GDT Oct 20 Canucks @ BJs

[herb]

Puck drop at 3 pm PT - Live on Sportsnet Vancouver Hockey, The TEAM 1040

Jeremy Welsh (other guy in the Dalpe trade) has been recalled from Utica due to the Schroeder ankle injury. Sounds like Welsh will play.

Lack will get his second career start for the Canucks. Curtis McElhinney will play in net for the 2-5 Blue Jackets.

[Jovocop]

Can the Canucks recall Dalpe who is on a conditional assignment?

[Strangelove]

[herb]

Can the Canucks recall Dalpe who is on a conditional assignment?

It appears as though they chose not to. Torts obviously wasn't enthusiastic about him.

Even though the centre depth looks like shit, it sounds like Torts is sticking the Sedins and Kesler.

Dank-Hank-Kess
Higgins-Santorelli-Hansen
Booth-Richardson-Kassian
Sestito-Welsh-Weise

[Steve Bennett*]

5-2 Canucks! Goals by Danny, Kesler, Hamhuis, Santorelli and Hansen.

First post here! Better be right!

[rats19]

5-2 Canucks! Goals by Danny, Kesler, Hamhuis, Santorelli and Hansen.

First post here! Better be right!

Still safe steve.....welcome

[Hockey Widow]

Decent period out shooting Columbus 13-2 but still down a goal. Our PP is plain bad. Torts has some work to do. We had better hope Columbus doesn't wake up.

[SKYO]

Can the Canucks recall Dalpe who is on a conditional assignment?

It appears as though they chose not to. Torts obviously wasn't enthusiastic about him.

Sestito-Welsh-Weise

And Welsh is playing awesome on the 4th line with Sestito and Weise, already surpassed Dalpe imo.
Like a natural fit.

[SKYO]

Decent period out shooting Columbus 13-2 but still down a goal. Our PP is plain bad. Torts has some work to do. We had better hope Columbus doesn't wake up.

Yeah utter dominance in the 1st, just gotta keep this play up and the goals should come.

I'd like to see Kassian planted in front of the net for the powerplay with the Sedins / Edler/JayG.

[Zamboni Driver]

Decent period out shooting Columbus 13-2 but still down a goal. Our PP is plain bad. Torts has some work to do. We had better hope Columbus doesn't wake up.

How about a grade A "garbage goal"?
And on the PP too....

[Steve Bennett*]

Good road game on the second half of a back-back. Hopefully no more lazy penalties by Edler and Bieksa that may end up costing us the game. A little bad luck I guess too on those two penalties. Hopefully get rewarded after several good shifts so far this game by many players. I think we can do it...

[RoyalDude]

Booth is an integral piece to the offence of this team. Without him we are hooped.

[Reefer2]

I was surprised the Canuck goal counted, it was hidden for a period of time and in the replay you could see that he was lifting the whistle to his mouth.

Now we need to see some screens and deflections to tie the game.

[sagebrush]

The best team won.

[Hockey Widow]

Somehow a predictable loss. Even though they owned the first they didn't look too dominant. I suppose we could blame it on fatigue and back to backs, oh wait Columbus had the same. Maybe we could blame it on our back up, oh wait Columbus played their back up.

Columbus woke up after the first and it was a much more even game, they capitalized and got that all important late lead. Lack played a strong game but our offence was non existent. Too bad, after coming off our best game of the season we just didn't have it.

Higgins came so close to tying it, I bet he had a nightmare on that one tonight.