokers because they failed to win the division. Remember when that was the standard?

 

[CalderSchmalder]

Oilers missing McDavid, Drai, and Nurse tonight.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Koskinen b2b after 40+ saves yesterday, Miller definitely hits 100 points

 

[Johnny Canucker]

We did more for Dustin Brown last night than we did for Chris Tanev / Jacob Markstrom after they left here.

 

[Canuckle1970]

Without McDrai, there'll be other players getting more ice time, and making the most of it, so I hope we don't hang Martin out to dry. And both teams played last night, so no excuses. Hope Miller makes it to 100 pts tonight.

 

[Hoglander]

Would be nice to see:
-Miller get 100
-EP and Hughes get to 70
-Brock Boeser get to 25 goals

But I kind of feel like...

 

[RutherPlan]

I don't want Miller to get 100 points because I want him to try even harder next year to get it.

Next season is when it all comes together.

 

[VanJack]

If the Canucks can beat a depleted Oilers team tonight, they'll finish with 93 points...exactly three points out of the playoffs. And 96 points is what most experts predicted would be needed to make the post-season in the Western Conference.

Hard not to conclude that this season has been a complete 'success', despite missing the playoffs again. The Canucks proved they're not far away, and with a few lineup tweaks next season, could leapfrog teams like Dallas, Nashville and even L.A..

But more importantly, the owner lowered the boom on coaching and management, and for the first time in eight long seasons there's some real optimism around this team going forward.

 

[innitfam]

I'm surprised they don't give Silovs the start.

 

[Peen]

I'm surprised they don't give Silovs the start.

Agree. Especially considering Clark’s a big fan and has been for a while.

 

[82Ninety42011]

Let's hit some milestones tonight for Miller and the boys finish strong. Been a hell of a season and hope has come alive again !

 

[AD16]

If the Canucks can beat a depleted Oilers team tonight, they'll finish with 93 points...exactly three points out of the playoffs. And 96 points is what most experts predicted would be needed to make the post-season in the Western Conference.

Hard not to conclude that this season has been a complete 'success', despite missing the playoffs again. The Canucks proved they're not far away, and with a few lineup tweaks next season, could leapfrog teams like Dallas, Nashville and even L.A..

But more importantly, the owner lowered the boom on coaching and management, and for the first time in eight long seasons there's some real optimism around this team going forward.

I don’t see it. This management has a lot of work to do to clean up the mess Benning has left. This season in a vacuum could certainly be considered a success compared to where we were at the end of last season and earlier in the year. But when you realize this group will have to rid itself of some key players to create cap space and will likely take a step back next year, the outlook seems fairly bleak. We’re already in the midst of the least successful run of hockey in franchise history and from the looks of it I’d say we’re poised to miss the playoffs for the 8th time in 9 seasons next year.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

I'll be heading to this one for my 2nd ever Canuck game! Last time we were just entering the Benning era and I was full of hope! Oops...

Now we are entering a new era, and full of hope I am. Let's hope this time it's a beautiful Canuck win and the start of a beautiful new era!

Go Canucks go and let's kick some Oiler ass!

Have fun man!

 

[wonton15]

I really want to see JT hit 100 tonight. I’ll be mildly disappointed if we come out flat against a depleted Oilers lineup