CANUCKS (2-3-0) @ Oil (3-3-0)
7:00 p.m. PT; SNP
It's the final game of the final winner-take-all division final preseason series! So much is riding on this home and home matchup. So much stuff, we're not allowed to say even how unimportant the stuff is.
Is this a division playoff rematch or a preview of a division playoff rematch? Good and useless question.
The Nucks started the preseason strong, dipped and drooped a little and have lost 3 straight. Oil started ok, got beat badly 3 times in a row, as is their wont and finally beat our new nemesis, the Krakling.
Last game in tOiltown, the Oil barely beat the Nucks AHL+ roster. This final game of the Nucks extended preseason will decide the fate of the preseason series, the regular season and our moods until May. No big deal.
Typed this before... but today's the day. The day we see JT in a Nucks uni for the 1st time. This preseason. Exciting! Maybe. Taco could be saving him until after the pretend-Olympics-nations break.
Projected Rosters
Nucks:
Forwards
Heinen - J.T. - Brock
DeBrusk - EP - Sprong
Gnarly - Raty - Hogz
Bains - Aman - Sherwood
Big D:
Quinn Hughes - Filip Hronek
Carson Soucy - Tyler Myers
Derek Forbort - Vincent Desharnais
Goalies: Silovs and Lankinen as backup.
Oil:
Forwards:
The MOST important forward lines in hockey!
Podz - McD - Perry
Skinner -Draisaitl - Arvidsson
D: Whoever.
Goalie: Yes. Dammit.
Game Day 'Battle' Hymn
It's that time of the year. Or near to it. Time to give the Oil a glib spanking. Or a glim one.
Go Coconuts!