PeteyBoeser Posted Tuesday at 04:57 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 04:57 AM 1 hour ago, CanucksJay said: Who were our regulars (guys that have for sure made the team) that were playing tonight? Sherwood, Sprong, Hogz, Suter? Anyone else? Who were our regs on defense? Desharnais? Juulsen? And a bunch of Ahlers and bubble guys trying to become the 13F and 7D lol Way to eek out a win oilers. Almost like we eked out a win vs AHL Flames in Abbotsford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-19 Posted Tuesday at 05:01 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:01 AM 27 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said: My crack at the opening night roster DeBrusk - Petey - Sprong Hogs - Miller - Boeser Suter - Raty - Garland Heinen - Aman - Sherwood Karlsson Hughes - Hronek Soucy - Myers Wolanin - Desharnais Friedman - Juulsen Laikanen Silovs IR: Joshua, Bluger, Demko Feels like I've missed someone Forbort, you missed him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelicHearts Posted Tuesday at 05:04 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:04 AM Oof, that overtime was painful to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Shackleford Posted Tuesday at 05:06 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:06 AM 4 minutes ago, AK-19 said: Forbort, you missed him. I don't feel like he's out played Friedman or Juulsen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted Tuesday at 05:13 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:13 AM 7 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said: I don't feel like he's out played Friedman or Juulsen. I agree. Expected more from him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-19 Posted Tuesday at 05:20 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:20 AM 13 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said: I don't feel like he's out played Friedman or Juulsen. Sure but both those guys are RHD. The next best LHD is Wolanin. Forbot hasn't played great but I'm not prepared to say he's worse than Wolanin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted Tuesday at 05:25 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:25 AM 3 minutes ago, AK-19 said: Sure but both those guys are RHD. The next best LHD is Wolanin. Forbot hasn't played great but I'm not prepared to say he's worse than Wolanin. I agree you can see Wolanin has good positioning but his size is an issue as the other team knows that and just keeps the puck at a distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted Tuesday at 05:25 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:25 AM (edited) 5 minutes ago, AK-19 said: Sure but both those guys are RHD. The next best LHD is Wolanin. Forbot hasn't played great but I'm not prepared to say he's worse than Wolanin. Forbort is a good pker. That will always give him the edge. Edited Tuesday at 05:25 AM by DeNiro 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted Tuesday at 05:27 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:27 AM 21 minutes ago, AngelicHearts said: Oof, that overtime was painful to watch. Meh. Looked like a lot of nervous rookies who weren’t sure what to do. Honestly Sprong should have ended it. He had a wide open net but waited too long. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Shackleford Posted Tuesday at 05:37 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:37 AM 12 minutes ago, AK-19 said: Sure but both those guys are RHD. The next best LHD is Wolanin. Forbot hasn't played great but I'm not prepared to say he's worse than Wolanin. I think the bottom pair balances out as (no particular order rank of pairs) Wolanin - Desharnais Forbort - Friedman/Juulsen Big defensive guys paired with puck movers. Odds are they'll all get playing time as we usually go through at least 8 dmen a season. The best part is that D.Petey and Kudryavtsev don't look far off and we have Willander too. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckpuckluck1 Posted Tuesday at 05:42 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:42 AM 1 hour ago, gwarrior said: I see the Oilers released Mike Hoffman from his PTO. So they are down an asshole. Who will fill that void? Maybe thats why he was let go....the Oilers quota is full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman1964 Posted Tuesday at 05:45 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:45 AM Think we did pretty good considering they had their 2 best guys in the line-up, and they couldn't beat us in regulation or OT even.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stierlitz Posted Tuesday at 05:51 AM Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 05:51 AM 13 minutes ago, Rusty Shackleford said: The best part is that D.Petey and Kudryavtsev don't look far off and we have Willander too. 2 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GrammaInTheTub Posted Tuesday at 05:51 AM Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 05:51 AM I missed the game but I saw the lines ups iced by both teams and the final score - are people here still finding shit to complain about? 6 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted Tuesday at 05:57 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:57 AM 4 minutes ago, GrammaInTheTub said: I missed the game but I saw the lines ups iced by both teams and the final score - are people here still finding shit to complain about? Not at all. The concensus seems to be that JR/PA have assembled some really impressive depth behind the 10 or so stalwarts on the team. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-23 Posted Tuesday at 05:59 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:59 AM Kudryavtsev had a good game, been really impressed with his game. A lot of good from the left defensive side. Mynio Pettersson Kudryavtsev 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stierlitz Posted Tuesday at 06:04 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:04 AM 4 minutes ago, J-23 said: Kudryavtsev had a good game, been really impressed with his game. A lot of good from the left defensive side. Mynio Pettersson Kudryavtsev Kudryavtsev is pretty good on right side too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrammaInTheTub Posted Tuesday at 06:07 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 06:07 AM 9 minutes ago, Googlie said: Not at all. The concensus seems to be that JR/PA have assembled some really impressive depth behind the 10 or so stalwarts on the team. Thank goodness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JamesB Posted Tuesday at 06:59 AM Popular Post Share Posted Tuesday at 06:59 AM (edited) A lot of good comments from many posters. Here is my take on the game. 1. Definitely in "moral victory" territory. The Oilers put a very good team on the ice, including McDavid, Drais, and their #1 goalie. The Canucks did not have a top 4 D-man or likely top 6 forward (although Sprong has a shot). And the game was pretty even. 2. The most important thing by far is the play of Lankinen. He had a save percentage of 0.923. The expected goals against was 2.54 so allowing 2 actual goals puts him in plus territory. The first goal was a close-in chance by Perry who got all alone in front with time to make a move. The second goal was borderline goalie interference. And he made a lot of good saves. By far the biggest question mark right now is in goal and Lankinen could be an important part of the story until Demmer comes back. 3. As for the other guys, a few things fell into place but there are still a lot of questions. In the falling into place category is Sprong. He had an excellent game, including a nice play on Bains' goal AND solid defensive play. In the advanced stats he had the best expected goal percentage on the team. And he looked good by the eye test. Not sure where he plays on opening night, but it would not surprise me to see him in the top 6. 4. Before tonight I was on the Raty bandwagon, putting him ahead of Aman. Tonight, Raty was ok but looked a little off and had poor advanced stats. Aman was very good, including being the only Canuck with a positive face-off percentage. And he led the team in Corsi-for percentage, and looked good on the ice. It is not like he creates a lot of offence but he gives up very little defensively. In over 10 minutes of 5-on-5 play his expected goals against were 0.03, which is very low for a guy putting in a fair amount of time against McDavid and Draisaitl. Sasson also had a good night. Tocchet has a tough call to make. 5. Bains and Wolanin had good games. I am sure they are still headed back to Abby but both guys set the stage to get an injury call-up at some point. Kudryavtsev will likely go back to junior, but he made a positive statement. 6. On a side-note, Podkolzin has a good statistical night, but he was playing with McDavid. He plays hard, contributes to the physical game, and plays solid defence. And his skating has improved. But he still has a "hands of stone" problem and does not have a high hockey IQ. Bottom line: Tonight's game was a big win from the developmental point of view. Now we need to see a good performance from the core players on Friday. Edited Tuesday at 06:10 PM by JamesB 5 2 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted Tuesday at 07:05 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:05 AM Raty will be sent to Abby. No way we are going to risk waiving Aman. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolboarder Posted Tuesday at 07:28 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:28 AM This game showed us a lot. We do have a depth feeling like that we do not need to break the bank for next off-season plans plenty of AHL players looking good and is ready to crack the line-up. If this was any other year with lack of depth and they played like this tonight with full of Oilers line-up, they'd making the team this year but we have too much depth which is a good thing. We'd still have a good team in AHL making noise. It is a good problem to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolboarder Posted Tuesday at 07:30 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 07:30 AM 23 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said: Raty will be sent to Abby. No way we are going to risk waiving Aman. I think that Aman will be traded away for some return this season. The sooner Raty is with the team, the better he will be. Raty is looking a lot better than Aman in term of raw talent and skill. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted Tuesday at 08:02 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:02 AM 29 minutes ago, coolboarder said: I think that Aman will be traded away for some return this season. The sooner Raty is with the team, the better he will be. Raty is looking a lot better than Aman in term of raw talent and skill. I doubt we trade Aman. He is a great 13th forward who can play centre or wing, good on faceoffs and can kill penalties. Raty can still use a bit of time in Abby so he can play centre full time. Last year he was playing mostly wing. He would be first call up for injuries and will take Suter’s place in the lineup next year. That’s how I see it… 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4ZZY Posted Tuesday at 08:47 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:47 AM 1 hour ago, JamesB said: Kudryavtsev will likely go back to junior He's 20 years old. I thought maybe he might go to Abby. Isn't Junior a step back for him? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4ZZY Posted Tuesday at 08:48 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 08:48 AM 1 hour ago, Elias Pettersson said: Raty will be sent to Abby. No way we are going to risk waiving Aman. I agree with this. I think Lekkerimäki will also go to Abby as well. Both of them are close, and I can see both get call ups this year at some point. Räty looks like he's really close, but not quite there yet. Maybe half a season in Abby, and he's up here later this year for good? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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