CANUCKS ARMY GDT# 24 – CANUCKS VS. DUCKS
By Always90four
7 years ago
The Canucks are back in action against the rival Ducks. Old friends Ryan Kesler and Kevin Bieksa return to Rogers Arena with their fowl folk and just in time too, the Canucks are red hot and looking for their next victims.
With injuries up and down the roster, Vancouver should be doing a lot worse than they are; the opposite is true. Goals are coming from everyone, and the fans are happy? Rebuilds, who knew?
BROADCAST INFO
TV: SN360
RADIO: TSN 1040
PUCK DROP: 7:00 PM
LINE COMBOS
Chris Tanev is practicing again, and word on the street is he looks fine, just time to get back into game shape. Jannik Hansen is also practicing again so how long until he’s back? How weird is it that when these guys come back, there are roster questions. When Tanev and Alex Edler come back, what do they do with the rest of the defence? At least they can make it until the New year before this has to be answered.
Ryan Miller is rested and should start.
Vancouver Canucks lines courtesy of Dailyfaceoff.com:
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Daniel Sedin |  Henrik Sedin |  Brandon Sutter |
 Markus Granlund |  Michael Chaput |  Loui Eriksson |
 Sven Baertschi |  Bo Horvat |  Alexandre Burrows |
 Jack Skille |  Brendan Gaunce |  Jayson Megna |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Luca Sbisa |  Troy Stecher |
 Ben Hutton |  Erik Gudbranson |
 Nikita Tryamkin |  Philip Larsen |
Aside from Kevin Bieksa being beyond awful this season, no real notes.
John Gibson should be startings, and he’s been hot lately.
Anaheim Ducks lines courtesy of Dailyfaceoff.com:
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Rickard Rakell |  Ryan Getzlaf |  Corey Perry |
 Andrew Cogliano |  Ryan Kesler |  Jakob Silfverberg |
 Nick Ritchie |  Antoine Vermette |  Ondrej Kase |
 Logan Shaw |  Ryan Garbutt |  Jared Boll |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Cam Fowler |  Sami Vatanen |
 Hampus Lindholm |  Josh Manson |
 Korbinian Holzer |  Kevin Bieksa |
GAME NOTES, STATS AND OTHER INTERESTING INFO
- Bo Horvat continues to lead the Canucks in points, now with 16 on the campaign. Every game, he shows one more layer of what he is becoming. Soon enough, we’ll hate him because he is too good. Not really fair when you cheer for the Canucks is it?
- The Ducks PP is clicking at 22.4%, but the Canucks are 5th overall in PK at 85.7%; a battle of the special teams might end up being a dud, so 5v5 will most likely decide this one.
- Another area both teams are LIT, as the kids say, is the face-off circle. First and seventh respectively, the Ducks and Canucks are great at starting with the puck. Every battle will be earned tonight.
- We currently live in a world where Luca Sbisa and Troy Stecher are tied for points on the Canucks. They both have five currently, and there’s a chance they could show off against this Duck team. I don’t think Kesler has seen the Stecher move yet so Troy could feast tonight.
- Alex Burrows is reborn! With points in four of his last five games, he has found that second wind and it could keep his career going as long as Bo Horvat wants him there. Everyone was thinking buyout in the offseason but here we are, and it’s awesome to see a guy who has worked so hard, get back to a place where it’s all paying off again.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
It probably should be cell phones, but you get the point.
MY TAKE
I obviously have no clue what the Canucks are doing this year and just when you think they’re completely incapable of playing 60 minutes, they put together a two-game winning streak and get contributions from almost everyone on the team. Can I say they’ll challenge for a playoff spot again?
Maybe I’ll flop back by Christmas.
WILL ‘LAST NAME’ BEAT OUT BRANDON SUTTER IN THE POINTS RACE?
Tough to say this early in the season but a two-goal performance on six shots will have Sutter looking over his shoulder and might even challenge for that top winger role with the Sedins.
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