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Does one of Elias Pettersson or Rick Tocchet have to go? #Canucks
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— Sekeres and Price (@sekeresandprice) April 3, 2025
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
"We got some young guys here that we got to just keep preaching good habits."
🗣 Head Coach Rick Tocchet speaks on building a foundation with the young guys in the lineup, some injury updates, and more. pic.twitter.com/1rDXjdViF4
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) April 4, 2025
“Pretty good so far. I’ve been working hard.”
🗣 Nils Höglander speaks on making his return to practice and on his overall game as of late. pic.twitter.com/5DTzsVTqI4
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) April 4, 2025
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!
