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Game Preview /Gamethread #76: Canucks vs Ducks

April 5, 2025
- Westy

DUCKS (33-34-8) at CANUCKS (34-28-13)

4 p.m. ET; SNP, KCOP-13, Victory+

Let's start here...what a weird choice. Either the highest paid player goes or the coach? I don't listen to these guys, probably because of questions like this.

I want to start dissecting what the fuck went wrong this year, but there are still 7 games left to add material to my rant. Kent and I actually agree on something for once in a blue moon.....Coach Taco needs to go. I am not sure what changed from last year to this year when it came to creating offence and using the speed on breakouts. So much time has been spent on forwards playing defense that this team looks a lot like Willie D's team the year after they made the playoffs.

I have another conspiracy theory that I will get to when the Canucks are golfing. It has to do with ownership loving this outcome to the year. Frankie would love nothing more than to shed salary and make more profit.

The Canucks will limp out the season with this lineup and a guy like Pius Suter will get more points on the 1st line and increase his next contract and leave Vancouver. (Frankie will let him walk to save money)

Game Day Lineups

Ducks projected lineup

Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Troy Terry

Cutter Gauthier -- Leo Carlsson -- Alex Killorn

Trevor Zegras -- Mason McTavish -- Sam Colangelo

Jansen Harkins -- Isac Lundestrom -- Brett Leason

Jackson LaCombe -- Radko Gudas

Olen Zellweger -- Jacob Trouba

Oliver Kylington -- Drew Helleson

Lukas Dostal

Ville Husso

Scratched: Nikita Nesterenko, Pavel Mintyukov

Injured: John Gibson (lower body), Robby Fabbri (upper body), Ross Johnston (upper body)

Canucks projected lineup

Jake DeBrusk -- Pius Suter -- Brock Boeser

Drew O'Connor -- Teddy Blueger -- Conor Garland

Linus Karlsson -- Nils Aman -- Jonathan Lekkerimaki

Dakota Joshua -- Aatu Raty -- Kiefer Sherwood

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek

Marcus Pettersson -- Victor Mancini

Derek Forbort -- Elias Nils Pettersson

Thatcher Demko

Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: None

Injured: Tyler Myers (undisclosed), Filip Chytil (concussion), Noah Juulsen (lower body), Elias Pettersson (upper body), Nils Hoglander (undisclosed)

Status Report

Gibson, a goalie, did not practice on Friday and won’t play Saturday after leaving the second period of a 4-1 loss at the Calgary Flames on Thursday, but coach Greg Cronin did not have an update beyond that. Husso was called up from San Diego of the American Hockey League on Friday. … Nesterenko, a forward, might draw in for Leason. … Myers, a defenseman, did not practice on Friday after missing the final 11:47 of a 5-0 loss against the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday, is day to day and “probably won’t play (against Anaheim),” coach Rick Tocchet said. … Hoglander, a forward, practiced on Friday without a non-ontact jersey for the first time since a March 22 injury but is expected to miss a sixth straight game. … Aman left practice early Friday after a heavy fall into the boards but there was no update on his status for Saturday.

Game Day Chatter

I can't call this game must-win, because at this point it would really come down to teams ahead of the Canucks losing all their games for playoffs to be achievable.

Game Day Battle Hymn

I dedicate this hymn to Coach Taco, who is a big supporter of the small things.

Go Coconuts go!

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