CANUCKS ARMY GDT# 41 – CANUCKS VS. FLAMES
By Always90four
7 years agoThe red-hot Calgary Flames come back to Vancouver to battle the Canucks in what we can only imagine will be a test of supreme strength and skill. Calgary, having won four of their last five games including the pre-Christmas drubbing, take on a Canucks team who themselves are white hot by winning their last five straight games.
With the Blue Jackets losing last night, the Canucks now have the longest win streak in the NHL. Like any of us were surprised.
Bring on the Flames!
BROADCAST INFO
TV: SNET-P
RADIO: TSN 1040
PUCK DROP: 7:00 PM
LINE COMBOS
The Jayson Megna anti-fan club has voiced its opinion that someone who has more goals, or rather any, with the Sedins should be on that line. I nominate Loui Eriksson, but they still don’t listen to me. Sven Baertschi and Bo Horvat may never be broken up so let’s just move them to the top group and add Loui.
With the back to back this weekend, I would guess Ryan Miller gets the nod tonight and Jacob Markstrom goes tomorrow. If I’m wrong, it doesn’t really matter… two great goalies are backing up the Canucks right now.
Vancouver Canucks lines courtesy of Dailyfaceoff.com:
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Daniel Sedin |  Henrik Sedin |  Jayson Megna |
 Loui Eriksson |  Brandon Sutter |  Markus Granlund |
 Sven Baertschi |  Bo Horvat |  Anton Rodin |
 Brendan Gaunce |  Michael Chaput |  Jack Skille |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Alexander Edler |  Troy Stecher |
 Luca Sbisa |  Chris Tanev |
 Ben Hutton |  Nikita Tryamkin |
Troy Brouwer will not be in the lineup as he still has a broken finger. Pretty much the same lineup the Flames iced against the Avalanche.
Brian Elliott most likely is their starter.
Calgary Flames lines courtesy of Dailyfaceoff.com:
| LW | C | RW |
|---|---|---|
 Johnny Gaudreau |  Sean Monahan |  Alex Chiasson |
 Matthew Tkachuk |  Mikael Backlund |  Michael Frolik |
 Kris Versteeg |  Sam Bennett |  Micheal Ferland |
 Lance Bouma |  Matt Stajan |  Freddie Hamilton |
| Defensive Pairings | |
|---|---|
 Mark Giordano |  Dougie Hamilton |
 T.J. Brodie |  Dennis Wideman |
 Tyler Wotherspoon |  Deryk Engelland |
GAME NOTES, STATS AND OTHER INTERESTING INFO
- Baertschi cannot be stopped. Four goals and two assists in his last 5 leads the Canucks… WAIT A SECOND; he’s tied with Bo Horvat! Is there a hotter duo right now? I haven’t looked, but I’m going to say no. As a 3rd line, they are fooling the opposition because the Sedins seem to keep getting the — let’s stop this. Baertschi and Horvat are otherworldly right now, and it definitely continues tonight.
- Eriksson has 2 PPG in that same time frame, and it is yet another reminder that a goal scorer, hear me out, can score goals when given an opportunity. I feel like we have said this before.
- While we’re talking about this little streak the team is on, it should be noted Miller has 4 of those wins, a .955 SA% and a minute 1.23 GAA. To add to all his heroics, he also shutout the Coyotes last game and has an assist. Old man Miller keeping it 100 lately and Willie Desjardins loves it!
- Even though he breaks a crap tonne of sticks, Alex Edler is keeping the puck away from the net. He is tied for 11th in the NHL for all defencemen (12th overall for all players) with 2.3 blocked shots per game. His presence is invaluable and tagging him as a warrior would be an understatement. The Canucks are just better when he’s on the ice.
- Winning six games would not be entirely new territory for the Canucks; they’ve done it ten times in their history. The rare air is at eight games where they’ve only achieved that twice and obviously the ten gamer which stands above the rest. Regardless, it’s passed the 1st overall pick territory so just enjoy the run.
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
So DJ Nieto would be fine, but Ty Rattie is a no? I can’t figure this team out.
MY TAKE
Lately, the script has written itself for this Canucks team. All of the future stars are putting in the hard work and getting some pretty impressive results. It would be nice to see the Sedins own Calgary tonight and see Henrik get to 1000 points.
I very much dislike the Flames and seeing a player like Matthew Tkachuk play so well for them when, you know, he could have been a Canuck, really hurts. Hopefully, the Canucks remember the poor performance the last time these two teams played.
CANUCKS KEEP IT GOING?
Yes, yes they do.
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