Pre-Game Talk: GM 1 | Vancouver Canucks vs. Calgary Flames | Wednesday, October 9 | 7:00PM PST | SPAC

[Slapshot_11]

Have a feeling the teams gonna trip over themselves to start the season

4-1 flames

 

[TruGr1t]

That Hoglander-Raty-Garland unit is obviously just a placeholder until Joshua is back (assuming they even ice it), but I would bet it would become a match-up issue for the Canucks sooner rather than later, I don't think that line will do well against tough match-ups as the regular season pace picks up.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Bro has a way with words

You have her eyes.

 

[LordBacon]

You have her eyes.

You had me at ooga booga.

 

[LemonSauceD]

You had me at ooga booga.

Yabba dabba doo.

My sprinkler goes like thisstststststststststststststststst and comes back like ttttttttttttte

 

[Baby Pettersson]

Have a feeling the teams gonna trip over themselves to start the season

4-1 flames

I missed you.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I’ve been married for 14 years and it keeps getting better.

I’ve been married 16 years, and with my better half for 20 this November. I spent the first 20 years of my life trying to get to her as fast as I possibly could, and it just keeps getting better.

 

[logan5]

Tocchet will have this team at 100% intensity right from game 1, and the Flames are a bottom 5 team, so I predict a bit of a blowout - 5-0

 

[Phrasing]

I’ve been married 16 years, and with my better half for 20 this November. I spent the first 20 years of my life trying to get to her as fast as I possibly could, and it just keeps getting better.

I know the feeling. I’ve known my wife my whole life. Her parents and my parents were best friends. We grew up together.

 

[AlainVigneaultsGum]

I’ve been married 16 years, and with my better half for 20 this November. I spent the first 20 years of my life trying to get to her as fast as I possibly could, and it just keeps getting better.

 

[sting101]

BROCK BOESER scores to make it 1-0 Vancouver

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

I keep thinking the game is tomorrow. Ack! Can’t wait. Got to Vancouver today.

 

[Wry n Ginger]

Hmmm....getting married and looking forward to past seasons of Canucks hockey feel very much the same to me now that I look back on the history of disappointment, anger and heartbreak.

Yay marriage...

 

[sting101]

Have a feeling the teams gonna trip over themselves to start the season

4-1 flames

Will hurt with the game being in Edmonton and the way they shit the bed last year to start to get beat by the lowly Flames on Sunday. Agree though team looks old as F. Probably trip over Corey Perry's walker.

 

[VanJack]

Seems like so long since the Canuck faithful have been looking forward to a season as much as this one.

It's been exactly two years and 10 months since Jim Benning walked the plank and they cleaned house. Sometimes you have to pinch yourself to believe it's the same franchise.

They head into this season with a Norris Trophy threat on defense; two legit 100 point centers; and serious depth at virtually every position. Even the temporary loss of their Vezine-quality goalie, they're able to take in stride.

They've got one of the most efficient payrolls in the league.....and I'm having trouble thinking of single guy who's 'overpaid' relative to their production. And for the first time in years, the Canucks are operating close to $500,000 below the salary cap without using LTIR. So they'll be able to add another big contract at the TDL.

So bring it on!