Canucks Army Preseason Game Day 7 – Canucks Vs. Senators (Again!)
By Always90four
4 years agoTHE INTRO
Hopefully, the Senators took note of what they did wrong against the Canucks because the same team is about to face them for the second time in three nights. Tonight at Rogers Arena, the Canucks will host the Senators yet again with a few extra faces. Travis Green will try and shore up his power-play groupings to get ready for the regular season and Tyler Myers will have to be less charitable.
Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser looked good last game as did Captain Bo. Looking at those three smile on the ice is contagious and you know the rest of the team wants in on that kind of fun.
Sadly, Chris Tierney destroyed sweet, sweet Brock
Let’s Do This!™
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The Canucks
The big news, Brock Boeser’s preseason is essentially done. If it was based on saving his talent that would be one thing but yet again, the Canucks get jobbed and now Boeser sits in concussion protocol. Oscar Fantenberg is also getting the darkroom treatment. Of all teams, the Canucks know too well that peoples lives are beginning to hang in the balance.
The NHL needs to figure this out.
Thatcher Demko should start.
The Senators
There are no updates to lineups for the Sens. Chris Tierney might get the night off.
GAME NOTES AND A STAT OR TWO
- I’ve tried to leave Elias Pettersson off of this for as long as possible kind of like how no one wanted to talk about the Mitch Marner contract anymore but alas, the holdout is over. Pettersson scored four points last game is two points off of the league-lead in the preseason. It means literally nothing but it just shows how quickly he can turn up the stats and what he means to the Canucks.
- The league-leader believe it or not, is Alexander Edler. He plays for the Vancouver Canucks as well. He has one goal and six assists, four of which are on the power play. It’s bizarro world in Canucks land right now and you need to soak up every ounce of it. Wait, four PPA? Remember when he didn’t pass, remember when he exclusively drop-passed to gain entry?
- Even though the Canucks are buried in the Corsis this preseason, Josh Leivo has feasted on every shift. He leads all Canucks in shots with 13 and is three behind Anders Lee for tops in the bigs. He might have something to prove this season, possibly on the third line with Jake Virtanen and possibly Adam Gaudette/Brandon Sutter.
- Let’s keep the good news coming: the power play which was a baron wasteland a season ago, has also seen a rebuild and has scored seven goals in six games this fall. With two units fully capable of scoring, as well as the option to diversify talent over two lines instead of forcing every decent option into one, has resulted in… wait for it… goals. These are all real stats that are verified. Just incredible!
- Micheal Ferland has been out for a bit from the flu but it sounds like he’s ready to go tonight. Vancouver could use some grit, they forgot how to enforce the fallen.
#CANUCKSTWITTER
First of all, who cares?
Second, why is this even a thing?
MY 94 CENTS
It’s a shame Quinn Hughes didn’t play on Tuesday. The power play was able to set up but the flow just wasn’t 100% there. The stars were stars and hey, Jordie Benn scored on a breakaway. Tonight, I would expect the Canucks will try and tidy up the man advantage, they had a few opportunities but they gave up a ton of shots after they had the lead. Same old Canucks hockey.
No Brock, No Fantenburg but Ferland may play.
I expect Eriksson and Virtanen to have a big game.
The Canucks will be exciting this season, they’ll score their fair share of goals, and hey, they might even make the playoffs but giving your opponent chance after chance to come back isn’t a recipe for success.
AND ONE MORE THING…
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