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Been a crazy rollercoaster ride for Canuck fans the past few weeks, saw some things to be excited about and other things not so much.

Which team will show up tonight?

https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/dal-vs-v ... 2025020328

Since this is my first game thread in a long time, hopefully I did this all correctly?

Good for you 2…. What channel?

4-3 nucks

Canucks projected lineup

Evander Kane -- Elias Pettersson -- Kiefer Sherwood
Brock Boeser -- David Kampf -- Conor Garland
Jake DeBrusk -- Aatu Raty -- Drew O'Connor
Mackenzie MacEachern -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tyler Myers
Elias Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Kevin Lankinen
Jiri Patera

Scratched: Arshdeep Bains, P.O Joseph, Lukas Reichel
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Nils Hoglander (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

stars projected lineup

Sam Steel -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mikko Rantanen
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Tyler Seguin
Oskar Back -- Justin Hyrckowian -- Maverick Bourque
Jamie Benn -- Radek Faksa -- Colin Blackwell

Esa Lindell -- Miro Heiskanen
Lian Bichsel -- Alexander Petrovic
Vladislav Kolyachonok -- Kyle Capobianco

Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith

Scratched: Nathan Bastian
Injured: Adam Erne (lower body), Matt Duchene (upper body), Nils Lundkvist (lower body), Ilya Lyubushkin (undisclosed)

Status report

Duchene remains day to day and will not be in the lineup Thursday; the center, who has not played since Oct. 18, is with the Stars on their four-game road trip and skating. ... Lyubushkin is day to day; the defenseman is not on the trip after missing a 3-2 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on Tuesday. ... Garland returns after missing one game because of a “tweak” in a 6-2 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday. ... Blueger, a forward who has been out since Oct. 19, had a setback in his recovery and remains week to week, but did skate in a non-contact jersey Thursday.

Y'know, on paper, our D corp doesn't actually look that bad... when healthy.

If the Captain misses any significant time though, different story.

Certainly nothing close to the dumpster fire D we've seen in this town over the years.

It really makes a difference to make good picks that can develop quickly enough to play regularly in the NHL, even if it's starting out in the bottom-pairing with solid vets protecting them.

rats19 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:05 pm Good for you 2…. What channel?

4-3 nucks

SNP

Carl Yagro wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:29 pm Y'know, on paper, our D corp doesn't actually look that bad... when healthy.

I think we can say Willander is a surprise. We all thought he'd be cooking in Abby but he's been quietly impressing. I can't see him getting sent down for any reason.

On the other hand, Reichel's days seem numbered.

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:50 pm

Carl Yagro wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:29 pm Y'know, on paper, our D corp doesn't actually look that bad... when healthy.

I think we can say Willander is a surprise. We all thought he'd be cooking in Abby but he's been quietly impressing. I can't see him getting sent down for any reason.

Draft year +2, 11th overall draft pick.

Yes, it usually does take longer for defensemen to transition to the NHL, but I wonder whether the Canucks' general level of success over the past half century hasn't depressed our expectations. Dmitriy Simashev (5 spots higher) is taking regular shifts for the Mammoths, and Sandin-Pellikka (6 spots lower) is taking regular shifts for the Red Wings.

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:50 pm I think we can say Willander is a surprise. We all thought he'd be cooking in Abby but he's been quietly impressing. I can't see him getting sent down for any reason.

On the other hand, Reichel's days seem numbered.

Yes and no for me.

It's not a surprise that he is as his pre-draft scouting report suggest... an elite-skating, well-rounded modern dman, unlike his more gifted offensive, but less-defensive countryman the Pelican. His game is exactly as I had hoped.

It's a surprise that he didn't marinate very long in Abby as you suggest. Perhaps it's because he's impressed the staff so much, they couldn't not (double negative!) fast-track him. I also can't see him being sent down.

(DO NOT TRADE HIM, FA!)

Yeah, it very well could be the end of the Third Reichel for the second time in history. But this won't stop me from making this joke for a thousand years.

5thhorseman wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:50 pm

Carl Yagro wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:29 pm Y'know, on paper, our D corp doesn't actually look that bad... when healthy.

I think we can say Willander is a surprise. We all thought he'd be cooking in Abby but he's been quietly impressing. I can't see him getting sent down for any reason.

On the other hand, Reichel's days seem numbered.

I concur.... definately thought he'd need a year in Abby

Cornuck wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 3:12 pm Scratched: Arshdeep Bains, P.O Joseph, Lukas Reichel

Wonder if we put L.Reichel on waivers if our forward group gets healthy again.

I personally don't think Willander should be in Van yet. I see him needing seasoning playing 20+ a night against lesser opposition to develop properly. I don't see his game as quite ready yet

Cousin Strawberry wrote: ↑Thu Nov 20, 2025 5:52 pm I personally don't think Willander should be in Van yet. I see him needing seasoning playing 20+ a night against lesser opposition to develop properly. I don't see his game as quite ready yet

We could definitely see a regression after the honeymoon period, but right now i'd say he's holding his own.

Myers is sucking Billy this season. He can’t kill penalties and should e traded while he still has perceived value around the league. Why was Myers inside the net on the first goal.

Not your typical Karlssonn goal.

Lanky went five hole on himself