Come For The Banter - Stay For The Disappointment

Nucks Fan Rebuild & Retool Center - Come For The Banter - Stay For The Disappointment

Tanko for March 6

March 6, 2026

- Vern Faulkner

The beleaguered author of this little bingo-like game just plain didn't have the energy to create new squares. So all we did was remove Conor Garland and shuffle the squares ... which on this, trade deadline day is almost identical to what President Jim Rutherford and GM Patrick Allvin did: remove Conor Garland and shuffle the deck chairs on the sinking Canucks ship.

(No, the author isn't bitter about the fact the management couldn't get rid of Evander <ptui> Kane, or get even like, I dunno, some AHL dude or an eleventy-third round pick for Teddy Bleuger.)

Ah well, here's TANKO for the night. Enjoy, or not. If by some chance you win, plonk the card on Bluesky.

T	A	N	K	O
Jake DeBrusk fails to score	Rookie makes mistake, minutes reduced	Canucks penalized in the last three minutes of the game	Evander Kane takes a dumb penalty	Brock Boeser held goal-less
PO Joseph blunder leads to scoring chance	Marcus Petterson out of position on a goal.	Opposition scores empty-net goal	Opponent scores hat-trick	Veteran makes bonehead play, minutes not reduced
Video review goes against the Canucks	Opposition scores 5 or more goals	Thatcher Demko injured	PO Joseph out of position on a goal	EP40 <50% in faceoff circle
Opposition player bumps scoring slump	EP 40 falls down/is knocked down	Player/coach mentions “system,” whatever that means	Foote still gives bugger-all ice time to Atu Raty, if he is even dressed.	Team mis-reports/mis-evaluates injury in previous 72 hours
Opposition has a player out-scoring EP40 at less cost	Marcus Petterson is out of position on a goal	Penalty kill surrenders goal	Power play fails to score	Canucks Shut Out

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