Happy hockey day in Canada, fellow fans of Canadian hockey.
It is we, RMNB, known Canucks bloggers, here to blog about the Canucks.
Tonight, the Canucks, who are our team, host the Flames, who — boo on them. The game is at 7 PM, unless you’re weirdo on the east coast, in which case it’s on at 10 PM. Peter has recap duty. Let’s see how far he takes this bit.
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| Record | 6-5-1 | 6-11-0 |
| Shot Attempt % | 52.7% | 46.9% |
| PDO | 102.1 | 98.5 |
| Power Play | 23.1% | 16.1% |
| Penalty Kill | 80.4% | 81.4% |
Projected Lines
As always, from the great Farhan Lalji:
Miller – Pettersson – Boeser
Hoglander – Horvat – Pearson
Roussel – Sutter – Gaudette
Eriksson – Beagle – Virtanen
Hughes – Benn
Edler – Schmidt
Juolevi – Myers
Demko
Fun Facts on that Fourth Line
Loui Eriksson makes $6,000,000.
Jay Beagle makes $3,000,000.
Jake Virtanen makes $2,550,000.
That’s a fourth line worth eleven and a half million dollars against the salary cap. For comparison, the Washington Capitals, whom some people call “Canucks East”, have a nominal fourth line worth five million, and that’s a bit much because of Carl Hagelin.
Storylines
- Fan fave Couv defender Jay Beagle hit 600 games the other day.
- That’s it. Not a ton of Couv news (hashtag #couvnews) until they fire Jim Benning in a week or two.
- Meanwhile, back east, defender Justin Schultz will return on Sunday.
- Kuznetsov vs afternooners
- Connor McMichael scored his first AHL goal— a game-winner for the Hershey Bears, an affiliate of the Capitals in Pennsylvania, USA.
Why
An announcement: I have decided to officially adopt the Canucks. For everyone who wanted me to adopt the Flames or any other non-terrible team, you wasted your time and mine.
— Peter (good tweets only) (@peterhassett) February 12, 2021
whats up couv country
— Peter (good tweets only) (@peterhassett) February 12, 2021
where my couv heads at
— Peter (good tweets only) (@peterhassett) February 12, 2021
it is i
one of you— Peter (good tweets only) (@peterhassett) February 12, 2021
couv game day
— Peter (good tweets only) (@peterhassett) February 13, 2021
Yes, this is a bit, but yes I’m watching the game and covering it for real. It’s either Canadian hockey or
no caps hockey so pic.twitter.com/7u72IW314y
— Peter (good tweets only) (@peterhassett) February 12, 2021
So just go with it.
RMNB Coverage of Canucks vs Flames
Screenshot courtesy of Sportsnet
