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

[Regress2TheMeme]

What a luxury to be able to run a star like Huberdeau on your third line. Flames must be more stacked than I thought!

 

[Jerry the great]

Raty over Bains:
-not sent in stone
-lots of paper stuff
-Bains had a good camp and could come back up; is vying for a position
-won't play tomorrow but could be in Friday

Friedman:
-just numbers
-had a really good camp

Garland:
-hasn't talked to him but had a good practice

Hoglander:
-big part of the team
-was the fittest guy coming into camp
-hockey IQ has definitely gone up
-knows where to go in the neutral zone now
-would put stress on the defence when he would make a bad read

DeBrusk on the PP:
-he's a goal scorer and that will make teams collapse towards the middle which opens up more shots for Pettersson and Hughes
-have to use other options
-adds speed on the break-ins and retrievals

Svejkovsky:
-sat with him a lot this summer and a lot of their philosophies were the same
-he has to help Svejkovsky with the players' mindset and how the players need to be connected
-need to learn how to score off chaos
-were not good at attacking when a team was vulnerable
-the guys love Svejkovsky

Sprong:
-doesn't want Sprong to think so much
-needs to understand who he is on that line and where he needs to go
-DeBrusk-Pettersson-Sprong has three shooters but they need to play different roles such as someone occasionally being the net front presence; share responsibility and Sprong has to learn how to share
-has done a nice job applying the lessons so far

Heinen:
-speed and forechecking will help his line
-Miller can play more aggressively knowing that Heinen is there
-can tell he came from Boston; high hockey IQ
-if you have a good hockey IQ you'll be successful on that line

Opening Night:
-can be over-glorified
-was worried about today and having a good practice

Canucks:
-excited about the depth and internal competition
-the new guys and young guys have really fit in well
-has liked the pace and work ethic

Aggression:
-thinks they will be a more aggressive team
-working on when to take advantage of vulnerable teams
-didn't take advantage of odd-man rushes last season
-working with players on when are the good times to push and pull back
-going to take some time to learn

PP2:
-big thing going into the summer was strengthening the 2nd unit
-likes Hoglander around the net and as a retrieval guy; not a half-wall guy; buzzsaw around the net

Joshua:
-will be skating soon but not sure the exact timeline
-will be on the road trip
-is in a good frame of mind

Hurricanes on the East Coast:
-John Cooper texted Tocchet and told him they are having a tough time
-doesn't know what the weather means for the Canucks road trip

I noticed you haven't added a tab on your excel doc which tracks cumulative deadline cap space accrued. it would be kind of cool to see it as a live clock that changes in real time, like the one used to track government debt......

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Damn, Calgary. Eight defensemen? Little excessive don't you think? No need to worry, we'll take Weeger or Andersson off your hands.

 

[Vector]

I noticed you haven't added a tab on your excel doc which tracks cumulative deadline cap space accrued. it would be kind of cool to see it as a live clock that changes in real time, like the one used to track government debt......

Oh god…I thought of that and might be something I start working on when I get finished updating the main rosters. The thing is Puckpedia has the up to date cap numbers and I’m not good at math. I am interested into attempting it.

 

[Bertuzzzi44]

Updated Lines from practice..

Heinen – Miller – Boeser
DeBrusk – Pettersson – Sprong
Höglander – Suter – Garland
Aman – Blueger – Sherwood
Räty

Hughes – Hronek
Soucy – Myers
Forbort – Desharnais

PP1:
Boeser
Miller – DeBrusk – Pettersson
Hughes

PP2:
Höglander
Sprong – Heinen – Garland
Hronek

 

[Sexy Necksy Garland]

Win this to start off the season the right way against a very beatable team. Basically a must win game (sic)

kinna curious to see where this goes after a couple of em

 

[Vector]

Win this to start off the season the right way against a very beatable team. Basically a must win game (sic)

This is an extremely niche joke and I am grateful for it.

 

[Vector]

 

[Jerry the great]

Oh god…I thought of that and might be something I start working on when I get finished updating the main rosters. The thing is Puckpedia has the up to date cap numbers and I’m not good at math. I am interested into attempting it.

Haha that’s great for us!

 

[Sexy Necksy Garland]

This is an extremely niche joke and I am grateful for it.

Ok so wtf did I miss then

 

[kanucks25]

Was in favor of starting Raty with Aman as the extra but I'm sure he'll get in soon.

I'm personally not looking too much into the line combos; I imagine they will be shuffled quite a bit over the season due to both injury and having so many interchangeable pieces.

As of now the only duos set in stone are Miller - Boeser and Garland - Joshua and the latter isn't even available for a month. It'll be interesting to see how everything shakes out overtime.

 

[Sexy Necksy Garland]

Oh god…I thought of that and might be something I start working on when I get finished updating the main rosters. The thing is Puckpedia has the up to date cap numbers and I’m not good at math. I am interested into attempting it.

We(I'm aware of the level of work share here) will call it "The Accruculator". Or maybe we will just call you that.

 

[Vector]

We(I'm aware of the level of work share here) will call it "The Accruculator". Or maybe we will just call you that.

I…I really like that name.

 

[Vector]

Ok so wtf did I miss then

A certain poster wrote “back (sic)” and I was so confused. I still don’t know what they meant.

 

[Takeya]

agreed. benning before that last hail mary left more positives than negatives.

i think in the end oel was the price we had to paiy to get rid of aquaman's meddling, not benning.

for now, anyway.


reason number eleven billon why i am glad that elon doesn't let you surf twitter without an account.

benning was terrible, the terrible contracts signed and passing on tkachuk for juolevi even tho he always says he takes the best player available to letting tanev and markstrom walk for free and they get traded at deadlines way older now for 1st rounders.
always trying to band aid the team with old players with terrible contracts.
the only good draft pick he reached to pick early was pettersson.

 

[ProviesGhost]

Thankfully Embrace the Hard never really took off.

 

[Regress2TheMeme]

Thankfully Embrace the Hard never really took off.

Need to get some t-shirts made.

 

[bobbyb2009]

Arguably better to play with Blueger and Garland than Pettersson sometimes...


I wanna be on your pp, too.

At first I was just grossed out by you but now you are making me laugh LOL Thanks

 

[Coffees]

@VanJack reveal what that means

 

[Reverend Mayhem]

I’ve got tickets to this one with my boys. Can’t wait!

You and your family enjoy!

 

[Orca Smash]

I am.just not a big suter guy and Rick seems to love him.

Would rather see blueger center the 3rd line and suter on the 4th.