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[GDT] December 12, 2021 Carolina Hurricanes (19-6-1) @ Vancouver Canucks (11-15-2) at 7:00 pm on SportsNet

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CANUCKS SET TO RIDE WAVE OF CHANGE
SURFING THROUGH THEIR TUNNEL OF PREVIOUS PITFALLS
COMING OUT THE OTHER SIDE
ON TOP OF THE HURRICANES
THAT JUST PETERED OUT TRYING TO GET OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
 
These Canes are ripe for th' pick'n.
 
Long road trip, 3 games in 4 nights, hopefully overconfident (after beating our divisional rivals, thank you very much).
 
They are not ready for These Nux who are renewed, and refusing to lose to anyone; they see the Light at the end of the tunnel and are racing towards that Light.
 
Like Bruce Lee tasting his own blood, this team has tasted success, and will stop at nothing to Drink From The Cup!
 
News from the future:
 
Cap Bo caps an Aho!
 
Petey breaks KK's ankles (and eats them raw, because, as we all know by now, revenge is best eaten cold).
 
Miller buries a hatful of those 96 mph slappers to lead the team to Victory in Vancouver with 3 goals and 1 assist.
 
Gar takes bait and beats some big goof to a slobbering mess, draws the penalty, and comes out of the box to score the sickest goal ever.
 
Pod has new-found love for this team, continues his fine play, and is rewarded with 2 apples and a ripper top corner.
 
 
'Nuff of that, here're the lineups (even if dated):
The GOOD:
Last update: December 10, 2021 @ 1:35 PM

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The BAD:
Last update: December 11, 2021 @ 2:29 PM

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IR : Injured Reserve list
 
DTD : Day-to-Day
 
OUT : Out
 
Here's the early morning action talk from Vegas, if interested:

NHL Odds, Preview, Prediction: Hurricanes vs. Canucks (Dec. 12)

 
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Hurricanes vs. Canucks Odds

Hurricanes Odds -130
Canucks Odds +110
Over/Under 5.5
Time 10 p.m. ET
TV ESPN+
Odds via DraftKings. Get up-to-the-minute NHL Odds here.

The Vancouver Canucks continue their home stand Sunday night as they play host to a strong Carolina Hurricanes group, looking to move their record to 4-0 under new head coach Bruce Boudreau.

Carolina will skate Saturday night in Edmonton with the chance to move back into first place atop the Metropolitan Division. It will therefore be grinding through a third game in four nights in Vancouver, almost certainly skating with backup goaltender Antti Raanta in.

Can Vancouver take advantage of a favorable scheduling spot against an elite Hurricanes group here?

 

Canucks Continue Strong Play Under Boudreau

The addition of Bruce Boudreau has paid immediate dividends for the Canucks, and the energy around the team seems to be growing with each outing so far this week.

Their 3-0 record has come with some good luck, as the Bruins and Jets shootout wins certainly could’ve gone either way, and a 50.16 xGF% over the three wins also comments towards the closeness of the games.

But you can certainly feel that the team expects to win right now. The Canucks are playing with an aggressive mentality, looking to take the play to the opposition, compared to the attitude at the end of Travis Green’s tenure which clearly had the feel that the team was always playing simply not to lose.

A 2.70 xGF/60 and 2.69 xGA/60 over that small sample indicates that as expected, the team is playing a more up-tempo style than we saw under Green.

The talent is there upfront, even though several key pieces like Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser have notably underperformed so far this season. I believe Vasily Podkolzin and Nils Hoglander both still figure to be strong offensive forces in the NHL sooner rather than later.

However, to expect several of those skilled forwards to continue to show better under Boudreau, who is well known for his offensive attention to detail and ability to squeeze production from his stars, would be very reasonable, and I feel that all four players have shown notably better this week.

Thatcher Demko will likely be given a chance to continue his dominant run of play, and altogether this season he now holds a .915 save percentage and a +4.3 goals saved above expected (GSAx) rating.

Hurricanes In Tough Scheduling Spot

There isn’t a lot to go dig into with regards to the Carolina Hurricanes roster here, and much of my belief towards this game centers around the scheduling spot they will be in, playing short some key pieces on the back end.

Carolina is undoubtedly one of the league’s deeper lineups, holding a ton of depth on the backend and some serious scoring punch behind two of the league’s top talents in Sebastien Aho and Andrei Svechnikov.

The Hurricanes currently sit ranked ninth in goals for per game, but I believe the talent littered among this core will allow them to push towards an even greater output as the season rolls along. A top-ranked 3.44 xGF/60 over their last eight games suggests as such.

Backup Antti Raanta will draw the start here for Coach Rod Brind’Amour, and he has posted solid numbers with a .904 save percentage and a +1.4 GSAx rating across seven games this season.

 

Canucks vs. Hurricanes Pick

The Canucks’ data under former coach Travis Green is obviously significantly less relevant now, and I believe that under Boudreau we will see the Canucks continue to play more of an up-tempo style, allowing several of the club’s skilled forwards more of a chance to shine.

We should see a notable increase in Vancouver’s goals for per game rate as the season rolls along, and I think it has a better chance than it may normally have against Carolina to fill the cage here. The Canucks are catching the Canes without their star netminder in Frederik Andersen,  playing in a back-to-back situation and third contest in four nights, and without two excellent defenders in Brett Pesce and Tony DeAngelo.

Carolina is undoubtedly a more talented team altogether, but Vancouver could be catching it at a good time among its recent surge and in a great scheduling spot.

I think Vancouver mainly wins here only if it can post a strong offensive output, but I would be surprised to see the Canucks contain this Carolina team to a total below two. Therefore I am going to try an aggressive look for just half a unit, and I’ll play Vancouver’s moneyline parlayed with the total to go over 5.5.

Taking the over tonight will likely hold the most value, as I have consistently found lines do not move in anticipation of backup situations the night before, but we can safely bank on the Canes not riding Andersen for the third time in four nights here.

 
That's all I've got folks.
You pays your money and you takes your chances.
Please don't gamble; spend your money on Nux tickets, swag, etc., and show Frankie & Co we like what he's got goin' on.
GO CANUCKS GO!
(Now lets get this thing up and running.)
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Doesn't Get Any Hotter: With three points last night Aho has now recorded multiple points in five straight contests. In total during that stretch, he's got 12 points. He is the driving the Hurricanes offense right now and continues to impress night in and night out. On the year he now has 32 points in 26 games.

 

Raanta's Net: Yesterday morning Head Coach Rod Brind'Amour shared that he would be splitting his goaltenders this weekend and with Andersen starting last night against the Oilers, that means Antti Raanta has the green light this evening. The 32-year-old Finn has earned his team points in five of his six starts thus far this season.

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Canes are beatable as their road trip extends. IMHO they are the best coached team in the NHL. Rod the Bod had them play a more than solid game against the Oilers. The score flattered the Oilers. They pressured the Oilers throughout the game. Our old prospect Chatfield had a nice game. At 190 pounds he made some nice hits. Aho is a real threat. Their TOI was nicely spread so they will come to Van rested. 

 

Their beatable! 5th game in their road trip, 4 games in 6 nights I believe. More than that tho is that this game is about the Canucks. Boudreau has these players anxious to get to the arena. Success breeds success and eliminates tension. Time to have fun. That doesn't take away that the d-core is missing 2 top 4 d-men. Canes are built to pressure non stop so that is the challenge. All that aside, there are a number of Canuck players due for a big game. If Van scores first it just might be enough to set them off.  

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Jalen Chatfield another of Bennings picks looked good on defence for Carolina last night.

Hopefully the Oilers tired that team out a bit. But I don't think so. Canucks better be ready tonight.

Bring some energy and will to win.

Why did JB sit back and watch all his great players get waived without doing anything.

 

It was FA who fired Green not JB.

 

Maybe JB wasn't the drafting guru many thought because if he truly stood behind his draft picks he wouldn't let his coach toss them aside without recourse.

 

I'd say the longer this goes on the more credit i give to the scouting staff, not JB entirely.

 

Greens problems were JBs problems. Sh** rolls downhill and he did nothing to stop it.

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