CANUCKS ARMY GDT #71 – CANUCKS VS. KINGS

9 years ago

Here’s the thing: I HATE THE KINGS. I always have and always will. Their fairweather fans when things aren’t going well could be worse than Vancouver’s. They’re just a bunch of wheel spinning, vowel buying, come on down price tag wearing, spray tan housewives of Beverly Hills fakes. You’ve been called out. Since the 2012 season though, beating the Kings isn’t exactly easy and then there’s those two rings. Man I hate them.

The season series is all LA; three wins against the Canucks and Vancouver has been slaughtered 12-3 on the score sheet. The game on March 9th was so fun most of us left the house. So going into today’s game, Vancouver needs to dig deep to somehow manage two points and it won’t be easy; not to mention, the Canucks will be without Zack Kassian and Brad Richardson.

BROADCAST INFO

Puck Drop: 1 PM Pacific *EARLY START ALERT*

TV: SNET Pacific

Radio: TSN 1040

LINEUPS

LW	C	RW
Daniel Sedin	Henrik Sedin	Alexandre Burrows
Shawn Matthias	Nick Bonino	Radim Vrbata
Chris Higgins	Linden Vey	Derek Dorsett
Ronalds Kenins	Bo Horvat	Jannik Hansen

Defensive Pairings
Alexander Edler	Chris Tanev
Dan Hamhuis	Yannick Weber
Luca Sbisa	Kevin Bieksa

Once again, Zack Kassian is out (back) as well as Brad Richardson (ankle) which means the Latvian Locomotive Ronalds Kenins keeps his spot. Eddie Lack gets the start unless there is a late change.

LW	C	RW
Marian Gaborik	Anze Kopitar	Trevor Lewis
Dwight King	Jeff Carter	Tyler Toffoli
Dustin Brown	Nick Shore	Justin Williams
Kyle Clifford	Andy Andreoff	Jordan Nolan

Defensive Pairings
Robyn Regehr	Drew Doughty
Jake Muzzin	Matt Greene
Brayden McNabb	Andrej Sekera

Alec Martinez will be back in the lineup after suffering concussion like symptoms since February. Jonathan Quick will be between the pipes for LA….unless Kenins does something about it.

HEAD TO HEAD

REASONS YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS GAME

Regardless of the fact the Kings have smoked the Canucks for a few years now, this is an important game. If the Canucks want to see LA out of the playoffs they need to beat these Hollywood chumps.
With the “convenient” injuries to Kassian, Richardson and Burrows, Ronalds Kenins seems to magically stay in the lineup when he is the odd man out. Is he “fixing” things to guarantee himself a spot every night? Who knows. Keep your eye on this as it develops.

The Columbus game was a stinky mess and its best we all forget about it ASAP. The bright spot is super rookie Bo Horvat once again scored a beauty and raised his goal total to 12. It’s a shame he hasn’t been trusted with better producing line mates but his line is definitely the straw stirring the drink for some time now.
Beating the Kings is quite gratifying and a win in LA not only helps the Canucks playoff hopes, it pushes the Flames and Kings further away. I can’t state this enough, these are a HUGE 2 points!
There isn’t much time to enjoy the beautiful landscape, the beautiful people and some fun shopping spots, but the Sedins managed to put the final touches on their remake of a classic film.
You may see a important star in the crowd like Pat Sajak, Tom Cruise, Pierce Brosnan or even Kevin Costner!

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

MY TAKE

The Canucks can’t keep letting games like this get away from them. Two teams that are pretty equal, it’s time to show why they are ahead in the standings and why the Kings don’t need to be playing for ANOTHER Cup. Canucks have been OK in the really early games so I’m saying 3-2 Canucks.