CANUCKS ARMY GDT# 14 – CANUCKS @ RANGERS
By Always90four
7 years agoLiquor Depot. Best Selection. Best Prices.
Photo Credit: Adam Hunger – USA TODAY Sports
The Canucks look to end their losing ways short of the double-digit mark. The last time they reached that painful milestone was in the Tom Renney era. I’d practically forgotten that was a thing.
Losers of the nine straight, the Canucks take their injured, downtrodden squad to Madison Square Gardens for a tilt with the New York Rangers. The Rangers, meanwhile, are taking the league by storm with their human wave offensive attack.
It’s always a fun game at MSG and the Canucks have played some beauties in this building. Hopefully, there’s another one in store.
BROADCAST INFO
TV: SNET-P
RADIO: TSN 1040
PUCK DROP: 4:00PM
LINE COMBOS
Henrik and Daniel Sedin are back with Loui Eriksson which is Willie Desjardins’ way of saying “I’m sorry everyone”. There’s a chance he does score finally and on such a stage too! Michael Chaput is still here wearing the 4-5 and it ain’t to play games with you.
Jacob Markstrom is your goalie for tonight, ensuring ourselves an ALL Swedish goaltending matchup.
Vancouver Canucks lines courtesy of Dailyfaceoff.com:
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Daniel Sedin |  Henrik Sedin |  Loui Eriksson |
 Markus Granlund |  Brandon Sutter |  Sven Baertschi |
 Alexandre Burrows |  Bo Horvat |  Jake Virtanen |
 Michael Chaput |  Brendan Gaunce |  Derek Dorsett |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Alexander Edler |  Nikita Tryamkin |
 Erik Gudbranson |  Ben Hutton |
 Luca Sbisa |  Philip Larsen |
Hey look, Jimmy Vesey is on the top line of the New York Rangers! Pretty impressive stuff. Should have been long time ago Canuck, Rick Nash, is also on said top line. Michael Grabner is somehow on the Rangers and also not on the Canucks. This is discouraging.
Henrik Lundqvist is a good goaltender and the Rangers agree, so he’ll play the Canucks tonight.
New York Rangers lines courtesy of Dailyfaceoff.com:
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Jimmy Vesey |  Derek Stepan |  Rick Nash |
 Chris Kreider |  Mika Zibanejad |  Mats Zuccarello |
 Michael Grabner |  Kevin Hayes |  J.T. Miller |
 Pavel Buchnevich |  Brandon Pirri |  Jesper Fast |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Ryan McDonagh |  Dan Girardi |
 Marc Staal |  Nick Holden |
 Brady Skjei |  Kevin Klein |
GAME NOTES, STATS AND OTHER INFO
- Somehow, Troy Stecher and Jake Virtanen were healthy scratched against the Islanders. Maybe we’ll be fed a line about limiting ice time and off-day workouts, blah, blah, blah. We all know this season is going to be trying most of the time. These kids need to play. Work on line chemistry, maybe even focus every line on getting Loui Eriksson the puck so he can score?
- Here’s a stat that is pretty scary, like Donald Trump might be the President scary:
- Jim Benning is running the Canucks like Donald Trump thinks he’ll be President (notice a trend here): Trump thinks the polls favor him, Benning thinks the Canucks are in good shape. Basically, they’re both wrong.
- Are we on Willie Watch day 6 or day 7? I’m open for debate.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
Even Dan Murphy has essentially checked out. It’s November. To be fair, those hallways have to be confusing, he may as well been by the Skoda car.
MY TAKE
The goals seem to be coming again which is great so the more important things can be focused on now like, you know, wins. Putting a lineup together of a few overpaid nobodies along with a few goalless somebodies and Troy Stecher, disaster is the new norm. Me I gotta plug “Read Canucks Army every day,” if Benning paying Sbisa… we’re all paying for it unfortunately. No rhyme there.
MORAL VICTORY OF THE NIGHT
Not just a moral victory but an ACTUAL victory. That is what is going to happen. You heard it here first! I promise, I haven’t gone mad.
Recent articles from Always90four
