Bill Sweatt Recalled: Oreo sent back

[Hockey Widow]

Vancouver, B.C. – Vancouver Canucks President and General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that the Canucks have recalled left wing Bill Sweatt from the Chicago Wolves on emergency recall. Victor Oreskovich has been re-assigned to Chicago.
Sweatt, 23, has registered nine points (4-5-9) and 10 penalty minutes in 19 games with the Wolves this season. He finished second in scoring on the Manitoba Moose in his first professional hockey season in 2010.11, registering 46 points (19-27-46).

Oreskovich, 25, recorded seven penalty minutes and an even plus/minus rating in one game with Vancouver. He has recorded five points (1-4-5) and six penalty minutes in 11 games with the Wolves this season.

Taken from CDC.

So me thinks Oreo may have had his last chance for a while. With Sweatt being recalled I am going to assume the news on Booth is not good.

[Kel]

Realistically, Booth is not going to play the next game. By sending Oreskovich down, does it mean Higgins is back in the lineup? Oreskovich's spot came from Higgins, not Booth.

[Linden Is God]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaTGrV58wec&ob=av2e

[Potatoe1]

Realistically, Booth is not going to play the next game. By sending Oreskovich down, does it mean Higgins is back in the lineup? Oreskovich's spot came from Higgins, not Booth.

Must mean Higgens is going to play otherwise we are a forward short.

Kind of odd they sent Vic down, not that he played particularly well. Perhaps they feel Sweatt can play on the 3rd line.

[Todd Bersnoozi]

Would of liked to have seen Mancari get a look, but Sweatt probably plays the bottom 6/energy player better.

[CFP!]

Would of liked to have seen Mancari get a look, but Sweatt probably plays the bottom 6/energy player better.

Agreed.

Is Mancari waiver eligible? Thus not being recalled and an AHL lifer?

[dbr]

Yes, he is on a one-way contract (only exempt players are those who are not eligible for waivers at all and those whose AHL salary is $105K or less).

[KeyserSoze]

Realistically, Booth is not going to play the next game. By sending Oreskovich down, does it mean Higgins is back in the lineup? Oreskovich's spot came from Higgins, not Booth.

Must mean Higgens is going to play otherwise we are a forward short.

Kind of odd they sent Vic down, not that he played particularly well. Perhaps they feel Sweatt can play on the 3rd line.

According to Murph, Higgens was not on the ice this morning...

Morning skate lines:
Kes, Raymond, Hansen
Sweatt was playing on the 3rd w/ Silent 3 and Lappy
Alberts on the 4th with Manny and Weise

[Jovocop]

Realistically, Booth is not going to play the next game. By sending Oreskovich down, does it mean Higgins is back in the lineup? Oreskovich's spot came from Higgins, not Booth.

Must mean Higgens is going to play otherwise we are a forward short.

Kind of odd they sent Vic down, not that he played particularly well. Perhaps they feel Sweatt can play on the 3rd line.

According to Murph, Higgens was not on the ice this morning...

Morning skate lines:
Kes, Raymond, Hansen
Sweatt was playing on the 3rd w/ Silent 3 and Lappy
Alberts on the 4th with Manny and Weise

According to AV, "Alberts to play forward tonight as #Canucks have only 11 forwards. Higgins improving, but not ready to skate yet."

[Hockey Widow]

This should be fun. Hope he hits and forechecks like a son of a gun and I hope he gets a hat trick

[Potatoe1]

Alberts on the 4th with Manny and Weise

Wow, direct shot at VO, I guess AV doesn't buy the idea that "just showing up" is enough.

[dbr]

err, nothing to see here... move along...

[tantalum]

The thing Oreo doesn't seem to be able to do is do all the things the coaching staff want him to do at the same time. If he's out there skating hard and hitting he doesn't back his team mates up. If he goes out and drops them to back his team mates up he forgets that he has to skate hard the other 99% of the time. In his game against Colorado he dropped them but didn't do anything else. AV rewards guys with time if they are doing what they are supposed to be doing. Oreo had a first couple of shifts where he did nothing and AV limited his icetime from that point. It was a curious performance IMO. You'd think he would have been jacked up, running anything he could and dropping gloves at the first opportunity.

But yeah it pretty much says AV doesn't want to see him again any time soon. Be interesting to see what Sweatt can do. I thought he maybe deserved a look see last year and never got it. This year he arguably doesn't deserve it and will get one. Then again no one deserves the call up right now from what I've seen.

[Chef Boi RD]

This Weise hillbilly with the bad teeth must have revealing pictures of AV cause I can't understand for the life of me how this inbred gets regular duty on the 4th line? I wouldn't be out of the ball park by suggesting that Weise may very well be a worse fighter than Oreskovich, which might explain why he doesn't fight, yet I seem to be under the impression that that is what this jack ass was brought here for. I mean, that is how he came advertised when MoneyBall Gillis snagged him off the waiver wire from the Big Apple. What the fuck does this guy do? Fuck all if you ask me.

Anyhow, on to Bill Sweatt, holy cow batman are the Canucks ever stacked down on the farm, I mean Bill Fucking Sweatt. Batten down the Hatches!

[dhabums]

This Weise hillbilly with the bad teeth must have revealing pictures of AV cause I can't understand for the life of me how this inbred gets regular duty on the 4th line?

I will always appreciate the accidental amusement you bring to Canucks boards. We have a 4th line rookie who can skate, hits, is a PLUS player on our fourth line and you are desperate to find something to whine about. Do not ever change dude.

Now figure out a witty little "dha-something" to say.