10:30 p.m. ET; SNP, KCOP-13, Victory+
I am not sure what there is to say about this team right now....but here are a few words or phrases:
Inconsistent
Hesitant
Gunshy
Lacking finish in all areas.
Please add your own.
This could be Brock's last game. The fact that the Canucks are 2 points out of a playoff spot and they are sellers surely shows the direction management is going.....right? I guess the trade barriers going up won't stop management from tanking the season. I wonder if Frankie has told Jimmy and Patty to cut payroll as many people won't be able to afford the tickets and therefore empty seats means less revenue. The NHL must be rethinking its cap increases over the next couple years. Not our Frankie though....he will cuts costs a soon as he can, so everyone say goodbye to Brock tonight.....and maybe another player, yet to be determined.
I have to retype something from above....the Canucks are 2 points out of the playoffs and are sellers. Blows my mind. Now Patty could come up with a great trade that helps boost this team and drive them forward....but I have not heard anything to that degree.
So, the Canucks go into tonight trying to find a way to win and stay relevant in the West, while playing a team that handed them a bitter loss last week. Make or break game....aren't they all.
Game Day Lineups
Ducks projected lineup
Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Troy Terry
Trevor Zegras -- Leo Carlsson -- Alex Killorn
Cutter Gauthier -- Mason McTavish -- Sam Colangelo
Ross Johnston -- Isaac Lundestrom – Jansen Harkins
Jackson Lacombe -- Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov -- Jacob Trouba
Brian Dumoulin -- Drew Helleson
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Brett Leason, Olen Zellweger
Injured: Robby Fabbri (upper body), Brock McGinn (torn ACL)
Canucks projected lineup
Dakota Joshua -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland
Drew O’Connor -- Filip Chytl -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Jake DeBrusk -- Pius Suter -- Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander -- Teddy Blueger -- Kiefer Sherwood
Elias Nils Pettersson -- Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson -- Tyler Myers
Derek Forbort -- Carson Soucy
Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Nils Aman, Victor Mancini
Injured: Quinn Hughes (lower body), Thatcher Demko (lower body), Noah Juulsen (lower body)
Status report
The Ducks did not hold a morning skate Tuesday, but Gibson, who did go on the ice, is expected to start after Dostal made 32 saves in a 6-2 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. … Zellweger, a defenseman who has been scratched four straight games, could enter the lineup in place of Mintyukov. … Hughes won’t play and is day to day after being injured during a 6-3 loss at the Seattle Kraken on Saturday. … Rookie Elias Nils Pettersson will start the game in Hughes' spot on the top defense pair but could swap situationally with Forbort.
Game Day Chatter
“There’s 22 games left. The next game goes, the pressure amounts. We got to deal with pressure...We should be embracing this. We’re in the race.”
🗣 Hear from Head Coach Rick Tocchet ahead of tonight's game against Anaheim.#Canucks | @theprovince pic.twitter.com/Fl0WR1vN12
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 5, 2025
“I’m doing the best I can to really dial it in and be prepared, go out there and work hard…Try and help our team win a hockey game.”
🗣 Brock Boeser meets with the media ahead of tonight's game against the Ducks.#Canucks | @theprovince pic.twitter.com/6fwW4nDGSC
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 5, 2025
"Good couple days, some good practices in. Get back on the winning track and I think it's a good opportunity tonight."
🗣 Pius Suter speaks to the media following morning skate at Rogers Arena.#Canucks | @theprovince pic.twitter.com/HQZt1dSm8k
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 5, 2025
Game Day Battle Hymn
This song is for all of us Canuck fans...and Canadians. I'm sorry.
Go Coconuts Go!
