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Canucks Army Game Day: Micheal Ferland returns in Team Blue Vs. Team White
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Always90four
Jul 19, 2020, 15:00 EDTUpdated: Jul 19, 2020, 14:59 EDT
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The Vancouver Canucks are indeed preparing for meaningful hockey in just over a week’s time against the Winnipeg Jets in the run down Rogers Place building. Before that, the Canucks are fitting in some scrimmages to get the ol’ legs working and to find out if Jake Virtanen needs more motivation or if Loui Eriksson is still the first guy off the ice.
Tonight, Blue vs. White will take place again and there just might be some goals we can talk about.
Let’s Do This™
TV / RADIO / PUCK DROP
Farhan Lalji’s Twitter feed/SN 650 Instagram Live/7 PM
Why the Canucks aren’t streaming these things is beyond me. They could stream Fin walking around the concourse and we’d be satisfied. GIVE US SOMETHING!!!!
WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME?
LINEUPS
Micheal Ferland confirmed today that he will be making his return to the lineup. He has been skating and working out, but the test for Ferland will be how he reacts to contact and seeing bodies whizzing about out there on the ice.
The duo of Elias Pettersson/Tyler Graovac has me salivating. Imagine THAT is the combo that shreds the Wild in the Play-in round? The mind just explodes. Here are the lines the Canucks skated with at practice yesterday:
SCRIMMAGE NOTES
  • JT Miller is ready to dominate this post-season. He hasn’t thrilled on the score sheet quite yet but his crawl game is next level.
  • Jacob Markstrom is 0-3 so far and everyone’s MVP isn’t having it right now. If he can’t win against his own teammates, some of whom won’t even get a sniff in the playoffs, how can we rely on him to win a series? Trading Markstrom seems like the only option.
  • No fans in the stands make for a slightly less muffled on-ice mic. Expect a few expletives to be dropped in regular earshot. For the record, swearing is bad and you shouldn’t do it. Shane Doan doesn’t swear and he’s an amazing human being.
  • Seeing Olli Juolevi in a game situation in whatever capacity is a great sign we can still hold out hope for the young guy. I’m not done with Juolevi yet and I hope the Canucks aren’t either. These next 6 months are going to be monumental in the direction this team heads regarding the back end. Vancouver needs to find ways to grow with the flat cap and not regress. The possibility of Jack Rathbone, Brogan Rafferty, or Olli Juolevi earning a spot helps the keep things afloat. Not exactly a Cup contending back end but it’s something.
  • Bo Horvat practiced excellent social-distancing last game as he put one by Markstrom via the one-on-one also known as a breakaway. Expect more of that Captain-type behaviour this time around.
WHAT’S RYAN UP TO LATELY?
I’m still pissed that my Canucks/Coyotes game day thread never made it to the publish stage but I’m at peace with that now. I’ve been pretty low key but the PP1 Podcast has kept me busy (subscribe, listen, rate, review) so Canucks are still front of mind. I finished my basement (thanks for asking) and I fixed a sprinkler head the other day.
MY 94 CENTS
I think whatever team Kole Lind is on today is the team that wins. I don’t know if they’ll switch jerseys half way but I’ll stick with that as my answer. I’d like to see the goaltenders make more of an effort to keep the score 1-0 but they’ve been off as long as us so for these first few scrimmages, I’ll give them a pass.
Let’s just have injury-free hockey.
THE FINAL WORD
Brock Boeser goes H.A.M tonight and scores one bar-down.
Not a glamourous final note but it’s something.
Give me a break, I’m rusty too!

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