10 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, CITY, SN, CBC
Any guess as to what Canucks team will show up tonight? I don't think Quinn will be answering any calls from his brothers for awhile. You would think that the cure for playing shitty would be to face a bad San Jose team that they beat 10-1 last year....but then you remember that the Canucks sometimes have a tendency to play to the level of their competition and then lose the game, like they did 3 weeks later against the Sharks.
I was talking to someone today (Hi Mom), who said Petey was acting like a whiny bitch because he doesn't get to play with Miller and Boeser. I am not sure I agree, but Frank Seravalli says that he sees a Petey that looks disinterested. Well fuck. I wonder if Frank will ask that question Petey, "Hey Petey, it looks like you don't like skating...or shooting....especially not scoring. What can the team do to get you going? A raise, perhaps?"
There is some complaining about Bains playing with Petey, instead of Hoggy, but Petey doesn't seem to play well with anyone over the past two games. I was praising Petey three games ago and now I just hope for consistency.
LINEUPS
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Arshdeep Bains -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland
Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Kiefer Sherwood
Nils Hoglander -- Pius Suter -- Daniel Sprong
Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy -- Tyler Myers
Erik Brannstrom -- Noah Juulsen
Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Derek Forbort, Vincent Desharnais
Injured: Thatcher Demko (lower body), Dakota Joshua (testicular cancer recovery)
Sharks projected lineup
William Eklund -- Mikael Granlund -- Tyler Toffoli
Ethan Cardwell -- Alexander Wennberg -- Fabian Zetterlund
Barclay Goodrow -- Will Smith -- Luke Kunin
Carl Grundstrom -- Nico Sturm -- Danil Gushchin
Jake Walman -- Cody Ceci
Mario Ferraro -- Jan Rutta
Henry Thrun -- Timothy Liljegren
Mackenzie Blackwood
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Klim Kostin, Givani Smith, Jack Thompson
Injured: Lucas Carlsson (undisclosed), Logan Couture (groin), Marc-Edouard Vlasic (upper body), Macklin Celebrini (lower body), Ty Dellandrea (upper body)
Status report
The Canucks placed forward Nils Aman on waivers Saturday for the purpose of reassigning him to Abbotsford of the American Hockey League. ... Joshua, a forward, participated in Vancouver's morning skate Saturday but his not expected to play and has yet to make his season debut. ... Liljegren will make his Sharks debut after being acquired in a trade with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday.
GAMEDAY CHATTER
General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that F Nils Åman has been placed on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Abbotsford (AHL).
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) November 2, 2024
He might be gone by time this game starts.....or not.
“You got to make sure you’re hard to play against…This league, you got to bounce back.”
🗣 Head Coach Rick Tocchet speaks to the media following Saturday's morning skate in San Jose.#Canucks | @theprovince pic.twitter.com/Vz3ZRrXlEF
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) November 2, 2024
“Focused on our game and what we need to do to get back to the way we can play.”
🗣 Hear from Carson Soucy ahead of tonight's game against the Sharks.#Canucks | @theprovince pic.twitter.com/h3Y1IjFYqy
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) November 2, 2024
GAMEDAY BATTLE HYMN
Our man Kent continues on his treatment schedule for cancer and has put in his request for some light listening music. I guess he meant light for him, as I went to listen to it, it rattled my brain. Exodus is from the Bay Area and obviously weren't into Tupac. Their song "The Fires of Division" got me thinking about the noisy groups on Twitter that are pro-Petey and anti-Petey. I really hope he can get going in November and calm these flames.
Go Canucks Go!
