CANUCKS (18-36-7) at BLACKHAWKS (23-28-10)

8:30 p.m. ET; CHSN, SNP

Trade Deadline day and as I write this, the biggest change to the team is that the hardest worker guy on the team is no longer on the team. Conor Garland was sent to Ohio for the coveted 2nd round pick in 2028 and a 3rd round pick this year.

I have said this once and I will say it again, many American players are being jettisoned. No journalist would mention this..........but since I'm not a journalist......BOOM! So when Boeser and Demko get traded at the draft or early next year, I will circle back to this.

If there are any other trades before the game, I am sure someone will add it...........

Last minute big trade! Reichel to Bahston - Nucks receive Prestigious 6th Round Pick for the Olympian. Oh..oh.. and Kampf to Caps for 6th round pick. Running low on Olympians, eh.

GAME DAY CHATTER

GAME DAY LINEUPS

Canucks projected lineup

Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson – Jake DeBrusk

Liam Ohgren -- Marco Rossi -- Brock Boeser

Drew O’Connor -- David Kampf -- Linus Karlsson

Evander Kane -- Teddy Blueger -- Max Sasson

Elias Pettersson -- Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson -- Tom Willander

Zeev Buium -- Victor Mancini

Nikita Tolopilo

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Aatu Raty, Cole Clayton

Injured: P.O Joseph (upper body), Filip Chytil (facial fracture), Thatcher Demko (hip surgery), Derek Forbort (undisclosed), Evander Kane (illness)

Blackhawks projected lineup

Ryan Greene -- Connor Bedard -- Andre Burakovsky

Ryan Donato -- Frank Nazar -- Teuvo Teravainen

Tyler Bertuzzi -- Oliver Moore -- Ilya Mikheyev

Landon Slaggert -- Andrew Mangiapane -- Sam Lafferty

Alex Vlasic -- Louis Crevier

Wyatt Kaiser -- Sam Rinzel

Matt Grzelcyk – Artyom Levshunov

Spencer Knight

Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Ethan Del Mastro

Injured: None

Status report

Kane will miss his second straight game, despite the forward participating in the Canucks’ morning skate. ... Kaiser will return after missing four games because of a lower-body injury … Mangiapane will make his Blackhawks debut after being acquired in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. ... Chicago traded forward Nick Foligno to the Minnesota Wild for future considerations Friday.

GAME DAY BATTLE HYMN

There were complaints from NM management about my song choice last game.

The Canucks are a hot steamy pile of crap and the song is the issue? Trade me.

Wait....I sometimes forget that I have a minor role in NM management and can make the tough calls like Tesh. So, in the spirit of trade deadline day and the party it is, I give you a superstar and his song.