The Canucks go into the post-Quinn era trying to find wins...or get 1st overall.

Can you imagine being a person who bought a ticket in September to see all of the Hughes brothers play on the same ice surface in New Jersey this morning? Can you imagine the Hughes parents, who now have to fly to Minnesota in January to see all their kids play on the same ice?

You're right, who cares.

The Canucks start their Quinn-less era with a lot of fans questioning their own decisions of who they cheer for. Including Kent.

Jim Rutherford was actually quoted saying that there is a rebuild going on. Patrick Allvin said the culture of the teams is fine.

I think this might be the lowest point in Canucks history since Messier landed in Vancouver.

You're allowed to wallow in self-pity for a moment. You're allowed to feel anger at the last 15 years.

but then....you need to remember that your only job is to cheer for this tire fire of a team.

Accept the fact that you can't walk away from this relationship, no matter how many times they come home drunk....and lose.

You're stuck here. You can try to say that you can leave the Canucks anytime you feel like it and still enjoy hockey, but we all know this is a fucking lie. You'll always check the score or peep at the highlights and you definitely always say, "Fuck Calgary".

So don't bring in your threats of leaving in here. Sit back and watch these new players and what we have right now and hopefully we beat New Jersey without the best Hughes brother. And if not, we're a step closer to McKenna.

GAME DAY CHATTER

I will leave this be today, as it is all "Hughes...this and that."

Hughes doesn't play here anymore.

GAME DAY LINEUPS

Hello, (assuming you're healthy) Marco Rossi! Ready to have your minutes escalated through the roof? Because, no pressure or anything, have you seen who's behind you? Welcome, also, to Liam Ohgren and "impossible level" Wordle challenge, Zeev Buium. All three new arrivals had a good practice and should play.

Assuming no more trades happen between now and the 9:30 AM Pacific start, here's who should be dressing. Arshdeep Bains skated in Höglander's place at practice, and Aatu Räty was an extra, but Höglander had the day off due to illness, not injury.

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser

Nils Hoglander -- David Kampf -- Conor Garland

Evander Kane -- Drew O'Connor -- Kiefer Sherwood

Liam Ohgren -- Max Sasson -- Linus Karlsson

Marcus Pettersson -- Filip Hronek

Zeev Buium -- Tyler Myers

Elias Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Thatcher Demko

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Lukas Reichel, P.O. Joseph

Injured: Elias Pettersson (upper body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Devils projected lineup

Jesper Bratt -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer

Ondrej Palat -- Cody Glass -- Connor Brown

Paul Cotter -- Juho Lammikko -- Stefan Noesen

Xavier Parent -- Luke Glendening -- Angus Crookshank

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton

Brenden Dillon -- Luke Hughes

Dennis Chowlowski -- Colton White

Jacob Markstrom

Jake Allen

Scratched: Calen Addison, Timo Meier

Injured: Jack Hughes (finger), Zack MacEwen (lower body), Brett Pesce (hand), Jonathan Kovacevic (knee), Evgenii Dadonov (wrist), Arseny Gritsyuk (upper body), Simon Nemec (lower body)

Status report

The Canucks acquired forwards Rossi and Ohgren, defenseman Buium and a first-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft in a trade with the Minnesota Wild for defenseman Quinn Hughes on Friday; Rossi is questionable to play because of a lower-body injury; Buium and Ohgren are expected to be in the lineup. ... Meier (personal leave/family health matter) was placed on the non-roster list; the forward will miss his third straight game. ... Addison, a defenseman, was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Saturday.

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

If you want to reminisce about bad times, we can go back to the 80s, back to when the Canucks never won a division, came in 2nd place once and routinely finished 4th or 5th in the division. And yet....a lot of us oldtimers are still watching this hot mess. So it's fitting that Genesis has the song for us.

Go Canucks Go!