Cory Schneider will be getting the start against the Blackhawks tomorrow night.

Count that as two 'emotional' starts that Luongo will be sitting on the bench for. AV insists that this was a decision to entice Schneider to keep working out over the break, and to give Luongo a chance to relax a bit.

The Sedins and Edler weren't at practice but that likely stems from making the trip back to Vancouver from Ottawa last night. Cody Hodgson was at practice (mind you he didn't do much during All-Star weekend lol).

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Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!

Canucks did not deserve a point in last night's game against the Wings -- Luongo absolutely saved them through two periods. Brutal effort for the first 40 minutes from most everybody.

But in the shootout, it was typical Luongo.

And why is Edler taking the first shot in the shootout?

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Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie

Forwards: Ovechkin, D. Sedin, Stastny, Nash, Kesler, Ribeiro, B. Richards, Selanne, Hossa, Fleischmann, Whitney, Lecavalier, Alfredsson, Okposo, Plekanec, Doan, S. Kostitsyn

Defense: Goligoski, Campbell, Gonchar, Bergeron, Liles, McBain, Vatanen, Timonen, Visnovsky, Giordano, Wideman

Goal: Luongo, Holtby

I don't know if you guys feel the same way but to me this team hasn't felt the same since losing to the Kings on NYE. They were on a roll before that loss and since then they haven't really been able to gain any momentum. They also haven't looked as sharp.

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@B0ndon

Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!

yeah, they need to mix up their shootouts a bit more. I can understand the sedins just dont have it in shootouts, but try tossing in booth or burrows or hodgson..
raymond cant do anything unless he spins
edler needs to shoot and not deke
and dammit shoot some pucks at schneider in the hallway during OT so he's ready to be put in for the shootouts! lol
i know it wasnt all Luu's fault

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1 Point - G,A,PPG,SHG,GWG
2 Points - Goalie Win, 2 - SHO, -.5 for loss
Stamkos, Toews, Benn, Voracek, Moulson, Wheeler, Lecavalier, Couture, Whitney, Stepan
D: Shattenkirk, Wideman, Carlson, Hedman
G: Niemi, Reimer, Elliot
IR: Ryan Kesler

Interesting note from the Canucks practice today,

Keith Ballard was seen practicing in Chris Higgins' spot on the second line for a brief period, and it appears that he may play as third line LW with Hodgson and Hansen in the Canucks' next game. Raymond took Higgins' spot on the second line with Kesler and Booth.

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@B0ndon

Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!

That's one way to deal with his mediocre D play....

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Points-only, Full Keeper Dynasty League
Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie

Forwards: Ovechkin, D. Sedin, Stastny, Nash, Kesler, Ribeiro, B. Richards, Selanne, Hossa, Fleischmann, Whitney, Lecavalier, Alfredsson, Okposo, Plekanec, Doan, S. Kostitsyn

Defense: Goligoski, Campbell, Gonchar, Bergeron, Liles, McBain, Vatanen, Timonen, Visnovsky, Giordano, Wideman

Goal: Luongo, Holtby

Now, what to do about Rome and Alberts...?

Rome and his freaking 'I'm gonna gently poke the puck halfway to my goalie' brand of D isn't helping.

Any chance we can trade for Hal Gill... he plays the same game as Alberts and Rome, except he's bigger, stronger, and sucks a lot less.

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Okay, so maybe nobody likes a cynic, but everybody f**king hates those perky optimists!

... and anyway, I make a damn good cynic.

Another game with 30 shots against through 2 periods? What the hell Vancouver, is this 'Make Luongo earn his paycheck' week or something?

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Okay, so maybe nobody likes a cynic, but everybody f**king hates those perky optimists!

... and anyway, I make a damn good cynic.

some weird lines at practice today ....

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F-Perry,Ryan,Giroux,Stastny,Ribeiro,Krejci,Plekanec, JvR,Bergeron,Fleischmann,Grabovski,Cammalleri
D-Letang,Chara,Edler,Boyle,Giordano,Gardiner,
G-Rinne,Crawford
Bench-Bernier,Reimer,Parenteau,Callahan,Downie,Kulemin, Meszaros,Nikitin
Farm- Namestnikov,Khoklachev,Rundblad,Despres,Jensen, L.Adam,Barberio,Galiev,Telegin,Hertl,Aberg

Yeah I saw that and immediately went



Gonna be interesting to see if he actually uses those lines. Considering how poorly the team has been playing lately this shakeup (if it goes through) could end up in a bloodbath lol.

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Goalies: If I'm pickin em you best be sittin em!