GDT: Vancouver @ Dallas 5:30 SNET

[me2]

Starting a 35 year old like 10 straight is pretty dangerous too imo

Meh. Canucks have had a really easy schedule. Limited travel, lots of rest days, just 1(?) back to back.

 

[KeninsFan]

Is there any kind of petition that can be made to make that happen every Halloween? That would make me so happy.

The NBA does seasonal/holiday jerseys (Xmas/retro nights) so I don't see why the NHL doesn't jump on that bandwagon.

 

[y2kcanucks]

FWIW Ben Kuzma believes that Virtanen and McCann will stay with the team.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

Really? I always felt that Lehtonen was Let-one-in against us and every time we played against Dallas' backups we couldn't buy a goal.

That was also my recollection. Could be wrong, though.

And yeah, maybe this is the year we finally start beating Dallas again.

 

[Intangibos]

That was also my recollection. Could be wrong, though.

And yeah, maybe this is the year we finally start beating Dallas again.

It's probably because we had their number during our dominant years, and in the few years since then we've been annihilated by them repeatedly regardless of who was in goal.

 

[arsmaster*]

FWIW Ben Kuzma believes that Virtanen and McCann will stay with the team.

Well he's up Lindenning's butt, so that's probably no longer penciled it's now in jiffy marker.

 

[M2Beezy]

Dallas is a good offensive team that will expose are weak d

6-2 stars is my predy

 

[Zaddy91]

Dallas is a good offensive team that will expose are weak d

6-2 stars is my predy

I've paid attention to your last 5 predictions and let's just say I am thinking a 5-0 Canucks win

 

[M2Beezy]

Can't wait to see Gaunce! Plus, Millertime:

I thought it was Arizona not phoenix any more

Good to see Gaunce in but would of liked bartchi out and Crackers in he played good for us

 

[M2Beezy]

I've paid attention to your last 5 predictions and let's just say I am thinking a 5-0 Canucks win

LOL i was very happy about my habs predy been so wrong!

 

[Ozone]

Stars Projected lineup:

Jamie Benn – Cody Eakin – Tyler Seguin

Valeri Nichushkin – Jason Spezza – Patrick Sharp

Antoine Roussel – Vernon Fiddler – Colton Sceviour

Mattias Janmark – Radek Faksa – Ales Hemsky


Alex Goligoski – John Klingberg

Johnny Oduya – Jason Demers

Jyrki Jokipakka – Jordie Benn


Antti Niemi

Kari Lehtonen


Scratched: Patrik Nemeth, Jamie Oleksiak

Injured: Patrick Eaves (lower body), Travis Moen (upper body), Curtis McKenzie (hip)

http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=785433&cmpid=rss-stepneski&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Drop the Sopel]

Does anyone know the last time we dressed 3 rookie forwards in a game?

5 rookie/sophomore forwards dressed with Ben Hutton playing close to 20 minutes on the backend?

No youth movement my ass.

 

[Ozone]

 

[Intangibos]

Does anyone know the last time we dressed 3 rookie forwards in a game?

5 rookie/sophomore forwards dressed with Ben Hutton playing close to 20 minutes on the backend?

No youth movement my ass.

Gillis can't draft my ass.

 

[KeninsFan]

Why would you care what Stars fans think?

They're an irrelevant fanbase

One of (if not the best) dynamic duos with Seguin and Benn, a former superstar who played in a Canadian market in Spezza and an up and coming #1 D in John Klingberg and yet so...meh

 

[PM]

Does anyone know the last time we dressed 3 rookie forwards in a game?

5 rookie/sophomore forwards dressed with Ben Hutton playing close to 20 minutes on the backend?

No youth movement my ass.

Good forward rookies? Probably Burrows, Kes and Hansen back in 2006 maybe? Bad rookies filling in for injuries? I'm sure we had some combo of Oreskovich, Bolduc, Desbiens, Shirokov back in 2010-11.

Not trying to be a downer but you know that two of those rookies are only in because Higgins and Prust are injured right? Not really a youth movement when callups are filling in for injuries. Better than calling up Vey or Jones though, that's for sure.

 

[Intangibos]

Good forward rookies? Probably Burrows, Kes and Hansen back in 2006 maybe? Bad rookies filling in for injuries? I'm sure we had some combo of Oreskovich, Bolduc, Desbiens, Shirokov back in 2010-11.

Not trying to be a downer but you know that two of those rookies are only in because Higgins and Prust are injured right? Not really a youth movement when callups are filling in for injuries. Better than calling up Vey or Jones though, that's for sure.

I liked Shirokov =[

 

[Josepho]

I liked Shirokov =[

Me too. Easily the best part of the Luongo trade.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

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[CanaFan]

Gillis can't draft my ass.

To be fair - and I've been critical of Gillis' drafting - the emergence of Hutton this year was quite unexpected and certainly changes the legacy of Gillis' drafting. 2008-2011 remains a barren wasteland, esp. with the continued stagnation of Jensen and regression of Corrado the last two years.

That said ...

2012 and 2013 are looking VERY good for Gillis and Crawford. Gaunce is close enough now that he looks like a near-lock to be a solid bottom 6 player, Hutton is just a revelation. Then with Horvat, Shink (still a bit of a question mark but looking better this year), Cassels, and Subban from 2013 the final two years of Gillis' tenure is suddenly looking quite positive.

That's a potential swing of 1 NHLer in his first 4 drafts (and a disappointing one considering we took him 10th OA) to potentially 6 in his final 2 drafts. As the 2012 and 2013 drafts have had more time to show their strength, it certainly changes how I view Gillis' drafting (i.e. much more positive now).

 

[Addison Rae]

Not to mention his ability to sign undrafted guys like Tanev, Lack and Kennis. Right there you have a legit top pairing guy, a starting goalie and really good bottom 6 forward.

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

Hutton's emergence isn't that unexpected at all. It's earlier than expected. I feel like a lot of us who watched him projected him as a top 4 offensive D. Just figured he would need a year or two in the A to get his defense up to a pro level.

 

[CanaFan]

Hutton's emergence isn't that unexpected at all. It's earlier than expected. I feel like a lot of us who watched him projected him as a top 4 offensive D. Just figured he would need a year or two in the A to get his defense up to a pro level.

It's earlier yes, but also much better than I expected. He looks like he has top pairing potential now, based on how well and how quickly he has adapted. I don't recall anyone on this board touting him as *that* good of a prospect. I'm not going to look it up but if I reviewed the voting on the Canucks best prospect polls I don't think i'd see more than a handful of votes putting him ahead of Virtanen, McCann, Demko, and Shinkaruk. If anyone did see this, then my hat off to them because it's quite a surprise to me.

 

[CanaFan]

Not to mention his ability to sign undrafted guys like Tanev, Lack and Kennis. Right there you have a legit top pairing guy, a starting goalie and really good bottom 6 forward.

No one has ever disputed his ability to spot 22 undrafted year free agents. It was always about his (or his scouts) ability to draft and develop 18 year kids out of the amateur draft. Lumping them together to prop up Gillis' overall record isn't useful in an evaluation of his drafting. There was nothing stopping him from doing better at the draft and still being good at identifying UFAs. We'd be much further ahead if the changes made in 2013 had been made in 2008 or 2009.

Anyway, that's neither here nor there. I'm happy to see his final two drafts yielding some NHL talent at least, so my opinion of him has improved recently in that regard.

 

[BROCK HUGHES]

I am lost with Baertschi,i don't see him staying long with the Canucks this year.He has been a huge disappointment.How much longer are we going to wait for this guy to show something in the way of goal scoring?