GDT: GM 68 | Vancouver Canucks vs. Winnipeg Jets | Tue, Mar 18 | 7:00PM PST | SPAC

[Mr. Canucklehead]

WHEN: Tuesday, March 18th, 7:00PM PST
WHERE: Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC
TV: Sportsnet Pacific
RADIO: Sportsnet 650

Vancouver Canucks' Line-Up:

Hoglander - Pettersson - DeBrusk
Joshua - Suter - Garland
Boeser - Blueger - Sherwood
O'Connor - Aman - Lekkerimaki

Hughes - Hronek
M. Pettersson - Myers
Forbort - Mancini

Lankinen

Winnipeg Jets' Line-Up:

Connor - Scheifle - Vilardi
Ehlers - Namestnikov - Perfetti
Niederreiter - Lowry - Appleton
Tanev - Barron - Iaffolo

Morrisey - Demelo
Samberg - Schenn
Fleury - Miller

Hellebuyck
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[SeawaterOnIce]

Objective: Take at least 20 shots.

 

[Bgav]

Our round one opponent

 

[wonton15]

Save-On Foods million dollar score and win challenge: if any Canucks player scores (1) goal, you can win 1 MILLION DOLLARS!

 

[TruGr1t]

This should go well:

 

[Vector]

Maybe Hellebuyck will have a bad game?

 

[DFAC]

So who are we looking to draft at 16?

 

[NoShowWilly]

Ra-oh

 

[StreetHawk]

This should go well:

Canucks and Rogers Arena has never been an amazing home ice advantage outside of the peak of the Gillis/Twins era.
Not sure on the reason as the team controls the arena so can setup their home dates however they wish. Have seen this season a few 1 off road games in the middle of a homestand which is puzzling to see. Like that Calgary game on B2B after hosting Montreal to break up a 6 game homestand into 2 separate 3 game stints.

 

[TruGr1t]

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Objective: Take at least 20 shots.

I think we need to set a more realistic objective. Maybe taking 10?

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Can't believe they f***ing dropped that last game, which means this is now a must win. I see about a 2% chance of that happening.

Is Kyle Connor playing? At least 2 goals guaranteed, he's the biggest Canuck Killer in the entire league aside from McDrai.

 

[valkynax]

6-1 WPG. 2-0 after 1st period, 3-1 after 2nd period, 6-1 after 3rd period with 1 EN.

 

[Michael Dal Swolle]

Maybe I'm an idiot but I think I start Silovs for this one.

That STL matchup on Thursday could very well decide whether we make the playoffs. That's 3 games in 5 nights for Lankinen if he starts it. Frankly, there's a pretty good chance we score 1 or 0 goals against WPG and our goaltending quality doesn't really matter anyway.

Also, I think Silovs' best performances were against EDM in the playoffs last year and I wonder if there's any chance he performs better against competition that scares him a bit. He's looked pretty unfocused in his matchups against bottom feeders this year.

 

[SeawaterOnIce]

6-1 WPG. 2-0 after 1st period, 3-1 after 2nd period, 6-1 after 3rd period with 1 EN.

Why the hell are we pulling the goalie down 5-1

 

[DFAC]

5-2 Jets - season is cooked.

 

[ExarKun80]

Expecting us to get smoked but somehow we will manage to win while getting shelled.

 

[valkynax]

Why the hell are we pulling the goalie down 5-1

Yes.

 

[Flik]

Jets can pretty much put us out of our misery with a regulation win eh?

 

[Nick Lang]

Why the hell are we pulling the goalie down 5-1

We're going to play the whole game with an EN to even up the shots on net.

S T R A T E G Y

This the type of game we win lol

 

[Vector]

 

[TruGr1t]

Jets can pretty much put us out of our misery with a regulation win eh?

They sort of lost it last night against Utah. Even if they somehow pull off a major upset, they've got a killers' row of opponents coming up ... Jets (x2), Vegas (x2), Avs, Stars, Rangers, Blues etc. In fact, given St. Louis' relative strength of schedule, they were probably fair underdogs to make it even before last night.

 

[Canuckle1970]

Oh boy, we get the Jets before we leave town, and we get them on the way back to town.

Chytil wasn't cooking it on the scoreboard, but he was a center that created diversions on the ice for the opposition. Now Petey is getting all the attention and that means not much time and space. Maybe Raty or Sasson should be on the road trip?

 

[ProviesGhost]

Maybe the Jets rest half the team for Canadian Unity?

 

[Grip it N RYP it]

Namestnikov as 2C
Iafallo on the 4th line
Schenn on 2nd pair
Mike Comrie in goal... Interesting roster, man.