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We’re 9 days out from training camp, and only 3 days out from the Young Star tournament. Hockey is almost back on the menu, baby.
There’s not a ton of new Canucks news out there at the moment. However…
- They just released the Young Stars lineup, which will be:
FORWARDS
Arshdeep Bains (Abbotsford, AHL)
Danila Klimovich (Abbotsford, AHL)
Jonathan Lekkerimäki (Öebro HK, SHL)
Ty Mueller (Nebraska-Omaha, NCHC)
Vilmer Alriksson (Guelph, OHL)
Aätu Raty (Abbotsford, AHL)
Ty Glover (Abbotsford, AHL)
Max Sasson (Abbotsford, AHL)
Riley Patterson (Barrie, OHL)
Josh Bloom (Saginaw, OHL)
Anthony Romani (North Bay, AHL)
Deagan McMillan (Tri-City, WHL)
Ty Halaburda (Vancouver, WHL)
Cooper Walker (Kalamazoo, ECHL)
DEFENCEMEN
Elias Pettersson (Abbotsford, AHL)
Akito Hirose (Abbotsford, AHL)
Sawyer Mynio (Seattle, WHL)
Christian Felton (Merrimack, H-East)
Kirill Kudryavtsev (Sault Ste. Marie, OHL)
Joe Arntsen (Lethbridge, WHL)
Parker Alcos (Edmonton, WHL)
Basile Sansonnens (Gottéron, U20 Elit)
GOALTENDERS
Nikita Tolopia (Abbotsford, AHL)
Jonathan Lemieux (Kalamazoo, ECHL)
Ty Young (Prince George, WHL)
The games will go as follows:
Friday, September 13
Game 1: Calgary vs Winnipeg at 4:00pm PT
Game 2: Vancouver vs Edmonton at 7:30pm PT
Saturday, September 14
Exhibition: Penticton Vees vs Salmon Arm at 3:00pm PT
Game 3: Calgary vs Edmonton at 7:30pm PT
Sunday, September 15
Game 4: Vancouver vs Winnipeg at 2:00pm PT
Monday, September 16
Game 5: Winnipeg vs Edmonton at 11:00am PT
Game 6: Calgary vs Vancouver at 2:30pm PT
- Still murky waters on the Canucks’ goaltending situation. Demko isn’t believed to be out long long term, but also won’t be ready for the start of the year.
- In an interview with Sportsnet, Hughes is pretty happy with his game and where the team is going. He likes that additions they put on the roster (especially Sherwood who he was vocal about), and thinks this team is going places:
“When that did happen before, we were an up-and-coming young team,” Hughes said. “Now, I'm going to be 25. Petey's going to be 26, Demko 29. Millsy is 32, Brock (Boeser) is older. We've got (Filip) Hronek and DeBrusk, some other younger guys and some depth pieces. I'm five times the player that I was that season. I think I’ve arrived as a player, and Petey has and all these guys have. I think we're at the top of our games. And then we’ve got an amazing coaching staff and our systems are going to be so dialled in. And I think we're just more mature (because) we went through all that. We learned from that. We should be a really good team.”
Full interview here: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/top-of-our-games-canucks-hughes-ready-to-build-on-individual-team-success/
- Boeser has been cleared for contact after a blood clot ended his season last year. Boeser was on thinners for a few months after they were first found, but is feeling good now.
"It's obviously something we look back on and it was tough scenario, but I'm just happy that I can move forward and really focus on this season," Boeser said.
Alright, blog reset. Hopefully the next one will contain some actual purposeful hockey information.
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