The Vancouver Canucks just beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in overtime. Jonathan Lekkerimaki with 2 goals, Cootes with an assist. Conor Garland with the OT winner as the Canucks prepare for the regular season to get underway next week against the Calgary Flames.
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Lekk on the second line with Kane & Chytil, Garland runs the 3rd line with Sass on & Raty, stable fourth line of DOC Blueger Sherwood. Karlsson and POJ in the press box.
I like the Cootes Lekkerimäki combo, there is chemistry there. I think youth on your 3rd Line could be really useful and would help the Team for the future IMHO.
I think Bains can be a good fourth liner, it’s good they waived aman. I’d keep Bains around between Abby and Van. He’s actually better this year than he was last year and still getting better, definitely wouldn’t waive him.
Bains stays, he was fine. He will not clear wavers if sent down. Sasson does not need wavers. So he will be sent down.
Bains, Raty, Karlsson and Laki will stay.
That’s first goal from the oilers was so easily avoided if bains just put some effort in on the back check. Watch him skate at 2:34
Raty has to have made the team.
Maybe, just maybe, Bains and Lekk were having one final comp game?
I also think Sasson has done enough to be on the team.
Bains and cootes get cut.
Agree on Bains – he just can't seem to get his game to translate to NHL level for some reason, which is odd as he seems to have all the tools. Karlson just hasn't shown me enough either this preseason, i was super high on him coming in after the cup run in abbo but he has looked a step below as well. I'd go with Lekk, Cootes, Sasson for the speed and skill factors that this team is pretty lacking. Raty seems like a no brainer too, tho he doesn't have the legs he's got a nice shot, good IQ and his faceoff and D game make him a obvs candidate for a bottom 6 role.
No tocchets who doesn't believe in shots. Glad he's gone let him destroy Philly
oh my garlies goal was sick
Yes…Bains needs another year down in. Lakkermaki and Cootes have been great..but, again I agree DeanerHD, yes only pre so let's wait til Thursday 9th when the power from all comes on…🏒👍
The whole team looks better and faster than last year. The whole team.
I also agree. Bains doesnt belong on this team.
Raty, Lekkermaki, and Cootes my top 3. And for 4th im going with Sasson.
Yeah, Bains needs to not be in this squad. He's just not very good.
That move petey did to cut inside the slot would’ve never been aloud under tocchet im so glad things are different now.
bains 1 point in 21 nhl games btw
But bains will sell a lots of jerseys 😂
Agree 100%. Ratu is already on the team because of face off ability and PK. If there is one spot left (Hoglander's spot). It's Lekki first, then the Max-Assasin then Linus. Can Cootes be brought back in the postseason? That would be as good as a trade I feel. Banes is not even in the conversation. For the first time the Canucks have a exciting farm system and it's good to see. BTW I see many variations on nicknames below, but mine are the best right?
DeBrusk / Pettersson / Boeser
Kane / Chytil / Lekkerimäki
Ráty / Bluegar / Garland
O’Connor / Cootes (9 gms) / Sherwood
Karlson, Bains
Hughes / Hronek
MPettersson / Myers
DPettey / Forbort
Mancini
Demko
Lankinen
Opening night roster
Boeser PETEY. Kane
Garland. Chytil. Debrusk
Lekki. Raty. Cootes
O Connor. Bleuger. Sherwood
Defenceman
Hughes hronek
Myers m petterson
E PETEY Mancini
I agree Bains is just a local kid feel good story but he doesn't display nhl production. He's an NHL player but maybe on chicago
Cootes and lekkerimaki are obvious and then raty and fourth guy idk
I feel like Ratu, Sasson, Cootes, Lekkerimaki should make the roster because we need that forward depth. If not Sasson they could put in Karlson but Bains shouldn’t make the roster but he is a good player and should be replaced with another player when injured.
Lekki, Sasson, Raty , Baines . ( I think it is best for Cootes to stay in junior for another season because I don't want him to get injured or ride a bench or lose his confidence. But he has earned a spot . And I think Baines outplayed Karlsson though neither of them did quite enough ,so pick your poison.
Keep Sasson Karlsson Cootes and Lekeramaki
I got some high hopes the kids look good. Demco looked good of course. Brock boser think is taking it to a new level
DeBrusk-Petterson-Boeser
Garland-Chytil-Lekkerimaki
Kane-Blueger-Sherwood
Karlsson-Raty-O’Connor
Hughes-Hronek
Myers-MP29
EP25-Mancini
Just my initial idea (I know some players don’t shoot where I put them I’m doing this quickly at work)
Cootes and Lekkerimäki found some chemistry. Future 2nd line duo in the making.
Decision who to keep is easy. You send down the two guys who are waiver exempt, Cootes and Lekkeremaki. They both had a great preseason, but strictly as an asset management decision, you can't give up on Bains, Sasson, Karlsson or Raty. They're all young and deserve a good look in the NHL before we make a decision to depart off their contracts. Let's see what the kids that just won the Calder cup can do in the NHL.
By the 5th game we are destined to have a few injuries. Depth is never a bad thing, in 2 weeks Lekkeremaki can be back up with the big club and be exempt from any future call ups. With the new AHL rules, I think Cootes is eligible to play in Abbotsfords if management thinks they need that extra depth and they're willing to burn that 1st year…
There is only one wrong answer to the question who should make the team(bains)
Send down Sasson for now. His and Bains' only great game was against a Flames team that had goalies like Cooley in net. He's still exempt from waivers for another year which is also why Kudryavtsev and others got sent down and with them not having enough roster room because of the Myers NMC. They can call him up for 4th line minutes when an injury occurs. Keep Cootes for at least 9 NHL games, Lekkerimaki, and Pettersson out of the prospects. Willander could use a full season of 1st line AHL time and a handful of NHL games before possibly taking over one of the roster spots. I hope some guys out of Klimovich, Labate, Stillman, Woo, Ravinskis, Alriksson, and Kravtsov get a cup of coffee this season with how they've looked so far. Not expecting any of them to be NHL regulars, but I would still like to see them get at least a few games in 2025-2026. I'm hoping for Kravtsov and Klimovich in particular to pop off offensively in Abbotsford. I'm surprised they haven't traded Patera for another AHL forward yet. As for Machini and Bains, it should realistically be Bains going down, but they don't have room for more D's at the moment. Not only that, but he's waiver exempt, unlike Bains. They can send him down and give him, Kudryavtsev, and Willander top ice time, especially with the D injuries down there. Then, maybe waive him adn possibly Joseph later on for guys like them, in order to make room, but keep him as a 7th D for now and so guys in the AHL, such as Kudryavtsev and Willander, don't get their ice time stolen from another veteran like Joseph. I love Bains as an AHL star and he could be in our organization long-term as an Abbotsford star and an odd call up like guys in Hershey, but he isn't an NHL caliber player, at least not any time soon. If we lose him to another team then it isn't a big deal. He doesn't have the attributes to play on the 4th line so he has to be a top 6 guy like Lekkerimaki or else it won't work out and he hasn't been that whatsoever. Karlsson gets saved as the #13 forward and possibly the #12 until Hoglander returns, if Cootes leaves after 9 NHL games, because of having one extra roster spot, but I highly doubt he would get claimed either.
Lek, sasson, cootes for sure. Last spot is still up for grabs imo
It's never a bad idea to give a young player another year of seasoning. The only reason I'd keep Cootes up is if the Canucks were bona fide Stanley Cup contenders and he provided the secondary scoring and 2 way game that they needed. We've seen way too many players, especially in Vancouver, get rushed to the NHL level for a myriad of reasons and it either hurts or destroys their development. Sure, Cootes is one of the 12 best forwards in preseason. But we're not looking for a 1st round pick to top out at 3rd line centre. He should have top 6 upside and I'd rather focus on developing him for a 2nd line centre role in the future than rush him up in a season where at best they're a 1st round exit in the playoffs, whether he's earned it or not. And if he's frustrated, good. Maybe he'll go back to Seattle with a chip on his shoulder and tear it up. Then by next training camp, he'll have something to prove.
I'd say "as good as we imagined". he's always been regarded as a goal-scoring NHL prospect. it's not unexpected, just good that it's going well for him.
Sasson sent to Abbotsford
Conor Garland mentioned
Coots, Jonathan, Leo, Max
I think Arsh is getting there, but I didn't even know he was playing until later in the game. He was just invisible. Between Sasson, Karlsson and Lekkerimäki (thank you for not calling him LEKKER Macki or Mocky) I think Sasson looks the most like he belongs with the big boys (he just seems to have more presence throughout a game), but Jonathan looks great on the PP with that wicked shot.
looks like Lekkerimaki has Boeser's ability to get open for a shot. BrettHullism.
Not going to get to excited just yet, but things are looking up..
Raty deserves a bottom 6 spot
Bains is a keeper. He deserves a look
Why play overtime in a pre-season hit-out?
Trade Bains to FLA, they need bodies. we need picks and room for our other players.