GDT: Vancouver Canucks vs. Minnesota Wild - Home Opener - Oct 26 - 7:00PM PST - SNET

[Mr. Canucklehead]

WHEN: October 26th, 7:00 PM PST
WHERE: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
TV: Sportsnet
RADIO: Sportsnet 650

Vancouver Canucks’ Starting Lineup (unconfirmed):

Pearson - Horvat - Garland
Podkolzin - Miller - Boeser
Highmore - Pettersson - Hoglander
Bailey - Dickinson/Lammikko - Chiasson

Ekman-Larsson - Myers
Hughes - Poolman
Rathbone - Burroughs

Demko





Minnesota Wild’s Starting Lineup:

Kaprizov - Eriksson-Ek - Zuccarello
Greenway - Hartman - Foligno
Fiala - Gaudreau - Bjugstad
Duhaime - Sturm - Pitlick

Goligoski - Spurgeon
Brodin - Dumba
Merrill - Kulikov

Talbot​

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[Mr. Canucklehead]

Dowling had a maintenance day today, and Dickinson is a bit banged up according to Green. Could see some lineup shuffles based on this.

 

[M2Beezy]

Unreal this is crazy first home game tomorrow

PS dont forget to vote here


Whose your fave NHL hockey team?

Man I love this team

 

[wonton15]

Hopefully Pod gets in for the home opener. I think the crowd will explode if he scores in this one!

 

[Canucker]

How are Lammikko and Chiasson still a thing?

 

[Aqualung]

Really hope Sutter and Motte return soon. The bottom six and PK needs them.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Obviously Brock Boeser 4pt game another easy win

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Pretty sure we are the last team to play a home game

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Good news?

 

[StreetHawk]

Pretty sure we are the last team to play a home game

Islanders start with a 13 game road trip due to their new arena not being ready til November.

 

[ForecheckBackcheck]

Excited to watch Kaprizov play and see what the hype is about. Haven’t managed to catch a game with him playing yet. Still can’t believe he got a 9M contract after 50ish NHL games.

 

[innitfam]

Gonna be at this one. Yearly tradition for last 6 years (went to the SportsBar at the rink for the 2021 season). Hope it's a good one!

I'll say 5-3 Canucks win - Garland, Miller, OEL, Pettersson, Chiasson

 

[VanJack]

Canucks open up a seven-game homestand against the Wild. A chance to put some daylight between themselves and some of the other Pacific Division teams who are struggling right now. Vegas has been decimated with injuries, and currently only have one win on the season.

The Wild are coming off a bad loss in Nashville, in which their coach Dean Evason chewed them out on the bench. They'll be looking for some redemption in VanCity.

Hopefully Hoglander can get off the schneid......he's done everything but score while bouncing from line to line.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

 

[AppleHoneySauce]

I just want a good solid win where we arent badly outchanced and the shot heat map isnt fire red right infront of demko.

Also travis to get booed during the intro thing.

 

[Get North]

Really hope Sutter and Motte return soon. The bottom six and PK needs them.

Seriously. If the guys can't even play why pencil them in for a roster spot? I know these guys play the most PK minutes, but damn it bring back Jay Beagle to patrol the 4th line if Sutter can't do it.

 

[CalderSchmalder]

 

[geebaan]

I genuinely don’t care if we win. I want us to play a full 60, where I could actually believe this team could do something. Lucking out against Chicago and The Kraken didn’t do it for me.

 

[Pastor Of Muppetz]

Good to hear that Hamonic will be back shortly....Will be interesting to see how the D looks....( the way that Benning designed it)..

OEL...Myers
Hughes...Hamonic
Rathbone...Poolman
Burroughs.

I was tempted to pull Myers off that OEL pairing, but I think he's playing well there.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Interesting. Quite the fog around his circumstances but doesn't seem like it's a vaccination issue.

 

[Godkolzin]

So Podkolzin is back, but on the 4th line with former 1st liner/1st PP Chiasson and Dowling.

Greens line blender has really gotten old.

 

[M2Beezy]

Seriously. If the guys can't even play why pencil them in for a roster spot? I know these guys play the most PK minutes, but damn it bring back Jay Beagle to patrol the 4th line if Sutter can't do it.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Fun fact. We are one of only two teams not to have played a home game. The other is the New York Islanders who won't play their first home game all the way until Nov 20th!

 

[Nucker101]

Good to hear that Hamonic will be back shortly....Will be interesting to see how the D looks....( the way that Benning designed it)..

OEL...Myers
Hughes...Hamonic
Rathbone...Poolman
Burroughs.

I was tempted to pull Myers off that OEL pairing, but I think he's playing well there.

Im honestly not sure if a rusty Hamonic is better than Burroughs

 

[Catamarca Livin]

Im honestly not sure if a rusty Hamonic is better than Burroughs

Yeh defn not better than Poolman if rusty and maybe period.