[GDT/PGT] San Jose 0 vs. Vancouver 1 | Pre-season | Sep. 21, 2015 | 7:30 PM PDT

[-Vintage Canuck-]

2015 KRAFT HOCKEYVILLE PRE-SEASON | GAME 1
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
7:30 PM PDT • 10:30 PM EDT

LIVE ON: SPORTSNET ONE, TSN 1040

"The Q Centre" at COLWOOD, BC

Projected Lineup:

San Jose:

Hertl - Tierney - Wingels
Nieto - Smith - Goodrow
Goldobin - Carpenter - Meier
Sadowy - Lerg - Brown

Dillon - Tennyson
Mueller - DeMelo
Young - Roy

Grosenick

Dell

Vancouver:

Baertschi - Sutter - Vrbata

Higgins - Horvat - Hansen

Gaunce - Cracknell - Grenier

Kurtz - Jones - Jensen

Edler - Tanev

Bartkowski - Sbisa

Hutton - Biega

Markstrom

Bachman

[SynysterGates]

Hope to see some of the kids play. Go canucks go!

[jdatb]

Hope to see some vets play. Go Canucks!

[The Bookie]

#subbanhattrick

[Ossi Vaananen]

Line up: (per Jon Abbott)

Baertschi - Sutter - Vrbata

Higgins - Horvat - Hansen

Gaunce - Cracknell -Grenier

Kurtz - Jones - Jensen

Sbisa - Bartkowski

Hutton - Biega

Edler - Tanev

Bachman

Markstrom

[73 Percent]

Hope to see some canucks play. Go canucks go!

[Ossi Vaananen]

Expect the goaltenders to split time. Interesting that we get to see the 1st and 3rd pairings as well as the 2nd and 3rd lines right off the bat. I assume for the tuesday game, that means our other first rounders in Shinkaruk, Virtanen and McCann get a shot, with the Twins likely playing.

[sarjakd]

Line up: (per Jon Abbott)

Baertschi - Sutter - Vrbata

Higgins - Horvat - Hansen

Gaunce - Cracknell -Grenier

Kurtz - Jones - Jensen

Sbisa - Bartkowski

Hutton - Biega

Edler - Tanev

Bachman

Markstrom

Loving the look of the 1st line. The D don't look too bad either. Can't wait for puck drop. 3-2 Vancouver

[JoGuitar]

Should be interesting. Jensen's stock has clearly dropped.

[The Bookie]

Line up: (per Jon Abbott)

oh dang - #nosubbanhattrick !

I know it's just the first game of pre-season but looking at that, it really drives home how far out on the fringes of a future with the Canucks Jensen is floating by now

[sonoman]

Game is in North Saanich, not Colwood

[Ossi Vaananen]

SJ sitting Marleau and Thornton tonight. Couture, Burns and Jones all skated though.

[Sean Monahan]

Where the hell is Colwood?

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Game is in North Saanich, not Colwood

North Saanich and its local rink, Panorama Recreation Centre Arena B, was Kraft Hockeyville’s official winner, but the game itself will be played at the Q Centre which is in Colwood.

[coryberg]

#subbanhattrick

#fromthepressbox

[Harvey Specter]

HOCKEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYY IS BACKKKKK (despite it being of the pre-season variety...)

On a more serious note, I like the composition of tonight's roster, blending the rookies and veterans to try and create some chemistry for those on the bubble to perhaps make the big club.

Go Canucks Go!

[sonoman]

North Saanich and its local rink, Panorama Recreation Centre Arena B, was Kraft Hockeyvilles official winner, but the game itself will be played at the Q Centre which is in Colwood.

That's bloody confusing

[-Vintage Canuck-]

That's bloody confusing

It's because the arena in North Saanich has a limited capacity of only 500, which is why they moved it to Colwood.

[JeremyCuddles]

Should be interesting. Jensen's stock has clearly dropped.

I don't think it can drop any more than it already has. So if he can change up his game to reflect a more 2 way game like Hansen or Higgins he can still have a good NHL career.

[Phil_314]

Should be interesting. Jensen's stock has clearly dropped.

No kidding. This season should be make-or-break for him, as he's R.F.A. next season and if the other kids keep passing him (Hunter, Jake, Grenier, Gaunce already have, to name a few) he could easily become trade bait or outright not get qualified. Read in an article that he's planning to change to play more two-way, and hope for the best for him.

Have to think Markstrom feels the pressure to keep developing into NHL caliber as well.