Game Day: Vancouver Canucks Visit Calgary Flames

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Vancouver Looks To Make It Two Consecutive Wins

andrewchernoff By Andrew Chernoff

September 30, 2016

Game Time: 6:00 PM PST
Location: Scotiabank Saddledome
TV: Sportsnet One
Radio: TSN 1040

What’s Up:

The Vancouver Canucks (1 – 0 – 1 = 3 pts) battle the Calgary Flames (1 – 1 – 0 = 2 pts) in their first of two meetings in preseason play. The other game being played on October 6 at Rogers Arena.

The game marks the third game in four nights for the Canucks who took on division rival San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night suffering a 3-2 overtime loss in San Jose; and then defeated the Edmonton Oilers the next night 5-3.

What’s at stake:

Edmonton defeated Calgary 4-2 Monday night in their first preseason game, and then Calgary rebounded back the next night with a 3-0 win over the Winnipeg Jets. Calgary would like to make it two wins in a row over their division rival.

Vancouver is looking to nip its losing streak at one game on the road, and continue on the winning track against the Flames.

Vancouver special teams are 2 for 7 on the power play with 7 shots on net; 8 for 9 on the penalty kill with 8 shots on net and one shorthanded goal, so far this preseason.

When it came to possession play, San Jose out classed Vancouver Tuesday night, clearly dominating the Canucks, in all situations and 5-on-5.

On Wednesday night, Vancouver clearly was more competitive, dominating a good portion of the game to be fully deserving of the win.

Vancouver will look to continue where the Oilers game left off and make it three consecutive games with the opening goal, giving a solid competitive effort for their second consecutive win.

Potential Canucks Lines:

Skille-Gaunce-Burrows
Baertschi-Granlund-Rodin
LaBate-Ruutu-Grenier
Zalewski-Chaput-Rendulic

Hutton-Gudbranson
Brisebois-Tanev
Tryamkin-Larsen

Bachman
Demko

Potential Flames Lines:

Tkachuk-Bennett-Brouwer
Shinkaruk-Stajan-Ferland
Higgins-Hamilton-Chiasson
Klimchuk-Jankowski-Hathaway

Giordano-Hamilton
Kylington-Wideman
Wotherspoon-Engelland

Elliott
Parsons

Stats And Numbers:

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Stats From: www.sportingcharts.com

The NHL is still considering Quebec City for a future team

On 09/12/201609/12/2016 By CanucksBanterIn nhl newsLeave a comment

Posted by David Rogers on Sep 11, 2016 10:53

When the NHL awarded Las Vegas a new expansion team beginning in the 2017-18 season, they passed on other options such as Seattle and Quebec City. Though the league’s decision to bring hockey to Vegas was a blow to the effort in Quebec, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly has indicated that it’s still a goal of his to bring a team to the city.

Daly spoke with NHL.com and discussed the decision to pick Vegas and what it means for Quebec in the future:

“I think while I’m sure they (Quebec City) would have wanted the answer to be different last June, they understand the reasons that we did what we did, and we’re going to continue to work together going forward.

Daly also spoke about the need for an arena – which Quebec has – and what the biggest hurdle is preventing the city from obtaining a team.

The time those conditions were important was the time we were making those decisions. I think I would say probably the most important of those situations hasn’t resolved itself and can’t really resolve itself without a further expansion, and that’s the geographic imbalance. So I think that was a huge hurdle that this expansion application had from the start. I think we were upfront about that.”

Quebec City has an outstanding arena which could serve as a great host for a future NHL team. However, it sounds like the league is more concerned with geography than the other logistics. That’s a pretty significant obstacle which will need to be discussed and figured out before any serious talks begin.

That being said, Daly is still optimistic and hopes to eventually bring a team to the city. He just can’t say when.

“I wish I knew, I can’t give you that answer. I was actually asked at customs today whether I was coming to announce the Nordiques coming back. I said, ‘Not today.’ But hopefully at some point in my career.”

In summary, the league still wants to bring a team to Quebec which should keep fans in the city optimistic that one day they will once again have NHL hockey.

Source: The NHL is still considering Quebec City for a future team – Puck Drunk Love