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[Blue and Green]

Canucks vs. Oilers series expected to start Tuesday ... or Wednesday?

The Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers are set to meet in the playoffs for the first time since 1992. Find out more.

theprovince.com

"UPDATE: Sources have indicated a May 8 Game 1 may also be in play, depending on the result of the Dallas Stars/Vegas Golden Knights Game 7 on Sunday, because of building availability in Dallas on Wednesday, when American Airlines Arena is hosting a concert for super-popular Mexican crooner Luis Miguel. Long story short: If Vegas wins, the Canucks vs Oilers series would start Tuesday; if Dallas wins, the Canucks vs. Oilers series could start Wednesday — unless the NHL wants to give the Stars a couple extra days off and delays the series’ start till Thursday."

I was wondering what was going on when they didn't post Vancouver-Edmonton for Tuesday. Fine by me, actually, the extra day off will probably help the Canucks more than the Oilers.

 

[Chaos Giraffe]

Vegas game day thread, 2 pages.

Really passionate fanbase they have over there.

 

[Cancuks]

Vegas's failure was a prime example of why you shouldn't mess with your team's chemistry too much. The Hertl trade was unnecessary and will be terrible as it'll cost them roster players. The Hanifin trade/re-signing doesn't make a lot of sense either and will likely cost them Theodore. Trading for Tanev would've made more sense. Glad they're out. Now hopefully the Stars eliminate the Avs in 7 triple OT.

 

[Kryten]

Dallas vs Colorado huh?

Sakic, Forsberg and Roy vs Modano, Hull and Belfour.

Hatcher vs Foote

 

[calnuck]

I’m at a wedding for a really good friend and seeing Vegas lose is bringing me almost as much happiness. Thank you Dallas

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Vegas game day thread, 2 pages.

Really passionate fanbase they have over there.

Too busy gambling

 

[Ernie]

Vegas game day thread, 2 pages.

Really passionate fanbase they have over there.

Not surprising that they don't have a lot of fans here given that the heyday of the message boards were in the early 2000's long before the Golden Knights existed. Now people spend more time on other forms of social media.

 

[PG Canuck]

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

delete

 

[VanJack]

I would gladly be the next bottom feeder if it meant getting to see one cup win

It's a trade-off I guess.....but there's no way the Canucks franchise could ever be run like the Knights. For one thing, the tax structure is completely different in Canada.

The players keep a lot more of their money in Sin City, what with non-existent state taxes and low taxes on high income earners. It's the reason why at the TDL, players are happy to go there. And if they're on LTIR, so much the better. They get paid more just riding the stationary bike.

And I guess they squeezed one Cup out of that approach. And I suppose looking at their roster, they might be able to compete for another.

But the NHL is a cruel and unyielding business.....sooner or later, when the prospect pipeline goes dry, you're going down.

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

Jordan Staal has put together quite a great and underrated career. Being nominated for a Selke at this point in his career too. I'd have thought he'd be a 4th line center by now.

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

Rags and Canes series gonna be way ahead of everyone else. They'll be 3 games in a day before we even play game 2.

 

[Slapshot_11]

Vegass can't afford to bring all these guys back

 

[Nuckles]

pls come back

 

[valkynax]

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pls come back

We got just the right man for this job.

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

Does anyone wanna role play in DMs

 

[lawrence]

if the Canucks had the officating of the Stars Knights series, (btw it was meerly 10-8 for the stars)

we would have won the stanley cup and quite frankly beat the Preds in 5 or so. That's how it should be reffed. But weak ass late call. That was a pure dive by the Knights player, and the stupid refs fell for it, thankfully Dallas killed it.

 

[VanJack]

Kind of a shock to see the Conference semi-final scheduling. Dallas wraps up a tough, emotional series against Vegas tonight, and then is back on the ice Tuesday, to host the Av's.

The Canucks finished up their series with the Preds on Friday, but aren't back on the ice until Wednesday at home. The extra day of rest and preparation should be a huge boost.

But the time they hit the ice, both Colorado and Edmonton will have been off for more than a week. Will be interesting to see if there's any rust.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

On the one hand, I'm happy for Tanev that Dallas won. On the other, I'm worried he'll want to stay in Dallas.

 

[Hansen]

My wife and I visited Vancouver ~ 6 years ago,
the amount of obese people in electrical wheel chairs was pretty overwhelming.
It also reminded us of Wall-E because they looked exactly like people in the film.

Society really needs to stop normalizing that shit by calling it "body positivity",
being fat literally kills people slowly.

In many other nations the same people would be stuck at home without mobility support and health care, and thus out of sight/out of mind. These things can be a matter of perspective

 

[Flik]

Vegas game day thread, 2 pages.

Really passionate fanbase they have over there.

I'm sure their 5 fans are devastated tonight.

 

[ziploc]

Glad Vegas is out.

Dallas has the ugliest jerseys.

Kind of hope they lose to the Avs and Tanev gets dispirited with the team and wants to come home.

 

[valkynax]

Glad Vegas is out.

Dallas has the ugliest jerseys.

Kind of hope they lose to the Avs and Tanev gets dispirited with the team and wants to come home.

Really? I thought Dallas jersey looks pretty nice, way better than back then when they had the puke yellow trim on a dark green star.

The Oiler jersey also use to look really nasty, but just a few adjustments to the shade of orange and blue, all of a sudden it looks quite sharp.

 

[ziploc]

Really? I thought Dallas jersey looks pretty nice, way better than back then when they had the puke yellow trim on a dark green star.

The Oiler jersey also use to look really nasty, but just a few adjustments to the shade of orange and blue, all of a sudden it looks quite sharp.

The shade of green is just really nasty IMO.

 

[calnuck]

We got just the right man for this job.

This makes me irrationally angry to think about lol

Glad Vegas is out.

Dallas has the ugliest jerseys.

Kind of hope they lose to the Avs and Tanev gets dispirited with the team and wants to come home.

Their current jerseys are awful. I wish they’d go back to the modano era ones.
Disagree about tanev though I would love to see him win a cup and bring that back to this team