CANUCKS (16-25-5) at BLUE JACKETS (20-19-7)

7 p.m. ET; FDSNOH, SNP

Early games...sheesh.

What can I say about this team that is new and refreshing to read?

They suck?.....no, that's not it. They don't actually suck. They have the same issues as better Canuck teams. They can't score and they have a mental shutdown for 5-10 minutes and teams scores several goals against them. The Canucks might have a shot of a winless 2026.

I will throw my two cents into the trade situation right now.

Trade: Sherwood, Boeser, and Kane now. Hopefully Demko gets back this year and you trade him at the draft. I would keep Garland for now.

You keep Petey for now as well. No, he isn't worth $11.6 million a year, but I would keep him over Boeser just for the two-way play.

Game Day Chatter

Game Day Lineups

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Linus Karlsson

Drew O’Connor -- Max Sasson -- Brock Boeser

Liam Ohgren -- David Kampf -- Conor Garland

Arshdeep Bains -- Aatu Raty -- Evander Kane

Zeev Buium -- Tyler Myers

Marcus Pettersson -- Filip Hronek

Tom Willander -- Victor Mancini

Kevin Lankinen

Nikita Tolopilo

Scratched: P.O Joseph, Nils Hoglander

Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Kiefer Sherwood (undisclosed), Marco Rossi (lower body), Filip Chytil (concussion protocol), Teddy Blueger (lower body), Derek Forbort (undisclosed)

Blue Jackets projected lineup

Cole Sillinger -- Adam Fantilli -- Kirill Marchenko

Boone Jenner -- Sean Monahan -- Kent Johnson

Dimitri Voronkov -- Charlie Coyle -- Mathieu Olivier

Danton Heinen -- Brendan Gaunce -- Mikael Pyyhtia

Zach Werenski -- Dante Fabbro

Ivan Provorov – Damon Severson

Erik Gudbranson -- Jake Christiansen

Elvis Merzlikins

Jet Greaves

Scratched: Zach Aston-Reese, Egor Zamula, Dysin Mayo

Injured: Isac Lundestrom (lower body), Brendan Smith (knee surgery), Miles Wood (lower body), Mason Marchment (upper body), Denton Mateychuk (upper body)

Status report

Bains will enter the lineup for Hoglander, a forward, and Willander will replace Joseph, a defenseman. ... Forwards Chytil, Blueger and Sherwood each skated Thursday. ... Gudbranson will return after missing 38 games because of a hip injury. … Severson will play after missing a 5-3 win against the Calgary Flames on Tuesday because of illness. ... Defensemen Zamula and Mayo will come out.

Game Day Battle Hymn

When I think of this season so far, I associate it with the imagery of the following song.

Is it still Go Canucks Go?.....or tank boys tank?