Post-Game Talk: Pre-Season GM 7: Canucks 5 @ Edmonton 2 - Cracknell the Defender Edition

[Mr. Canucklehead]

WHEN: Thursday, October 1st
WHERE: Rexall Place, Edmonton, AB
TV: Sportsnet 360
RADIO: TSN1040

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Vancouver Canucks' Starting Lineup:

Baertschi - Horvat - Virtanen
Burrows - Vey - Hansen
Kenins - McCann - Cracknell
Prust - Sutter - Dorsett

Hamhuis - Bartkowski
Biega - Weber
Hutton - Sbisa

Markstrom/Bachmann


Edmonton Oilers' Starting Lineup: (per Bob Stauffer)

Hall - McDavid - Draisatl
Pouliot - Nugent-Hopkins - Purcell
Slepyshev - Lander - Yakupov
Hendricks - Letestu - Klinkhammer

Reinhart - Gryba
Sekera - Schultz
Ference - Nikitin

Goalie To Be Posted.


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[arsmaster*]

LOL, just asked if we were getting a GDT like 15 seconds ago.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

If these guys are going, a wild stab at the lines...

D. Sedin - H. Sedin - Vrbata
Baertschi - McCann - ???
Burrows - Sutter - Kenins
??? - ??? - ???

Tanev - Edler
Weber - ???
Corrado - Sbisa

???

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Hutton should be playing again. They need to see if he can keep it up

 

[Balls Mahoney]

I'm actually really excited to watch that Oilers line-up.

There's a sentence I never thought I would write/say.

 

[CherryToke]

hope the Hutton-Biega pairing can keep playing well. really want that to be the bottom pairing opening night.

 

[polarbearcub]

@VanCanucks: Coach Desjardins at the mic. Said he expects McCann, Virtanen and Hutton in, and no Gaunce tonight. #Canucks

 

[tc 23]

@VanCanucks: Coach Desjardins at the mic. Said he expects McCann, Virtanen and Hutton in, and no Gaunce tonight. #Canucks

Hope that doesn't mean Gaunce has been cut already

 

[banme*]

@VanCanucks: Coach Desjardins at the mic. Said he expects McCann, Virtanen and Hutton in, and no Gaunce tonight. #Canucks

baertschi mccann vrbata/burrows pls

sedin sedin vrbata/burrows
baertschi mccann burrows/vrbata
kenins sutter virtanen

 

[ThisIsTheYear]

Got box seats for this one, hopefully McCann, Bo, or even Mcdavid will be able to give me a show

 

[NuxFan09]

@VanCanucks: Coach Desjardins at the mic. Said he expects McCann, Virtanen and Hutton in, and no Gaunce tonight. #Canucks

Hopefully Horvat too.

 

[NuxFan09]

In the lineup tonight:

Jeff Paterson ‏@patersonjeff 7m7 minutes ago
#Canucks tonight vs EDM:
Burrows
Prust
Dorsett
Virtanen
McCann
Baertschi
Vey
Hansen
Cracknell
Kenins
Sutter
Horvat

Jeff Paterson ‏@patersonjeff 5m5 minutes ago View translation
#Canucks D tonight:
Hutton
Biega
Weber
Bartkowski
Hamhuis
Sbisa

Markstrom goes with Bachman

 

[DL44]

Ooooo... just had a thought... what if it's McCann that gels with Vrbata... what that would do for our depth would be insane.

I hope Biega is in... Edm's best attribute is is speed... It would be a good test to see how he hangs..

Edit: ^ I see he is in.. thanks.

 

[HankNDank]

Sweet, this will be my first pre season game I get to watch, and this looks like it may be the last chance I will get to see a majority of these players, excited to see this roster play.

 

[DL44]

Hope that doesn't mean Gaunce has been cut already

No, it just means they can't ice 30 players.

 

[Ho Borvat]

Burrows
Prust
Dorsett
Virtanen
McCann
Baertschi
Vey
Hansen
Cracknell
Kenins
Sutter
Horvat
Quote:

#Canucks D tonight:
Hutton
Biega
Weber
Bartkowski
Hamhuis
Sbisa

Markstrom goes with Bachman

Was kind of hoping to see Corrado in tonight. Im really hoping he doesn't end up on waivers, and he can stick with the big club.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Oilers' D are still hilarious.

 

[Addison Rae]

Oilers' D are still hilarious.

Yeah, still can't believe how much they gave up or Reinhart.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

In the lineup tonight:

Alright, my guess for lines...

Baertschi - Horvat - Vey
Burrows - McCann - Virtanen
Hansen - Sutter - Kenins
Dorsett - Cracknell - Prust

Hutton - Biega
Hamhuis - Weber
Bartkowski - Sbisa

Markstrom/Bachmann

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Like it or not, Vey and Baertschi are going to be given every conceivable chance to succeed. I could also see Horvat and Sutter rotating as deemed necessary - maybe even McCann, too.

 

[NewBoysClub97*]

Reinhart hasn't looked out of place at all. No Klembom or Fayne playing either.

 

[Peen]

Oilers need to drop Nikitin lol

 

[ohnoeszz]

Really happy to see Biega getting an extended look. I felt he impressed last year with his smarts and ability to read the ice. He's also shown a nice shot from the blueline and is a more physical player than most of our D men. I think he'll end up being a Kevin Klein type of 4-5 D man that is just solid all-around. I think its pretty clear that he's a better player than Corrado.

 

[VanJack]

Interesting, the Canucks are going with a pretty green roster again, with some character veterans sprinkled in....would love to see them shut-down those high-priced Oiler bonus babies....and I wonder if the Oil might regret passing on Markstrom when he was on waivers last year.

 

[Addison Rae]

Reinhart hasn't looked out of place at all. No Klembom or Fayne playing either.

Doesn't matter, Linden Vey was the best Canuck in cap last year, it really means little to nothing. Never really liked him, thought he was picked way too early, and has regressed since his draft year. I'm not a fan of trading essentially two first round picks for a teams failing prospects.

 

[VanJack]

Oilers' D are still hilarious.

Can't believe Reinhart outplayed Darnell Nurse....wha' happened?