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Keep On ROGing in the Rebuild World
GOLDEN KNIGHTS (1-1-0) at CANUCKS (2-1-0)
Rogers Place, Vancouver, BC
9 p.m. ET; SNP, SCRIPPS
At this point in the long, long season, did you expect the Canucks to be ranked 3rd in the division, while the Scorched Knights to be a lowly 6th place? Of course you did.
Is this game winnable for the Nucks? Maybe. But win or lose, we've already witnessed the most amazing turnaround from bad vibes hockey to really, really good vibes hockey. We're here for the new good vibes.
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Brett Howden -- William Karlsson -- Mitch Marner
Trevor Connelly -- Tomas Hertl -- Victor Olofsson
Marc Gatcomb -- Nic Dowd -- Braeden Bowman
Shea Theodore -- Brayden McNabb
Parker Wotherspoon -- Rasmus Andersson
Jeremy Lauzon -- Noah Hanifin
Adin Hill
Carter Hart
Scratched: Dylan Coghlan, Raphael Lavoie
Injured: None
Canucks projected lineup
Marco Rossi -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson
Liam Ohgren -- Paul Cotter -- Brock Boeser
Arshdeep Bains -- Max Sasson -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Drew O'Connor -- Aatu Raty -- Brendan Gallagher
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Jamie Oleksiak -- Tom Willander
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Luke Schenn
Kevin Lankinen
Leevi Merilainen
Scratched: Guillaume Brisebois, Victor Mancini
Injured: Jake DeBrusk (illness), Thatcher Demko (hip), Filip Chytil (shoulder)
Status report
Hill will make his first start this season in what is expected to be the lone change to the Golden Knights lineup from a 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Friday. … The Canucks did not hold a morning skate after a 4-1 win against the Calgary Flames on Saturday. DeBrusk is questionable after missing his first game of the season, and Lankinen is expected to start after Merilainen made 23 saves in his first start with Vancouver.
Hoping Lanky has a better Finnish...
GAME DAY CHATTER
Petey keeps hitting the right notes. Hard and often.
Good start. Better finish.
GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN
80s Retro ROG Sunday? Why not. Nucks have delivered more 80s firewagon hockey in 3 games than 50 games from last season. Maniacs.
Go Canucks Go.
Regular ROG Night of the Rebuild Returns
FLAMES (0-1-0) at CANUCKS (1-1-0)
Rogers Place, Vancouver, BC
10 p.m. ET; SN, TVAS2
Battle for the Basement begins now. Cowtown lost their home opener - badly. Canucks lost theirs - really well.
These teams are/were projected to finish in the bottom of the division. Cowtown has the lead as the worst. Part of us wants them to keep it. The DuPont part of us does not. So early in the season to be conflicted. Good start!
Flames projected lineup
Matvei Gridin -- Morgan Frost -- Matt Coronato
Samuel Honzek -- Mikael Backlund -- Joel Farabee
Brennan Othmann -- Ryan Strome -- Yegor Sharangovich
Maksim Tsyplakov -- Martin Pospisil -- Adam Klapka
Joel Hanley -- Simon Nemec
Kevin Bahl -- Zach Whitecloud
Jake Middleton -- Zayne Parekh
Devin Cooley
Dustin Wolf
Scratched: Connor Zary, Brayden Pachal, Yan Kuznetsov
Injured: Jonathan Huberdeau (hip)
Canucks projected lineup
Marco Rossi -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson
Liam Ohgren -- Paul Cotter -- Brock Boeser
Arshdeep Bains -- Max Sasson -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Drew O'Connor -- Aatu Raty -- Brendan Gallagher
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Jamie Oleksiak -- Tom Willander
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Luke Schenn
Leevi Merilainen
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Guillaume Brisebois, Victor Mancini
Injured: Jake DeBrusk (illness), Thatcher Demko (hip), Filip Chytil (shoulder)
Status report
Othmann replaces Zary, a forward who will be a healthy scratch. … Hanley replaces fellow defenseman Kuznetsov and will play alongside Nemec instead of Bahl, who is now paired with Whitecloud. … Cooley makes his first start of the season. ... DeBrusk won’t play because of illness, according to Canucks coach Manny Malhotra, after skating as an extra forward in practice on Friday. … Vancouver held an optional morning skate but based on practice Friday, Cotter will move up from the fourth line to take the place of Rossi, who will skate at left wing on the first line, and Raty will enter the lineup after two games as a healthy scratch. … Merilainen will make his first start since being claimed off waivers from the Ottawa Senators on Sept. 25.
Hmmm... DeBrusk has the rebuild flu so soon...
GAME DAY CHATTER
That's another win from that winning series.
Again the Vancouver sports media misconstrues a win as a loss. Don't ask me to explain the Rebuild Rules again. Flames fans might be listening.
GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN
Prog ROG Saturday? Maybe. What has this got to do with a rebuild? Probably nothing, since the Nucks rebuild is over until next season.
Go Canucks Go.
The ROG night of the rebuild win streak begins
OILERS (0-0-1) at CANUCKS (1-0-0)
Rogers Place, Vancouver, BC
10 p.m. ET; SN1, SNP
It has started. The 1st home game of the season... against the team who had their home opener ruined - by the formerly last place Canucks.
What a fun season opening game! Manny has delivered on the team work ethic. Before we go full giddy on a season opening win streak, expect the mean old Babbs and his Team of Entitlement will be feeling even more entitled - featuring a less jittery goalie.
Oilers projected lineup
Vasily Podkolzin -- Connor McDavid -- Leon Draisaitl
Max Jones -- Colton Dach -- Kasperi Kapanen
Alex Formenton -- Owen Michaels -- Mathieu Joseph
Isaac Howard – Josh Samanski -- Trent Frederic
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Ryan Shea -- Connor Murphy
Jake Walman -- Shakir Mukhamadullin
Devon Levi
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Ty Emberson, Spencer Stastney
Injured: Zach Hyman (upper body), Frederik Andersen (undisclosed), Jason Dickinson (undisclosed), Mattias Janmark (undisclosed), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (lower body), Alec Regula (undisclosed), Matt Savoie (undisclosed)
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson — Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Drew O'Connor -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson
Arshdeep Bains -- Paul Cotter -- Brendan Gallagher
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Jamie Oleksiak -- Tom Willander
Elias Pettersson -- Luke Schenn
Kevin Lankinen
Leevi Merilainen
Scratched: Aatu Raty, Guillaume Brisebois, Victor Mancini
Injured: Thatcher Demko (hip), Filip Chytil (shoulder)
Status report
Hyman, a top-line forward, is listed as day to day, but Oilers coach Mike Babcock said, “I think that means two weeks.” Babcock said Hyman was injured in the final preseason game against the Calgary Flames but played through it in a season-opening 6-5 overtime loss to the Canucks on Tuesday. … Nugent-Hopkins, a center who was injured at the end of practice Monday, was placed on injured reserve Wednesday and Samanski was recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League. … McDavid and Draisaitl, who played most of the preseason together, were reunited during the morning skate after starting the season opener on separate lines following the injury to Nugent-Hopkins. … Levi is making his Oilers regular-season debut. … The Canucks are dressing the same lineup they used Tuesday.
GAME DAY CHATTER
GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN
It's Canadian sonic legend Angine de Poitrine performing their famous song that is almost as catchy as their stage presentation.
Go Canucks Go.
The long night of the rebuild soul begins
CANUCKS (0-0-0) at OILERS (0-0-0)
Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB
10 p.m. ET; SN
It has started. The long, long march of 84 games towards picking 1st. Or 10th. NHL rules.
Will be fun interesting to watch how this game, this season unfolds. Thursday has previewed both HERE. No need to speculate more. This is no time for speculation, this is the time of stoic indeterminate patience.
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser
Drew O'Connor -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson
Arshdeep Bains -- Paul Cotter -- Brendan Gallagher
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Jamie Oleksiak -- Tom Willander
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Luke Schenn
Kevin Lankinen
Leevi Merilainen
Scratched: Aatu Raty, Guillaume Brisebois, Victor Mancini
Injured: Thatcher Demko (hip), Filip Chytil (shoulder)
Oilers projected lineup
Isaac Howard -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kasperi Kapanen
Alex Formenton -- Colton Dach -- Mathieu Joseph
Max Jones -- Owen Michaels -- Trent Frederic
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Jake Walman -- Connor Murphy
Ryan Shea -- Shakir Mukhamadullin
Tristan Jarry
Devon Levi
Scratched: Ty Emberson, Spencer Stastney
Injured: Frederik Andersen (undisclosed), Jason Dickinson (undisclosed), Mattias Janmark (undisclosed), Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (lower body), Alec Regula (undisclosed), Matthew Savoie (undisclosed)
Status report
DeBrusk is expected to play after missing practice Monday because of a lower-body injury sustained while blocking a shot by Boeser in a preseason game against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. “Everyone is available,” Canucks coach Manny Malhotra said. … Nugent-Hopkins, a forward, was injured at the end of practice Monday and will not play; Draisaitl was moved to second-line center after he’d been practicing with McDavid. Jones is expected to take Nugent-Hopkins’ spot in the lineup.
GAME DAY CHATTER
We know it's going to be a difficult season for #Canucks fans. It's the nature of the game - especially when your team is FINALLY doing a rebuild with all the white-collars in agreement. So how do we survive the year with our minds intact? I made a handy guide: nucksmisconduct.ca/how-to-watch...
— Erin Butler (@eleighbutler.bsky.social) September 29, 2026 at 11:21 AM
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GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN
Gotto go with a Canadian artist who cares not of wet coast Canuckian struggles against the NHL and CoTU... but what if he did?
Go Canucks Go.
At long last, this torturous experiment, which has felt like near decades, is over. Oh, and it's the last game of this utterly cursed Canucks season, too!
Vancouver Canucks (25-48-8) vs. Edmonton Oilers (40-30-11)
Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB
6:00 pm PST; 9:00 pm EST
TV: Sportsnet
Radio: Sportsnet 650
This has been exhausting.
It's dragged on and on, and despite claims along the way that things were going to get better, it didn't. So finally, we can be put out of our misery for a couple weeks at least, and say good riddance to the 2025-26 Vancouver Canucks. In a season that started with a simple statement: A lot of things would have to go right for this team to make the playoffs, ended because quite simply, nothing went right at all.
It's going to take some time to perform the post mortem on this team, and go over everything that led to what is going to end up as quite likely the worst season in franchise history, given that they didn't have the expansion excuse from the team's early days. This was a frustrating, embarrassing, and unacceptable year, and you should expect massive, sweeping changes in the days ahead. You should also not get your expectations up for this, as I would be surprised if there were any changes that would impact the team in a positive way. Yeah, that's the level of confidence I have in this organization at the moment.
I do think it's a safe bet that the coaching staff is done here, and rightfully so. Adam Foote was a disastrous choice by the organization, clearly not ready to be an NHL coach, and if he ever could be, definitely not the right fit for this squad. There are a lot of things that need to happen to fix this god-awful mess, but this is absolutely Step One.
A house cleaning is what is needed here. New faces with new ideas and perspectives, because there just doesn't seem to be a plan right now at all, and the damage that has been development-wise up and down the lineup has been devastating. But most of all, it's time for new ownership.
The Aqualini family shouldn't be allowed within a thousand kilometers of a hockey franchise. Since the heartbreak of losing Game Seven in 2011, Francesco has been chasing that high, heavily involved in so many operational decisions, and they've all ended up in various incarnations of the flaming hubris we see before us. I realize it's too much to hope for another ownership group like the Canucks had in the Griffiths Family, but change has to come, and it cannot fully be realized under this ownership.
And so, with nothing left but a few possible moral victories tonight, the Canucks head into their final game of the season, and a chance to one last funny thing before they go. The outcome of this game can absolutely affect who the Edmonton Oilers play in round one of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, and while it's nowhere near anything that makes this season worth it, it's the least they can do for this fan base, who have suffered so much.
The Oilers could end up playing the Anaheim Ducks, or... with a loss, and a Kings win, face off against Los Angeles again in the first round, which is really a win/win/win, because there's two losers of three in whatever scenario happens here. And if things really go sideways for the Oilers, they'll drop to the WildCard Two slot, which means a date with the Colorado Avalanche. I would so love to see that, because the Avs will absolutely feast on the Oilers defense/goaltending. The Canucks need to do their part, and set the ball rolling for some post-season disappointment in Edmonton.
LINEUPS
From the nhl dot com dealy... here's what to expect tonight:
Canucks projected lineup
Drew O'Connor -- Marco Rossi -- Linus Karlsson
Liam Ohgren -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock Boeser
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Nils Hoglander
Curtis Douglas -- Ty Mueller -- Aatu Raty
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Kirill Kudryavtsev
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: Pierre-Olivier Joseph, Victor Mancini, Max Sasson
Injured: Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed), Evander Kane (upper body)
Oilers projected lineup
Matthew Savoie -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Jack Roslovic
Colton Dach -- Josh Samanski -- Trent Frederic
Curtis Lazar -- Adam Henrique -- Kasperi Kapanen
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Connor Murphy
Jake Walman -- Ty Emberson
Connor Ingram
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Owen Michaels, Spencer Stastney
Injured: Jason Dickinson (lower body), Leon Draisaitl (lower body), Mattias Janmark (shoulder), Max Jones (lower body)
Looks like no changes for the Canucks tonight, and I wouldn't read too much into Draisaitl being out, but it's telling that the Oilers are gonna be desperate for a win tonight with the lineup they're icing.
GAME DAY CHATTER
GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN
Much to Westy's delight, this will be the last battle hymn that isn't John Tesh adjacent. From their 2020 album 'A Silent Soul Screams Loud', this is PYOGENESIS, with 'Will I Ever Be The Same?'.
Well, this is the end of the road, for both the Canucks, and yours truly.
My journey with Nucks Misconduct is coming to a close, as of this last game preview. When I had first stumbled across the site back in early 2009 I think it was (or maybe 2008) I was doing a podcast called 'We Are All Canuckleheads', and was encouraged to post it in the Fanposts section. Zan and Yankee encouraged me to do a few writeups for the section, and a short time later, invited me to come aboard as a contributor. I had just finished a couple decades of music journalism (A music video show in Kamloops, a number of zines, and later, a radio show at CFBX Radio in Kamloops), so writing about hockey was new-ish for me. I had been around the old CDC boards back in the day, but still, after getting burnt out on music writing, this was a fresh challenge. What I hadn't counted on, was how things would take off the way they did. If you had told me that not long after I started, I would get mentioned in the Province (RIP Botch), get name dropped by Ron MacLean on HNIC, and be in the media scrums at the 2011 Finals, I would have laughed at you.
We've been through a lot, both as Canucks fans, and as the crew keeping this site going. While none of it has ended the way I had hoped, I will be eternally grateful for the chance to express my love and passion for this team, and the game of hockey, and for the incredible support we've received over the years.
I wanna thank Sean and Mike, for seeing something in me I didn't know existed. You took a gamble on me, and I hope it paid off for you. Thanks to Travis Hughes, and Steph Driver for all the amazing support and help as I went from occasional contributor to Editor, and back again.
To all of the folks who have had a cup of coffee and more with us, thank you. We've been an incredible stepping stone to some of the mainstays of coverage for fans in this market, and for that I will always be proud as hell.
I want to thank Trevor, who was amazing in the short time we had him, and who I was proud to share the leadership with. You'll always be a big part of this site's heritage, and we know what happened is not gonna stop you. You're way too talented for that.
Thursday, I feel like I didn't get to know you well enough, but I feel so good knowing that in my absence, there's someone like you putting together the kind of articles we built this site on. All the best, buddy!
And I couldn't wrap things up without thanking my wife Laurie, whose support, critical eye, occasional photoshop and editing advice helped make my contributions better. Love you, baby.
Finally, Jimmi and Westy. I feel like I am letting you guys down, but I suppose trying to keep going with nothing left in the tank could be viewed the same way. It has been an honour getting to know you guys, and I am proud of the way you both became such massive pieces of what makes NM like no other. I know the last few years have been rough, but the way you refused to let this site die, you should be proud as hell. Cheers, my friends. We'll have that beer one day, for sure.
And to all of you, from the beginning, to the end of my chapter. Thank you. It has been an honour to have you take time to hear what I had to say. I have some health challenges that leave me not able to keep doing this, but it's possible there might be an occasion or two where I pop in for a lil rant (if the guys will have me, that is).
Go Canucks Go.
10 p.m. ET; SNP, FDSNSC
Once more into the breach of tedious LA hockey. Only fitting the last home game of this long and tedious season would feature the Kings of Sleepy Hockey. We're so fortunate.
Coming home after the victorious tour of SoCal to face the tedium of the team that made the 1st game of the tour so tedious.
Maybe the freshly energetic young Canucks can push the tedium into the LA net multiple times. Or... pad that 8-32-5 home record to the 33rd side.
Final ROG game of the season... which is sorta weird. There's been ROG games this season that felt quite final. Over and over. And over.
Enjoy this actual final ROG game. If the Nucks can help us enjoy it, that'd be great.
Game Day Chatter
Asked #Canucks Tom Willander about the young guys becoming leaders. This was part of his answer: "I think it's obviously very important that the young guys come in and want to achieve something and they aren't just happy with being here."
— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
If these are the final few games for Adam Foote, he will become the second coach in #Canucks to coach at least 70 games and record fewer than 30 wins. The only other coach on that list is Vic Stasiuk, who went 22-47-9 with Vancouver.
— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Game Day Lineups
Kings projected lineup
Artemi Panarin -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Trevor Moore -- Quinton Byfield -- Alex Laferriere
Joel Armia -- Scott Laughton -- Jared Wright
Mathieu Joseph -- Samuel Helenius -- Taylor Ward
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson -- Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin -- Cody Ceci
Darcy Kuemper
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Jacob Moverare
Injured: Jeff Malott (undisclosed), Alex Turcotte (undisclosed), Andrei Kuzmenko (meniscus)
Canucks projected lineup
Drew O’Connor -- Marco Rossi -- Linus Karlsson
Liam Ohgren -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock Boeser
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Nils Hoglander
Curtis Douglas -- Ty Mueller -- Aatu Raty
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Elias Pettersson -- Kirill Kudryavtsev
Kevin Lankinen
Nikita Tolopilo
Scratched: P.O. Joseph, Max Sasson, Victor Mancini
Injured: Evander Kane (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)
Status report
The Kings did not hold a morning skate after a 5-3 win at the Seattle Kraken on Monday. ... Kuemper is expected to start after Forsberg started the previous four games. ... The Canucks will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-3 overtime win at the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday.
Game Day Battle Hymn
Keep on keepin' on. Maybe winning, maybe losing. Going out in style. Maybe.
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
8 p.m. ET; KTTV, Victory+, SNP
Last night's game was a delightful way to segue into the final 3 games of the season. 3 comebacks. 3 ties. One beauty of Lanky Time.
Remember to tell the grandkids about it when they discover your dusty old Canucks memorabilia and ask whatever happened to the team.
So thoughtful of NHL schedulers to give us one final road B-2-B to enjoy. Since their fate is sealed, could the Canucks win 2 in a row, on the road?
Not likely. Expectations are not Canucks fans' friends.
Enjoy what we can while we can. It's almost over.
Game Day Chatter
Hell yeah! Great win in our game 7 last night 😍 #Canucks
— Geordie Canuck (@geordiecanuck.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
13 NHL wingers have a cap hit between $5-6 million this season, including Jake DeBrusk. He's 4th in goals and 5th in points on that list. Not bad on a terrible #Canucks team.
— Noah Strang (@noahstrang.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
When there's nothing to play for, Nucks find something.
The NHL standings since April 1. #Canucks with a late-season surge as per usual
— Adam Kierszenblat (@adamkblat.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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Game Day Lineups
Canucks projected lineup
Liam Ohgren -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Drew O’Connor -- Marco Rossi -- Linus Karlsson
Nils Hoglander -- Teddy Blueger -- Jake DeBrusk
Max Sasson -- Curtis Douglas -- Aatu Raty
Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Pierre-Olivier 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)
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider -- Leo Carlsson -- Troy Terry
Alex Killorn -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke
Jeffrey Viel -- Mason McTavish -- Cutter Gauthier
Tim Washe -- Ryan Poehling -- Ian Moore
Jackson LaCombe -- Jacob Trouba
Pavel Mintyukov -- John Carlson
Tyson Hinds -- Drew Helleson
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Olen Zellweger, Frank Vatrano
Injured: Jansen Harkins (hand surgery), Ross Johnston (lower body), Radko Gudas (lower body)
Status report
Neither team will hold a morning skate. ... Tolopilo is expected to start after Lankinen returned from a three-game absence because of an upper-body injury and made 28 saves in a 4-3 shootout victory at the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. ... Gauthier returned to practice Saturday; he has missed five games with an upper-body injury and said he plans to play. ... Gudas, a defenseman, practiced in a regular jersey and will be a game-time decision; he has also missed five games.
Game Day Battle Hymn
Dreams... Remember when we had dreams of Nucks playoff games, what we had and what we lost?
F*uck the war mongering fascists and enjoy the game. As best you can.
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.
