Canucks Scuttlebutt 2024 NHL Playoffs Thursday Edition| May 2, 2024

Thursday practice line combinations:

No changes to the #Canucks lineup as they’ve shown it in drills at practice in Nashville on Thursday.

Suter-Miller-Boese
Höglander-Pettersson-Mikheyev
PDG-Blueger-Lafferty
Joshua-Lindholm-Garland
Åman

Hughes-Hronek
Soucy-Myers
Zadorov-Cole
Friedman-Juulsen pic.twitter.com/hrV20EVNrc
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) May 2, 2024

Canucks power play work not impressive:

Tons of power play work at #Canucks practice and while it doesn’t look exceptionally sharp, Rick Tocchet is full of encouragement.

Vancouver bench boss now having an extended chat with Elias Pettersson as practice concludes.
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) May 2, 2024

Miller, Hughes have to generate goals, assists, stop reading about their glory days, and execute:

The #Canucks have only generated 24 shots on goal (10.5 shots per 60) and just 2 goals this entire series (0.88 goals per hour) when J.T. Miller and Quinn Hughes are on the bench.

Getting more offence from non Miller/Hughes minutes is a must
— Harman Dayal (@harmandayal2) May 1, 2024

Second round could start Tuesday night:

Regardless of who wins on Friday between Vancouver and Nashville, early thoughts suggest round two series might not start until next Tuesday.

Vancouver has concerts booked Saturday and Monday, and if VAN wins Friday it would be rare to have them start next series on Sunday.
— Jason Gregor (@JasonGregor) May 2, 2024

Time for Canucks to play with desperation:

Ian Cole had some strong words for his team following the Canucks game 5 loss to Nashville.

Quote via Iain Macintyre of https://t.co/UUHEDM9GYd pic.twitter.com/SsnMLFrone
— CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) May 1, 2024

Is Casey DeSmith starting next game?

Casey DeSmith out on the ice ahead of #Canucks practice, working with Ian Clark. pic.twitter.com/jskeSJbqKY
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) May 2, 2024

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