Rebuild Rules state: When you think your team has hit bottom, stop thinking and wait it out.

CANUCKS (2-10-1) at DUCKS (5-6-0)

10 p.m. ET; FOXLA+, Prime Video, SNP

The 3 game homestand in the ROG is over. It went well. Just don't bother looking at the scorecard or listen to the early whining of fans.

RJ told us in the summer that things would get ugly before they got not quite as ugly. Seems like many didn't believe him or thought he was just joking. It was no joke, even if the Nucks hapless play often makes us laugh.

For over a decade we asked for a Canucks rebuild. Here it is. Enjoy!

Next time, we might be more careful what we ask for.

Tonight we welcome back Cotter. His initial season foray of points gathering came during the Nucks season-opening foray of points gathering. That was so last month.

This ducking game is one of 3 remaining in October. Can we hope for a win to break this winless streak and start a new L-streak afresh in November? Sure we can. False hope is still better than no hope at all.

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser

Drew O'Connor -- Filip Chytil -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Paul Cotter -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson

Arshdeep Bains -- Marco Rossi -- Liam Ohgren

Zeev Buium -- Filip Hronek

Elias Nils Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Jamie Oleksiak -- Victor Mancini

Leevi Merilainen

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Guillaume Brisebois, Brendan Gallagher, Luke Schenn

Injured: Thatcher Demko (hip)

Ducks projected lineup

Cutter Gauthier -- Leo Carlsson -- Judd Caulfield

Jeff Malott -- Mikael Granlund -- Beckett Sennecke

Nikita Nesterenko -- Roger McQueen -- Alex Killorn

A.J. Greer -- Tim Washe -- Sam Colangelo

Jackson LaCombe -- Noah Warren

Tyson Hinds -- Tristan Luneau

Travis Mitchell -- Nick Jensen

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: Frank Vatrano, Nikita Klepov, Drew Helleson

Injured: Ian Moore (lower body), Troy Terry (hip), Ryan Poehling (knee), Pavel Mintyukov (lower body)

Status report

The Canucks did not hold a morning skate. Hronek and Karlsson did not practice Monday for maintenance. ... DeBrusk and O'Connor switched lines at practice Monday, and Rossi moved from the second to the fourth line. ... Cotter will return after being a healthy scratch for the first time this season in a 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. ... Oleksiak and Mancini will form Vancouver’s third defense pair after each was scratched against Minnesota. ... Jensen will play for the Ducks; he was scratched for a 5-4 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday. ... Mintyukov, a defenseman, will miss his fourth straight game. He remains day to day.

GAME DAY CHATTER

All is forgotten... or is it?

Stay on the sunny side...

Potential flashes of potential!

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

This season it might seem like the Nucks are the lonely triangle player in the orchestra. Neither respected nor appreciated for their entertaining contribution.

Oh well... at least they're still part of the big league show. For now.

Go Canucks Go.