Pre-Game Talk: GM 1: Vancouver Canucks vs. Anaheim Ducks - Jan 19 - 7:00PM PST - CBC

[Canucks LB]

our 2nd line is so bad it's not even funny.

 

[PG Canuck]

That's a bad teams 3rd line on most nights...ouch.

Sorry, let me just insert the top six C and W, I have hidden in my pocket. We could do Higgins - Schroeder - Hansen and then have Raymond - Lapierre - Kassian.

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

That's a bad teams 3rd line on most nights...ouch.

Hyperbole? I'd take it over Toronto or Anaheim's 3rd line any day of the week.

 

[petrishriekandgo]

My forward lines:

Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Higgins - Ebbett - Kassian
Schroeder - Lappy - Hansen
Raymond - Malhotra - Weise

 

[thepuckmonster]

Hillier is so bad now, I call 5-2 Vancouver.

 

[thepuckmonster]

My forward lines:

Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Higgins - Ebbett - Kassian
Schroeder - Lappy - Hansen
Raymond - Malhotra - Weise

I'm cool with this, with the first PP being Sedin-Sedin-Kassian Edler-Garrison. So good.

 

[Virtanen2Horvat]

my updated lineup:

Sedin-Sedin-Kassian
Higgins-Schroeder-Burrows
Ebbett-Lapierre-Hansen
Raymond-Malhotra-Weise

Schroeder or Ebbett might need to switch spots.

 

[David71]

anahiem will walk over vancouver. 6-1

 

[Biggest Canuck Fan]

Hillier is so bad now, I call 5-2 Vancouver.

Anahiem has solid forward lines, decent defence, and Hiller may suprise. I think the Canucks are just going to walk in think they don't have to work... basically the same thing we saw last season, and with the emphasis on not scoring the Ducks should take this one 4-1, with Hank getting our only goal.

I forsee a very dismal short 48 game schedule. I am not happy with the look, and especially the coaching system the team will implement this season. This isn't 1998 where you can clutch and grab, hook and hold, impeded with impunity... the Canucks owner is not Jeremy Jacobs, so why try to go that route. Hell the Sedins won scoring titles... let's make sure they try not to score, but play defence first...

 

[BoHorvatFan]

We're lucky we have two great goalies and a good D because our offence sucks.

 

[Nuckles]

Hiller is so bad now, I call 5-2 Vancouver.

If Kesler and Booth were healthy, I'd agree, but they aren't.

I am seriously worried about our 2nd line. Schroeder/Ebbett and Raymond are going to be pushed around.

 

[thepuckmonster]

Anahiem has solid forward lines, decent defence, and Hiller may suprise. I think the Canucks are just going to walk in think they don't have to work... basically the same thing we saw last season, and with the emphasis on not scoring the Ducks should take this one 4-1, with Hank getting our only goal.

I forsee a very dismal short 48 game schedule. I am not happy with the look, and especially the coaching system the team will implement this season. This isn't 1998 where you can clutch and grab, hook and hold, impeded with impunity... the Canucks owner is not Jeremy Jacobs, so why try to go that route. Hell the Sedins won scoring titles... let's make sure they try not to score, but play defence first...

The ducks are the same as last year but with a smaller internal cap. RPG played like **** last year and their D isn't awesome. Lost Vis replaced with Allen and Souray? Idk, I just see them on the decline.

 

[Bgav]

garrisons beard will lead us through this tough time

 

[thepuckmonster]

If Kesler and Booth were healthy, I'd agree, but they aren't.

I am seriously worried about our 2nd line. Schroeder/Ebbett and Raymond are going to be pushed around.

Twins are good against Anaheim usually and I don't see the 2nd line getting significantly more overtime than the third. It's going to be ugly hockey but if we can bang Anaheim around with Kass/Lappy/Weise, I don't see much fight. Shut down Perry and Selanne and their scoring dries up since apparently Ryan and Getz give no ****s if last year was any indicator.

Also, Hillier is so bad at tracking pucks if you just create some noise infront of the net you can slip it low glove or low blocker. He's agile but his vertigo has messed up his tracking and depth perception.

 

[Virtanen2Horvat]

Twins are good against Anaheim usually and I don't see the 2nd line getting significantly more overtime than the third. It's going to be ugly hockey but if we can bang Anaheim around with Kass/Lappy/Weise, I don't see much fight. Shut down Perry and Selanne and their scoring dries up since apparently Ryan and Getz give no ****s if last year was any indicator.

Also, Hillier is so bad at tracking pucks if you just create some noise infront of the net you can slip it low glove or low blocker. He's agile but his vertigo has messed up his tracking and depth perception.

I totally agree. Just put Kassian with the Sedins.

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

If Kesler and Booth were healthy, I'd agree, but they aren't.

I am seriously worried about our 2nd line. Schroeder/Ebbett and Raymond are going to be pushed around.

Lapierre did quite well with the Sedins, and we know what we have in Higgins and Hansen. Perhaps those three have can ride as a pseudo-second line until Kesler's back. Or by some fortune, Malhotra is back to his old self.

 

[MajorCanuck]

Lapierre did quite well with the Sedins, and we know what we have in Higgins and Hansen. Perhaps those three have can ride as a pseudo-second line until Kesler's back. Or by some fortune, Malhotra is back to his old self.

We're gonna have to be a powerplay team until Kes/Booth return.

 

[canuck4life16]

our biggest strength is defense and goaltending.........Defense=Wins

 

[Biggest Canuck Fan]

I totally agree. Just put Kassian with the Sedins.

AV won't do that, and has said as much.

 

[Biggest Canuck Fan]

our biggest strength is defense and goaltending.........Defense=Wins

Problem is this team is not biog enough to play that way. They are smaller, and don't hit like larger D's do to wear down teams. This D is a finese move the puck D... so let's make them play Defense...

 

[luongo321]

garrisons beard will lead us through this tough time

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

We're gonna have to be a powerplay team until Kes/Booth return.

But how, our number one diver is injured.

 

[MajorCanuck]

But how, our number one diver is injured.

EMBELLISHER, get it right dammit.

 

[Crows*]

Our 2nd line right now is higgy lappy and Hansen

 

[craigcaulks*]

EMBELLISHER, get it right dammit.

"Penalty drawer".