The Vancouver Canucks organization treated coach Bruce Boudreau incredibly poorly and their fans did their best to make up for it. As the trade deadline approaches, some big names will be available. The Oilers have a 6 game winning streak going and their schedule looks favourable for the next little while.
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Banter – Houston / Soltex shoutouts – Glenn, John,s
Title Player – Mike Christie (412 GP)
Feedback – Linnaea Bee
News
Canucks make Boudreau coach while publicly looking for new coach – Rick Tocchet
Scathing Thomas Drance article
https://theathletic.com/4112347/2023/01/21/bruce-boudreau-vancouver-canucks-dysfunction/
Deadline
Bo Horvat on the blocks
Jonathan Toews – will Blackhawks trade him?
Ryan O’Reilly ?
All Star – Players voted in
Metro Division
Atlantic Division
Auston Matthews
Central Division
Pacific Division
Leon Draisaitl
Bo Horvat
LEAFS – Tampa nipping at heels
What do they need at deadline
OILERS – Big 5 game winning streak
Campbell coming around
Deadline?
Guess the 5th
Team of the Week – Calgary Flames
Predicted: Mike 1st / Dale 2nd
21-16-9 51 Points –
5th in Pacific / Tied with COL for 2nd wildcard but COL has 2 games in hand
Fancy Stats
CF% 55.2 (2) SF% 55.9 (3) GF% 51.96 xGF% 53.67 (6) SH% 7.79 (24) SV% 90.73 (25)
PP% 19.86 (24) PK% 82.1 (6)
Huberdeau 31P in 43 Games – not meeting expectations
Lindolm – 41 P in 45 GP – who was zooming whom last year?
Markstrom – .895 in 32 GP last year .922
Career avg .911
Vladar – .907
Summary:
Good underlying numbers.
Can Markstrom bounce back?
Do they have the offence?
Crazy Stat
Hot / Not
Metro NJD 7-1-2 / CBJ 3-7-0
Atlantic BOS 8-1-1 / DET 3-6-1
WPG 7-3-0 / ARI 1-9-0
SEA EDM 7-2-1 / VAN 2-8-0
DOPeS
Mike Matheson – $5k parking ticket