Rebuild Rules: When the fanbase turns on you and your coach, it must be November.

CANUCKS (3-14-1) at OILERS (11-3-3)

10 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN

Canucks fans are weird. To be fair, all sports fans are weird. Perhaps it's the years of fantasy roster-building and couch-coaching that bestows the gift of knowing better than well-paid professionals.

Regardless, at a certain point in a rebuild, sometimes measured in futile years or in this case less than 20 games - fans are clamouring for the end of it.

Canucks fans are a patient group. We gave the team all the development / rebuild time in the world. That was October. Now we want to see results. Have we all become Franny?

That's a scarier thought than facing the Oil PP. Almost.

Tonight's Nucking Strategy:

Do NOT take ANY penalties! Got that, DOC?

Do NOT take your eyes and elbows off McD and Dry. Check 'em hard. Even when they're on the bench.

Do NOT get flustered at the sign of 5 or 6 goals against - in the 1st or 2nd period. Or both. Pace the fluster cluster.

DO have fun!

Canucks projected lineup

Arshdeep Bains -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser

Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Linus Karlsson

Drew O'Connor -- Max Sasson -- Brendan Gallagher

Jake DeBrusk -- Paul Cotter -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Elias Nils Pettersson -- Filip Hronek

Jamie Oleksiak -- Zeev Buium

Tom Willander -- Luke Schenn

Leevi Merilainen

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Guillaume Brisebois, Victor Mancini, Jacob Quillan

Injured: Filip Chytil (upper body), Thatcher Demko (hip)

Oilers projected lineup

Vasily Podkolzin -- Connor McDavid -- Leon Draisaitl

Kasperi Kapanen -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Zach Hyman

Max Jones -- Jason Dickinson -- Mathieu Joseph

Alex Formenton -- Owen Michaels -- Trent Frederic

Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard

Ryan Shea -- Connor Murphy

Shakir Mukhamadullin -- Ty Emberson

Devon Levi

Tristan Jarry

Scratched: Colton Dach, Filip Hallander, Jake Walman

Injured: Frederik Andersen (undisclosed), Isaac Howard (lower body), Mattias Janmark (undisclosed), Alec Regula (undisclosed), Matthew Savoie (undisclosed).

Status report

The Canucks held an optional morning skate. ... Bains is expected to enter the lineup for Quillan, a forward ... After missing two games with a lower-body injury, Willander is expected to replace Brisebois, a defenseman. ... Schenn is expected to come in for Mancini, a defenseman. ... Hyman returns after missing five games with a neck injury, replacing Dach, a forward, who wasn't on the ice for the morning skate. ... Frederic comes in for Hallander, a forward. ... Emberson replaces Walman. ... Levi will play after missing the past seven games with an undisclosed injury, while Jarry will dress after sitting out Edmonton's previous game due to illness. ... The Oilers assigned goalie Matt Tomkins to Bakersfield of the American Hockey League, while emergency backup goaltender Brett Epp was inactivated after dressing for one game. ... Defenseman Atro Leppanen was placed waivers for the purpose of being assigned to the AHL.

GAME DAY CHATTER

Decisions. Decisions. Decisions.

Rookie NHL coaching taking some heat.

While some are ready to rebuke Manny... in Philli they want Traitor Toc Terminated. 😂

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

Weird times require a weird soundtrack. And polka dots!

Go Canucks Go.