Popular Post OldFaithfulCap Posted January 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) Media TV: Sportsnet Pacific Radio: Sportsnet 650 Overview It's the time of the season where we all need some music to keep going. "Big tank wheels keep on turning", "Tank roll on..." and "Would you like to tank for Bedard- it doesn't have to be for Bedard" are various variations of songs in my head in present. Wednesday was a fine small tribute to Gino and the unveiling of the new skate but otherwise the Canucks are "still the same moving game to game".The Bedard Bowl games have been favourable to the Canucks of late, so while a win is welcome, we are just 2 points out of 5. With no practice yesterday we await the lines in the morning skate. We may see dermott back, or even Stillman. In net Colin Dellia is starting to show more consistency than Martin, and let in less goals, so he may be the starter tonight. Kuzmenko scored last game and hopefully we will see him reunited with Mik and Pettey. Quinn Hughes also continued to rack up goals, and may be able to hit double-figures at this rate. For the Avs, they are hungry for the Wildcard spot. Makar sat out the Flames win with injury and is questionable for tonight and they still have some other key players out. Despite this they defeated Calgary last game and will look to defeat Vancouver for the first time this season. Players to watch are Rantanen (3 goals against Van so far this season) and Lehkonen has 5 goals in his last 3 games and has yet to score against the Canucks. Nathan MacKinnon is also 3 points back of 700 career points as well so yet another potential milestone to worry about. We will see Georgiev in net even though they play the Kraken tomorrow night. We can hope for a good game tonight, win or lose, "On days like these, You've got to find it in some other way It's all or nothing". (Bonus nothing points if you can name all the songs) MATCH-UP INFO (canucks.com) Tonight marks the third and final meeting between the Canucks and Avalanche this season: Nov. 23 (4-3 W @ COL), Jan. 5 (4-2 W vs COL) and Jan. 20 (home). The Canucks are 40-31-11-1 against Colorado, including a 24-12-6-0 record at home. Vancouver is 6-2-2 in their last 10 games against the Avalanche (3-2-0 in their last five). Among active Canucks skaters, Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team in both career points with 24 (8-16-24) and games played (42) against Colorado. Elias Pettersson has 12 career points (2-10-12) in 10 games played against the Avalanche. Brock Boeser has 12 career points (6-6-12) in 12 games played against the Avalanche. J.T. Miller has 13 career points (5-8-13) in 16 games played against the Avalanche. Spencer Martin is 1-0-0 with a .917 save percentage and a 3.00 goals against average in one career game against Colorado earlier this season. Collin Delia is 3-2-0 with a .916 SV% and a 2.81 GAA in five career games against Colorado. QUICK NUMBERS Both Martin and Delia have a win over the Avs this season Last 5 games - Miller (2g, 3a), Hughes( 3g, 6a), Horvat (1g, 4a), Garland (2g, 1a), Boeser (2g,2a), Pettersson (1g,4a), Kuzmenko (1g, 3a), Elias Pettersson has 18 points (5-13-18) in his last 13 games. Bo Horvat has 18 points (8-10-18) in his last 12 games and is on a nine-game point streak to tie the season high (joining J.T. Miller and Brock Boeser). J.T. Miller has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last eight games. Quinn Hughes has nine points (3-6-9) in his last five games. Andrei Kuzmenko has 10 points (4-6-10) in his last 11 games. Brock Boeser has nine points (4-5-9) in his last 11 games. Avs stats (avs site) Center Nathan MacKinnon is the team's active leader in career points against the Canucks, with 23 (8G/15A) in 22 games played. 1 assist in 2 games against the Canucks this season. Forward Mikko Rantanen is second with 22 (11G/11A) in 14 contests. He has scored 3 goals against the Canucks this season. Mikko Rantanen scored two goals in the team's win over Calgary to reach 31 tallies this season. Reaching 30 goals in his 43rd game, Rantanen is the fastest player in Avalanche history to reach the 30-goal mark in a season. The previous record was held by Joe Sakic, who scored 30 goals in 44 contests in 1995-96. Erik Johnson played in his 900th NHL game on Wednesday, becoming the 29th American-born defenseman in NHL history to appear in 900 regular-season contests Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon will join teammate Cale Makar on Central Division All-star roster Stats Lineups CANUCKS New Skate jersey night! Avs (projected) PREVIOUS 2022-23 MATCHUPS TANK FOR BEDARD BOWL STANDINGS Friday night - Sens@Pens - go Sens Saturday night - Ducks@Sabres - Go Ducks, Sharks@BJs - OT win for Sharks please, Coyotes@Stars - Go Coyotes, Blackhawks@Blues - Go Blackhawks, Leafs@habs - go habs, Jets@sens - go sens, Flyers@Red Wings - Go OT Edited January 20, 2023 by OldFaithfulCap stats 3 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Alflives Posted January 20, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2023 Bo needs to drop the mitts with Mackinnon early. Have cookie breath on the opening draw. That will get Mac to drop ‘em. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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48MPHSlapShot Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 We should be going full tank, and we're up against the cup champs. That means we'll probably win. Canucks gonna Canuck. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rychicken Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 32 minutes ago, Alflives said: Bo needs to drop the mitts with Mackinnon early. Have cookie breath on the opening draw. That will get Mac to drop ‘em. this is more likely 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 3 minutes ago, Muttley said: ******************************************* ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((()))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) Beat them the last time, let's do the same again. Granny and Pearl. Great show! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Harold Drunken Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) Hot take: Anyone actually cheering for us to win is short sighted. For those who disagree, answer me this: What does us winning a few more games and still missing the playoffs achieve? Edited January 20, 2023 by Harold Drunken 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, Harold Drunken said: Hot take: Anyone actually cheering for us to win is short sighted. For those who disagree, answer me this: What does us winning a few more games and still missing the playoffs achieve? Padding player stats so we can trade them for more picks and prospects? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Drunken Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 3 hours ago, OldFaithfulCap said: Media TV: Sportsnet Pacific Radio: Sportsnet 650 Overview It's the time of the season where we all need some music to keep going. "Big tank wheels keep on turning", "Tank roll on..." and "Would you like to tank for Bedard- it doesn't have to be for Bedard" are various variations of songs in my head in present. Wednesday was a fine small tribute to Gino and the unveiling of the new skate but otherwise the Canucks are "still the same moving game to game".The Bedard Bowl games have been favourable to the Canucks of late, so while a win is welcome, we are just 2 points out of 5. With no practice yesterday we await the lines in the morning skate. We may see dermott back, or even Stillman. In net Colin Dellia is starting to show more consistency than Martin, and let in less goals, so he may be the starter tonight. Kuzmenko scored last game and hopefully we will see him reunited with Mik and Pettey. Quinn Hughes also continued to rack up goals, and may be able to hit double-figures at this rate. For the Avs, they are hungry for the Wildcard spot. Makar sat out the Flames win with injury and is questionable for tonight and they still have some other key players out. Despite this they defeated Calgary last game and will look to defeat Vancouver for the first time this season. Players to watch are Rantanen (3 goals against Van so far this season) and Lehkonen has 5 goals in his last 3 games and has yet to score against the Canucks. Nathan MacKinnon is also 3 points back of 700 career points as well so yet another potential milestone to worry about. We may see Francouz in net with Georgiev saved for the Kraken who the Avs play tomorrow night. We can hope for a good game tonight, win or lose, "On days like these, You've got to find it in some other way It's all or nothing". (Bonus nothing points if you can name all the songs) Canucks stats Both Martin and Delia have a win over the Avs this season Last 5 games - Miller (2g, 3a), Hughes( 3g, 6a), Horvat (1g, 4a), Garland (2g, 1a), Boeser (2g,2a), Pettersson (1g,4a), Kuzmenko (1g, 3a), Avs stats Center Nathan MacKinnon is the team's active leader in career points against the Canucks, with 23 (8G/15A) in 22 games played. 1 assist in 2 games against the Canucks this season. Forward Mikko Rantanen is second with 22 (11G/11A) in 14 contests. He has scored 3 goals against the Canucks this season. Mikko Rantanen scored two goals in the team's win over Calgary to reach 31 tallies this season. Reaching 30 goals in his 43rd game, Rantanen is the fastest player in Avalanche history to reach the 30-goal mark in a season. The previous record was held by Joe Sakic, who scored 30 goals in 44 contests in 1995-96. Erik Johnson played in his 900th NHL game on Wednesday, becoming the 29th American-born defenseman in NHL history to appear in 900 regular-season contests Mikko Rantanen and Nathan MacKinnon will join teammate Cale Makar on Central Division All-star roster Stats Lineups CANUCKS (tbd) Avs (tbd) PREVIOUS 2022-23 MATCHUPS TANK FOR BEDARD BOWL STANDINGS Friday night - Sens@Pens - go Sens Saturday night - Ducks@Sabres - Go Ducks, Sharks@BJs - OT win for Sharks please, Coyotes@Stars - Go Coyotes, Blackhawks@Blues - Go Blackhawks, Leafs@habs - go habs, Jets@sens - go sens, Flyers@Red Wings - Go OT We are still too high in the standings for my liking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Drunken Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Padding player stats so we can trade them for more picks and prospects? That can only happen between now and the deadline, and that can still be done by losing lol. Boeser can get super hot and we can still lose, and likely will. We still have AHL goaltending and a bad defense, so I'm all for tradeable players getting hot, but winning more games still does nothing. Edited January 20, 2023 by Harold Drunken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook007 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Harold Drunken said: Hot take: Anyone actually cheering for us to win is short sighted. For those who disagree, answer me this: What does us winning a few more games and still missing the playoffs achieve? The same as during the previous 8 years except the covid run........ nada. Edited January 20, 2023 by spook007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 4 minutes ago, Harold Drunken said: That can only happen between now and the deadline, and that can still be done by losing lol. Boeser can get super hot and we can still lose, and likely will. We still have AHL goaltending and a bad defense, so I'm all for tradeable players getting hot, but winning more games still does nothing. I'm just looking at the bright side. The more goals and points players get the more likely might pull off a win. The winning is the negative side effect. Professional hockey players don't want to lose (Maybe some just care about that money). At this point wins don't help, but it's unrealistic to think we're going to lose 38 games in a row, any more than we will win 38 games in a row. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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