Come For The Banter - Stay For The Disappointment
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10 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, CITY, SN, CBC
This is almost it. Four more chances for the Nucks to win another game this season. Possible?
Sure. Probable? Not so much.
Since Footey is still determined to win and jump the shark, perhaps Canucks win one more time for a coach that has done so much for this team.
A record-matching, heart-breaking season. Thanks, Footey.
This win-at-all costs Footework puts Joseph back in the line up... although there's rumours of an AHL call up.
Good times. For not much longer.
Game Day Chatter
Tonight will be Kevin Lankinen's 90th start since joining the #Canucks last season. Here is how the starts have been divided for Vancouver over the last two years: Lankinen- 89 (90th tonight) Demko- 43 Tolopilo- 18 Šilovs- 9 Patera- 1
— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 11, 2026 at 1:32 PM
#Canucks last week for EP40 to get a winning goal, this season. Seems like a distant dream for his last, bend it like Elias slapshot.
— JDavid (@jdavidh.bsky.social) April 11, 2026 at 9:21 AM
#Canucks Recall Defenceman Kirill Kudryavtsev From The AHL @thehockeynews.bsky.social thehockeynews.com/nhl/vancouve...
— The Hockey News Vancouver Canucks (@thncanucks.bsky.social) April 11, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Game Day Lineups
Canucks projected lineup
Drew O’Connor -- Elias Pettersson -- Jake DeBrusk
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Linus Karlsson
Curtis Douglas -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Elias Pettersson -- Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Nikita Tolopilo
Jiri Patera
Scratched: Ty Mueller, Victor Mancini
Injured: Kevin Lankinen (upper body), Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Sharks projected lineup
Collin Graf -- Macklin Celebrini -- Will Smith
William Eklund -- Alexander Wennberg -- Kiefer Sherwood
Igor Chernyshov -- Michael Misa -- Tyler Toffoli
Barclay Goodrow -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Adam Gaudette
Dmitry Orlov -- Vincent Desharnais
Shakir Mukhamadullin -- Mario Ferraro
Sam Dickinson -- Nick Leddy
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Pavol Regenda, Philipp Kurashev, John Klingberg, Ty Dellandrea
Injured: Ryan Reaves (upper body)
Status report
The Sharks held an optional morning skate. ... Chernyshov and Gaudette each will return after being a healthy scratch for a 6-1 loss at the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday. ... Forwards Dellandrea and Regenda will come out.
Game Day Battle Hymn
Almost summertime. The best Nucks season. So full of false hope and unfulfilled promise.
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, SNP
The Final Five. Going through the motions. The Footey career saving motions. Not the coach anyone wanted - except former captain what's-his-name - his lasting FU to Nucks fans. Foote is a terrible coach that deserves another chance. In NY or NJ or Minni or Philly, anywhere but here.
This game will be the last time the Nucks face Kopi. Until next week. We can only speculate, but seems the cruel and twisted NHL Schedulers wanted LA to scuffle their way back into the playoffs by beating the Nucks - only to be eliminated by the tOil for the eleventeenth time. Makes for great TV.
Going to be a few seasons before the Nucks scuffle into the 2nd season - the billionaire's profiteering series. While Franny took the fun out of the team, he's also taking the profit out. Seems fair. Except for how miserable it feels.
In a week or so we'll find out if Franny has the guts to account for his mistake in begging JR to run the team aground. Spoiler alert: He doesn't.
Next week or month, we can hope some or all of the management team / coaches are fired unceremoniously. Or ceremoniously with the GoT walk of shame down Davies. That'd be fine too.
Game Day Chatter
Too bad we can't scratch Footey for the final five...
Based on morning skate, it looks like the #Canucks will be scratching Ty Mueller for the second straight game.
— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 9, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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As Kent reminded us about the Canucks. It can always get worse.
What being a #Canucks fan is like
— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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Game Day Lineups
Canucks projected lineup
Drew O’Connor -- Elias Pettersson -- Jake DeBrusk
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Linus Karlsson
Curtis Douglas -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Elias Pettersson -- Victor Mancini
Nikita Tolopilo
Jiri Patera
Scratched: P.O. Joseph, Ty Mueller
Injured: Kevin Lankinen (upper body), Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Kings projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Quinton Byfield -- Alex Laferriere
Joel Armia -- Scott Laughton -- Jared Wright
Jeff Malott -- Samuel Helenius -- Taylor Ward
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin -- Cody Ceci
Anton Forsberg
Darcy Kuemper
Scratched: Mathieu Joseph, Jacob Moverare
Injured: Alex Turcotte (undisclosed), Andrei Kuzmenko (meniscus)
Status report
Lankinen traveled with the Canucks for the three-game California road trip but the goalie will miss his third straight game. … Byfield will play after missing practice Wednesday for maintenance.
Game Day Battle Hymn
Seven Days of Falling. That's all that's left of this failed season. A week today Nucks play their last game. Thankfully. Until then we can enjoy one of the best bass patterns in all of jazz. Well... not all... but still... we're in a rebuild. Gotta start at the bottom. Or even better... at the top.
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNP, SCRIPPS
If this was a 'normal' Nucks season and having been beaten by Vegas a week ago on the strip, the Nucks would be seeking some payback. Maybe they will tonight. Play the spoiler to keep the Knighties out of the playoffs. Or maybe they just want to collect their pay cheques and forget a most forgettable season.
Such a clusternuck of a season, we're looking forward to a clean sweep of management and coaching.... and yet... maybe Franny having heard about the joys of owning a cap floor team, doesn't want to pay for a coach to not coach. Although, he already did that this season.
While it will be good to see the young Nucks get more ice in the remaining games, we're looking forward to May 5th. When the Nucks, having locked up last place for the first time in franchise history, discover it's really lotto day in Florida.
We'll have a few months to ponder how the Canucks will screw up the hard-earned 3rd overall pick.
Oh well... soon enough this miserable season will be over and we can look forward to the misery of next season's battle of the basement. Exciting!
Game Day Chatter
Keep Footey? B-b-but haven't we lost enough?
Coaching hires don't always work out. Happens in every sport. Sometimes, it's best to move on, especially when the organization has a coach in the minors who is ready to be promoted. In the #Canucks case, keeping Foote means most likely losing Malhotra.
— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I swear to god if this happens after fucking around letting Tank Commander Foote drive off the cliff I will do something drastic #Canucks
— firstname lastname (@jc-roper.bsky.social) April 7, 2026 at 12:47 PM
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Our goal now is to get Vegas out of a playoff spot. #ATeamLikeThat #Canucks #IHoldGrudges 💙💚🏒🤓
— 🇨🇦Cathy Canucks(🇬🇱🇺🇦) (@cathyrd.bsky.social) April 7, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The Canucks are guaranteed last place unless Gary bettman decides to change the rules again, ala Roberto Luongo. In the meantime we await the nhl draft lottery on May 5th. #Canucks #Luongo
— 🇨🇦 🍁🇨🇦 Genes Is Grateful 🇨🇦 🍁🇨🇦 (@creativewaves.bsky.social) April 7, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Footey has broken Lanky and now it's time for Tolo to shine.
Game Day Lineups
Golden Knights projected lineup
Brett Howden -- Jack Eichel -- Pavel Dorofeyev
Ivan Barbashev -- Mitch Marner -- Mark Stone
Brandon Saad -- Tomas Hertl -- Colton Sissons
Cole Smith -- Nic Dowd -- Keegan Kolesar
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Jeremy Lauzon -- Ben Hutton
Carter Hart
Adin Hill
Scratched: Akira Schmid, Kaedan Korczak, Reilly Smith
Injured: Alexander Holtz (upper body), William Karlsson (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Drew O’Connor -- Elias Pettersson -- Jake DeBrusk
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Linus Karlsson
Curtis Douglas -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Victor Mancini
Nikita Tolopilo
Jiri Patera
Scratched: Ty Mueller, P.O. Joseph
Injured: Kevin Lankinen (upper body), Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status report
The Golden Knights held an optional morning skate but based on participation, it appears Reilly Smith, a forward, and Korczak, a defenseman, will come out for Hutton, who has been scratched 17 of the past 19 games, and Saad, who has been scratched for 13 games. ... Hart will make his third straight start since returning Apr. 2 from a lower-body injury that kept him out almost three months. … Lankinen is day to day after the goalie was a late scratch for a 7-4 loss to the Utah Mammoth on Saturday. … Kane is day to day; the forward played Saturday after missing the previous two games with an injury coach Adam Foote said he has been battling through for a couple of weeks; Hoglander will replace him in the lineup. ... Chytil, who has been out since being hit in the face by a shot during a Feb. 18 practice, could rejoin practice before the season ends, but Foote indicated the forward won’t play any games.
Game Day Battle Hymn
As this dreadful season winds down with sounds of our whines wavering in exhaustion... let's get symphonic!
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
7 p.m. ET; SNP, Utah16
Back home after the most successful road tour of the year. So much was accomplished.
Worst beat best. What a game that was. Maybe the only game we want to remember from this season of forgettable performances. Something to tell the grandkids... we watched the hapless Canucks score 8 goals. In a single game! And didn't give up 10.
Even better... Nucks have secured 32nd place. It wasn't easy, but that Footey coaching mojo has finally paid off. No other loser team in the league can claim the shame, the stench of last place. It's ours!
Young and old Nucks are free to win out all their remaining games. So many games. Or not enough games to ensure a couple more wins. Whatever.
This afternoon, the ROG will be filled with the wool of hockey, the tusks of leftover coyotes. Or something.
Record setting season! With still more records to smash into little fragments of our tears!
Game Day Chatter
Heading into tonight's game, the 2025-26 #Canucks are tied for the third lowest goal-differential in franchise history: 1984-85: -117 1972-73: -106 1971-72/2025-26: -94
— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 4, 2026 at 10:52 AM
More happy thoughts.
A Loss Saturday Night Would Ensure The 2025-26 #Canucks Secure A Franchise Record @thehockeynews.bsky.social thehockeynews.com/nhl/vancouve...
— The Hockey News Vancouver Canucks (@thncanucks.bsky.social) April 4, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Game Day Lineups
Mammoth projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Nick Schmaltz -- Lawson Crouse
Kailer Yamamoto -- Logan Cooley -- Dylan Guenther
JJ Peterka -- Michael Carcone -- Kevin Rooney
Alexander Kerfoot -- Kevin Stenlund -- Brandon Tanev
Mikhail Sergachev -- MacKenzie Weegar
Nate Schmidt -- John Marino
Ian Cole -- Sean Durzi
Karel Vejmelka
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Nick DeSimone
Injured: Barrett Hayton (upper body), Jack McBain (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Drew O’Connor -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Liam Ohgren -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson
Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Jake DeBrusk
Curtis Douglas -- Ty Mueller -- Aatu Raty
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Elias Pettersson – Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: Victor Mancini, Nils Hoglander
Injured: Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status report
Neither team was to hold a morning skate on Saturday. … McBain, a forward, left in the second period of a 6-2 win at the Seattle Kraken on Thursday and did not practice Friday, but coach Andre Tourigny did not have an update on his status. … Rooney was recalled from Tucson of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Vancouver did not practice Friday. Mancini, a defenseman who was scratched the past two games, could come into the lineup for Joseph or defenseman Elias Pettersson. Hoglander, a forward who also was a healthy scratch in a 5-2 loss at the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, could return in place of Raty or Mueller, who made his season debut at Minnesota.
Game Day Battle Hymn
We're waiting. Could be a long wait. Enjoy the process.
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
8 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, SNP
Wild and crazy game last night! Worst beats best 8-6 is the best part of the worst season. So far.
Today is a different kind of Wild game. Expect it a cold, calculated game from our former cold, calculated traitor D. And we just don't care.
Besides... we have cranial flat-spots to heal from last night. So much bouncing on the couch, smacking our skulls on the ceiling. The outcome of this game means nothing to us. Kind of.
We have already witnessed the greatness this team can attain. At least for one game a season. That's enough. Almost.
If the hungover, jet-lagged Nucks win again or if a Douglas Fir crushes a certain traitor, that'd be a nice bonus.
If the Nucks lose, they will math-o-magically secure 32nd place for the season. Win-win.
So much winning in such a short time. And so much not winning in a long time. Both can be true.
Game Day Chatter
Very funny, what was the real score? #Canucks 🥴
— TheDarkCanuck🇨🇦 (@bigherbs.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Meanwhile...stats are a funny thing too.
Points Per Game is always a funny stat to base a player's season on because there is a chance that both #Canucks center Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser could finish with a higher points per game this year compared to last year.
— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Game Day Lineups
Canucks projected lineup
Drew O’Connor -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Liam Ohgren -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson
Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Jake DeBrusk
Curtis Douglas -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Elias Pettersson -- P.O. Joseph
Nikita Tolopilo
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Victor Mancini, Ty Mueller
Injured: Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Vladimir Tarasenko -- Danila Yurov -- Bobby Brink
Yakov Trenin -- Michael McCarron -- Marcus Foligno
Quinn Hughes -- Brock Faber
Jonas Brodin -- Jared Spurgeon
Jake Middleton -- Zach Bogosian
Filip Gustavsson
Jesper Wallstedt
Scratched: Nick Foligno, Daemon Hunt, Hunter Haight, Robby Fabbri, Nico Sturm, Jeff Petry
Injured: None
Status report
The Canucks did not hold a morning skate; Tolopilo is expected to start after Lankinen made 24 saves in an 8-6 win at the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. … Mueller was called up from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on Wednesday but it’s not clear if the forward will play. ... Spurgeon returns after missing one game with an undisclosed injury. … Yurov goes into the lineup after being scratched the past two games and forward Nick Foligno comes out after playing 11 straight since joining the team after a March 6 trade from the Chicago Blackhawks. “He’s healthy, just a night off,” Wild coach John Hynes said. … Hughes will face Vancouver for the first time since he was acquired by Minnesota in a trade on Dec. 12.
Game Day Battle Hymn
Not much further to go - enjoy the ride.
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
8:30 p.m. ET; ALT, SN, TVAS
For weeks... months... we've had this game penciled penned-in as a scheduled loss. The best team in the league vs the worst one. Any questions?
Maybe. Perhaps having obliterated the Flams 9-2 in their previous game will have the Avs playing like the generous host. Maybe they need to lose a few games and avoid the Prez Trophy curse.
Let's pretend they intend to lose a scheduled win. Why not?
In other breaking Nucking news this morning, it was reported that Willie Desjardins will be replacing Alvin.
That and other shocking news!
Game Day Chatter
How's that for a header? 👀 #Canucks
— 🇨🇦 Trent Leith 🏳️🌈 (@trentleith.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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Meanwhile...
#Canucks Kevin Lankinen will start for the seventh time in the last eight games. He will have played in all eight games.
— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Appears having completed his historic moment in Nucks history, Kane ain't playing. Weird how that works.
Game Day Lineups
Canucks projected lineup
Drew O’Connor -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Liam Ohgren -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson
Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Jake DeBrusk
Curtis Douglas -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Elias Pettersson -- P.O Joseph
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: Victor Mancini
Injured: Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Martin Necas
Gabriel Landeskog -- Brock Nelson -- Valeri Nichushkin
Ross Colton -- Nazem Kadri -- Logan O’Connor
Parker Kelly -- Jack Drury -- Joel Kiviranta
Devon Toews -- Sam Malinski
Brett Kulak -- Josh Manson
Nick Blankenburg -- Brent Burns
Mackenzie Blackwood
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Zakhar Bardakov
Injured: Cale Makar (upper body), Nicolas Roy (upper body)
Status report
Kane will not play; Canucks coach Adam Foote said the plan is to manage the forward through the end of Vancouver's four-game road trip, at the Minnesota Wild on Thursday. ... Makar will "miss some time" after the defenseman left in the second period of a 9-2 win against the Calgary Flames on Monday, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said; the coach added the injury was "nothing serious" and Makar would not be shut down for the remainder of the regular season.
Game Day Battle Hymn
Nucks need to play at a higher level on higher ground.
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
10 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, SNP
The road to the end of the Canucks season has been full of bumps, potholes and worse, 2nd periods.
Lucky for us, win-now Vegas management has taken the heat off the Kane and Footey saga. Torts is back behind the bench. Not ours, luckily.
While we can fantasize about the Nucks picking 1st overall, does seem the NHL 'Surprise!' narrative will feature the Cats getting the 1st overall and returning the Cup to SoBeach next season. How exciting!
Meanwhile, we have to watch a Monday game in Vegas. Rogers rules. At least the game won't be spoiled by Amazon baseball commentary. The Footey-coached Nucks can spoil it enough on their own.
Maybe the best we can hope for is a bench brawl where Torts fights Footey. And wins. ;--)
Game Day Chatter
If only...
Okay, so I'm not normally a "fire the coach!" kinda guy, but the #Canucks have the opportunity to do the funniest thing right now... www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/...
— Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) March 29, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Bruce Cassidy the new #Canucks head coach?
— Ralph In The Ridge🇨🇦 (@ralphintheridge.bsky.social) March 29, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Meanwhile...
That Evander Kane's 1000th game is happening in Las Vegas is not the most subtle way for his biographer to put a button on his career. #Canucks
— Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) March 30, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Game Day Lineups
Canucks Projected Lines
Drew O’Connor -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Liam Ohgren -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson
Evander Kane -- Teddy Blueger -- Jake DeBrusk
Curtis Douglas -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Victor Mancini
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: Max Sasson, P.O Joseph
Injured: Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel – Mark Stone
Pavel Dorofeyev -- Brett Howden -- Mitch Marner
Reilly Smith -- Tomas Hertl -- Keegan Kolesar
Cole Smith – Nic Dowd -- Colton Sissons
Brayden McNabb- Shea Theodore
Noah Hanifin-- Kaedan Korczak
Rasmus Andersson – Jeremy Lauzon
Adin Hill
Akira Schmid
Scratched: Braeden Bowman, Ben Hutton, Brandon Saad
Injured: Carter Hart (lower body), William Karlsson (lower body), Jonas Rondbjerg (lower body),
Status Report
Elias Nils Pettersson returns to the lineup after being scratched in the Canucks’ 7-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday. … Vegas will dress the same 18 skaters from their 5-4 shootout loss to the Washington Capitals on Saturday.
Game Day Battle Hymn
Can't play the Blues in Vegas. Only the slots. And the losing. So much losing.
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
10:00 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY
Having played one of their worst games in the ROG to end the home stand, we might feel a bit skeptical about playing great on the road in Cowtown. The Flams were rivaling the Nucks for basement dominion, however, somehow they're playing like a reasonably good poor team.
After keeping Douglas Fir off the boards, Footey has put him back in the line up - going for altitude over Sassyness. Mancini is replacing D-Petey. And Tolo is back in goalo. With these massive changes, expect the Nucks to play massively.
We're massively close to the end of this massively disappointing season. Pretty soon the only massive disappointment we'll face is getting screwed out of 1st overall by the Daly balls of lotto certainty.
Game Day Chatter
Franny is getting a little testy about his biz methods and Vancouver journalists. Are all billionaires douchecanoes?
If this is true, this is unhinged. Trevor Beggs wrote something critical against Aquilini's business practices and gets his press pass removed. Here is a brief expert from The Province explaining the issue Beggs wrote about. #Canucks #FreeBeggs
— 🇨🇦 Trent Leith 🏳️🌈 (@trentleith.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 10:24 AM
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Here is Beggs talking about it on the Locked On Canucks Podcast. He seems like a great guy and a very hard worker. Pretty crappy move by the team/ownership. #FreeBeggs #Canucks www.youtube.com/live/qfX1Wjw...
— 🇨🇦 Trent Leith 🏳️🌈 (@trentleith.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Game Day Lineups
Canucks projected lineup
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Drew O’Connor -- Elias Pettersson -- Evander Kane
Curtis Douglas -- Teddy Blueger -- Linus Karlsson
Jake DeBrusk -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Victor Mancini -- P.O Joseph
Nikita Tolopilo
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Max Sasson, Elias Pettersson
Injured: Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Flames projected lineup
Blake Coleman -- Mikael Backlund -- Joel Farabee
Matvei Gridin -- Morgan Frost -- Matt Coronato
Yegor Sharangovich -- Ryan Strome -- Victor Olofsson
Brennan Othmann -- Tyson Gross -- Adam Klapka
Kevin Bahl -- Zach Whitecloud
Olli Maatta -- Hunter Brzustewicz
Brayden Pachal -- Zayne Parekh
Dustin Wolf
Devin Cooley
Scratched: Ryan Lomberg, Martin Pospisil, John Beecher, Yan Kuznetsov
Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Jonathan Huberdeau (hip surgery), Connor Zary (upper body), Joel Hanley (upper body)
Status report
Canucks coach Adam Foote said that Douglas will play in place of Sasson that Mancini will get into the lineup in place of Petterson. … Hanley, a defenseman, will miss the remainder of the season with an upper-body injury; Pachal will replace him. … Othmann, acquired in a trade with the New York Rangers on March 6, was recalled from Calgary of the American Hockey League on Saturday and will make his debut with the Flames. … Gross, who signed a two-year, two-way contract with the Flames on March 12, will play after sitting out the past two games as a healthy scratch. … Zary, a forward, skated for the second day in a row, but will miss his fourth straight game after he was boarded by Florida Panthers forward A.J. Greer in the third period of a 4-1 win March 20.
Game Day Battle Hymn
What could be more hockey bourgeois than HNIC on a Saturday night?
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
10 p.m. ET; SNP, FDSNW
With that spirited loss last game, Nucks now can settle back into chess-hockey for the final ROG tilt before going on the road to solidify their spot in the standings. Standing? Feels more like laying around waiting for the draft lotto balls to shower us in false hope.
LA are a few points out of the last wild card spot in the west. They really want to get Kopi one last 1st round exit. Understandable. Need to try a bit harder. Although they did pick up 3 loser points and a win in the last 5 games.
Kings have collected more loser points (18) than any team in the league. That's a record that could have been ours... but for that regulation hump.
To that end, Professor of Obtuse Hockey Strategy, A. Footey is putting Lanky back in net for his 5th straight game. In case the game makes it to Lanky time. Which it won't.
Or perhaps it's Tank Commander Footey - keeping the tank on track to overwhelm the mathematics. Or... he's just flailing around trying to save his very short NHL coaching career.
Doesn't matter.
What matters is we're getting closer and closer to the end of this miserable season.
Game Day Chatter
The marketing wizards at Canucks Sports and Entertainment are dropping the value-for-money pitch and catering to the rich season ticket buyers who don't attend games.
#Canucks have announced that next year’s season tickets prices will be increased by 5-10%. I’m guessing that Acquilini must really be in love with the look of those new black seats and wants to see more of them.
— LesnielBC 🇨🇦🇩🇰 (@lesnielbc.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Fun fact - cost of living is spiralling. Should I buy tickets for a professional hockey game and support hockey player millionaires or buy groceries
— OKI🍁🇨🇦C’est Moi from Treaty 7 land (@ljdr48.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Some of the worst owners in professional sports.
— Keyop 13 (@keyop13.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Game Day Lineups
Kings projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Quinton Byfield -- Alex Laferriere
Joel Armia -- Scott Laughton -- Jared Wright
Jeff Malott -- Samuel Helenius -- Mathieu Joseph
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin -- Cody Ceci
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Alex Turcotte, Taylor Ward, Jacob Moverare
Injured: Andrei Kuzmenko (meniscus)
Canucks projected lineup
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Drew O’Connor -- Elias Pettersson -- Evander Kane
Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Linus Karlsson
Jake DeBrusk -- Aatu Raty -- Nils Hoglander
Elias Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Zeev Buium -- P.O Joseph
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: Curtis Douglas, Victor Mancini
Injured: Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status report
Doughty took part in an optional morning skate and is expected to play after missing practice for maintenance Wednesday. ... Kempe also is expected to play after missing practice Wednesday. ... Hoglander replaces Douglas, a forward, after being scratched for a 5-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday.
Game Day Battle Hymn
Will we ever get over the Nucks?
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
10 p.m. ET; SNP, KCOP-13, Victory+
There's a Fun Fact! Nucks have more losses than Ducks have wins. How numerically superior is that?
Also.. how weak is the Pacific this season? So weak - Pacific leading Ducks - wouldn't even get final wildcard spot in the east.
Might have come as a shock to someone, or no one, but the Nucks are the 1st team to be eliminated from the NHL playoffs.
Not that shocking at all if you've had the misfortune of following the Nucks misfortunes this season. As Vern has.
Speaking of misfortune... The Abby Nucks, last season's Cup winners, were eliminated from AHL playoffs as well. If nothing else the farm team is in sync with False Creek farm team. That's good.
As the glowing beacon of the off season beckons, Thursday claims we'll have fun off ice stuff to fret over.
Tonight the Ducks are in the ROG to give us a little rebuild aspiration... only a little, because... Canucks.
Imagine how in a scant 5 to 15 years, the Nucks will be vying to meet Buffalo in the finals! Imagination is the key to possibility. Possibly.
Meanwhile... Nucks play out the string, the meaningless string. Will the young Nucks put up a decent showing against the young Ducklings? Or... after practicing 'long' changes for days, the Nucks still dread the 2nd period?
We don't know. That's why we'll be watching with keen meh interest indifference.
Game Day Chatter
Not only do we need JR/PA to apologize to us, we have to say sorry to Green. Such a sorry franchise.
80+% of #Canucks fans owe Travis Green an apology for confusing “lost the room” with “bad coach” esp after he spent multiple seasons wringing blood from a stone with the rosters he was given
— firstname lastname (@jc-roper.bsky.social) March 24, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Also... repeat offender is restored to goon service. Gary must be thrilled. Ramping up the Violence on Ice campaign just in time for the money series.
Anaheim Ducks take the ice for morning skate in Vancouver. Radko Gudas returns from his five-game suspension tonight. Soon learn who will come out from the Ducks defensive corps. #FlyTogether #Canucks
— Zach Cavanagh (@zachcavsports.bsky.social) March 24, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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Game Day Lineups
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Troy Terry
Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke
Jeffrey Viel -- Ryan Poehling -- Cutter Gauthier
Jansen Harkins -- Tim Washe -- Mason McTavish
Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov -- John Carlson
Ian Moore -- Radko Gudas
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Drew Helleson, Frank Vatrano, Olen Zellweger
Injured: Ross Johnston (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Drew O’Connor -- Elias Pettersson -- Evander Kane
Max Sasson -- Teddy Blueger -- Linus Karlsson
Curtis Douglas -- Aatu Raty -- Jake DeBrusk
Elias Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Zeev Buium -- Victor Mancini
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: Nils Hoglander
Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status report
Gudas will return after serving a five-game suspension for kneeing Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews during a 6-4 loss on March 12. ... Anaheim coach Joel Quenneville would not confirm it, but it appeared from morning skate that Moore will move to his offside with Gudas and Zellweger, a defenseman, will come out of the lineup to make room for Gudas. … Canucks coach Adam Foote said Joseph, a defenseman who has missed nine games, is close to returning but based on Vancouver's optional morning skate is not expected to play.
Game Day Battle Hymn
How's it going, eh?
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. But not too much.
