05/18/2024 – CanucksBanter

Canucks Head Coach Rick Tocchet meets with media on game day:

“Just got to worry about your first shift in the first period.”

🗣 Hear from Head Coach Rick Tocchet before Game Six tonight against the Oilers.@theprovince | #Canucks pic.twitter.com/A3Dy6Vy8yM
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) May 18, 2024

Tyler Myers meets with media after optional game day skate:

"They’re going to be as desperate as we’ve seen, and we have to be as hungry as we’ve been to try and close it out.”

🗣 Tyler Myers meets with the media ahead of tonight's game in Edmonton.@theprovince | #Canucks pic.twitter.com/Eynkn5ccS8
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) May 18, 2024

Annnd Your Game Starter issss—— Arturs Silovs:

Arturs Silovs is the first #Canucks goaltender off of the ice and is your projected Game 6 starter.
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) May 18, 2024

Brendan Batchelor with game day preview:

Can the #Canucks close out the #Oilers tonight in Game 6?

Here’s your game day preview with me and @RandipJanda from Edmonton.

5pm on @Sportsnet650! pic.twitter.com/a2hacbgjRh
— Brendan Batchelor (@BatchHockey) May 18, 2024

The letter of the law and the difference between “up”, “into” and “distance traveled”:

Yes, the rule on Charging does say "jumps into" and we can argue about whether Pettersson jumped into anyone, but jumping doesn't matter: it's a corollary to the real point of Charging which is about "distance traveled."

Pettersson didn't travel any distance at all. #Canucks pic.twitter.com/OJh01eRntj
— Daniel Wagner (@passittobulis) May 17, 2024

Thatcher Demko is getting closer by the day to returning but will the Canucks stick around long enough for him to have that long awaited reunion with his goal crease in NHL Playoff action??

“There are certain drills, certain pushes you want him to do,” says Rick Tocchet of Thatcher Demko’s return to play progress. “Then you wait til the next day and see how he reacts.

“Obviously him being on the ice and taking shots that’s a positive for us.” #Canucks
— Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) May 18, 2024

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