Honestly don’t mind the inclusion of Garland on the top line, may as well try the experiment
Cole-Myers sounds like a recipe for disaster
KidForToday
Ngl I thought the team was going to take a longer look at one of Soucy/Cole playing the right side with Hughes. Still feels like the shape of the roster isn’t finalized, with this being the last pre-season game.
SpectreFire
Boy that’s an ugly fucking right side. You’ve got Hronek followed by straight garbage.
> PP1 is Hughes, Kuzmenko, Boeser, Pettersson and Miller
>PP2 is Hronek, Studnicka, Suter, Garland, Beauvillier
and from JPat: Demko first goalie off the ice, projected to be the starter
-GregTheGreat-
I’d prefer to see Hog have some reps on that third line with Suter and Beau. Seems like a good combination. Then have Aman Studnicka and Joshua battle out for the 4th line winger role.
Definitely feels like this is more Tocchet trying out some different combinations to see how things click before things actually matter. I don’t think this will be what we see opening night
Nucksfan23
Di Giuseppe Break Out Szn book it
ragger_lord
Thats… Not very good.
Garland on line 1 and PDG on line 2 is pretty embarrassing for an aspiring playoff team.
And that D core… Oof.
AS_Empire
This is a line-up designed for Tocchett Hockey.
ebb_omega
ITT: People acting like a little line experimentation to finish off the preseason is offensive.
letstrythatagainn
Wonder if these are getting closer to the real thing?
Interesting to see Hronek paired with Hughes!
mephnick
Hoglander honestly has looked very meh on the top line from the first day of training camp.
I think the club was gambling on him and Podz taking big steps forward to fill some spots and it just didn’t happen. Hopefully Hoglander can progress as the year goes on.
carry-on_replacement
Hronek and Hughes… yikes. I get using it in penalty kill or critical moments, but we need to spread out our backend offence more.
Glad to see PDG moving up in the lines. I think he’s gonna do well this season. I’m surprised we didn’t put Suter and Garland together considering they seem to play quite well together
deeho88
Hughes and hronek. Let’s seeee what these boys can do
redditguyinthehouse
That’s a playoff team right there
Nazy19
Get Juulsen tf outta here
dwaynebigd
We could have really used our lad Schenn back this year
Spookedchicken
Interesting, I like the experimentation. I’ll take it one step further…
I think they need to give the Hughes-Myers pair another try. It gives Myers a clear, defined role; get the puck to Hughes 90% of the time and since he is playing with Hughes he should be in the offensive zone more often than not which is an all around win. Then most importantly to me it gets Juulsen and(or) McWard off the 1st pairing this year. I don’t like what I’ve seen from either of them this preseason in a Hughes partner context.
CharlesHudon
Juulsen should be with Hughes, to let Quinn do whatever
Canadian96
I really prefer Garland on the third line. He’s like the third line center on the team which we kind of need him to be since he’s being paid third line center money.
The reason I say that he’s like the third line center is he can fill the role of driving play which is usually the center’s role.
jdmay101
If I had any confidence that there was a chance they’d actually play Garland in that spot, rather than having him as a placeholder for Mikheyev, I’d be pretty happy with this.
jdmay101
I am truly baffled that they paid two UFA defensemen who could, in theory, play the right side, only to get to camp and decide that in actuality neither of them are able to play the right side.
Strict-Caterpillar38
I actually like these lines, or at least feel these experiments are worthwhile.
Beau and Hogs have been pretty invisible on the 1st line while Garland has looked good on the 3rd line. Garland is more skilled than Beau and smarter than Hogs. He’s also one of our best 5-on-5 wingers so maybe he makes the line more dangerous and creates space for Petey and Kuzy.
Joshua adds some size and grit to that 3rd line.
Myers needs to play with a stay-at-home guy because he’s proven incapable of playing that role himself. He’s better at being the puck mover in a duo.
Hronek is the only right shot defender who can play as many minutes as Hughes. In a perfect world we’d be able to split them. But at least with this arrangement Hughes has a consistent partner, and they can basically play half the game together and dominate. The other pairs just need to hold down the fort. I think it’s worth a try.
Captain_JT_Miller
Alright boys here we fucking go, game face on. *cracks a beer and grabs a handful of doritos* You guys better fucking show up tonight.
SkidmarkDave
Finally we’re at the D lines I made up 60 days ago. Glad I’m finally being acknowledged as the hockey savant I am
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Honestly don’t mind the inclusion of Garland on the top line, may as well try the experiment
Cole-Myers sounds like a recipe for disaster
Ngl I thought the team was going to take a longer look at one of Soucy/Cole playing the right side with Hughes. Still feels like the shape of the roster isn’t finalized, with this being the last pre-season game.
Boy that’s an ugly fucking right side. You’ve got Hronek followed by straight garbage.
Another [tweet](https://x.com/batchhockey/status/1710351894370287726?s=46&t=7fabqgtgp69dNA1d51vxFw) by Batch:
> PP1 is Hughes, Kuzmenko, Boeser, Pettersson and Miller
>PP2 is Hronek, Studnicka, Suter, Garland, Beauvillier
and from JPat: Demko first goalie off the ice, projected to be the starter
I’d prefer to see Hog have some reps on that third line with Suter and Beau. Seems like a good combination. Then have Aman Studnicka and Joshua battle out for the 4th line winger role.
Definitely feels like this is more Tocchet trying out some different combinations to see how things click before things actually matter. I don’t think this will be what we see opening night
Di Giuseppe Break Out Szn book it
Thats… Not very good.
Garland on line 1 and PDG on line 2 is pretty embarrassing for an aspiring playoff team.
And that D core… Oof.
This is a line-up designed for Tocchett Hockey.
ITT: People acting like a little line experimentation to finish off the preseason is offensive.
Wonder if these are getting closer to the real thing?
Interesting to see Hronek paired with Hughes!
Hoglander honestly has looked very meh on the top line from the first day of training camp.
I think the club was gambling on him and Podz taking big steps forward to fill some spots and it just didn’t happen. Hopefully Hoglander can progress as the year goes on.
Hronek and Hughes… yikes. I get using it in penalty kill or critical moments, but we need to spread out our backend offence more.
Glad to see PDG moving up in the lines. I think he’s gonna do well this season. I’m surprised we didn’t put Suter and Garland together considering they seem to play quite well together
Hughes and hronek. Let’s seeee what these boys can do
That’s a playoff team right there
Get Juulsen tf outta here
We could have really used our lad Schenn back this year
Interesting, I like the experimentation. I’ll take it one step further…
I think they need to give the Hughes-Myers pair another try. It gives Myers a clear, defined role; get the puck to Hughes 90% of the time and since he is playing with Hughes he should be in the offensive zone more often than not which is an all around win. Then most importantly to me it gets Juulsen and(or) McWard off the 1st pairing this year. I don’t like what I’ve seen from either of them this preseason in a Hughes partner context.
Juulsen should be with Hughes, to let Quinn do whatever
I really prefer Garland on the third line. He’s like the third line center on the team which we kind of need him to be since he’s being paid third line center money.
The reason I say that he’s like the third line center is he can fill the role of driving play which is usually the center’s role.
If I had any confidence that there was a chance they’d actually play Garland in that spot, rather than having him as a placeholder for Mikheyev, I’d be pretty happy with this.
I am truly baffled that they paid two UFA defensemen who could, in theory, play the right side, only to get to camp and decide that in actuality neither of them are able to play the right side.
I actually like these lines, or at least feel these experiments are worthwhile.
Beau and Hogs have been pretty invisible on the 1st line while Garland has looked good on the 3rd line. Garland is more skilled than Beau and smarter than Hogs. He’s also one of our best 5-on-5 wingers so maybe he makes the line more dangerous and creates space for Petey and Kuzy.
Joshua adds some size and grit to that 3rd line.
Myers needs to play with a stay-at-home guy because he’s proven incapable of playing that role himself. He’s better at being the puck mover in a duo.
Hronek is the only right shot defender who can play as many minutes as Hughes. In a perfect world we’d be able to split them. But at least with this arrangement Hughes has a consistent partner, and they can basically play half the game together and dominate. The other pairs just need to hold down the fort. I think it’s worth a try.
Alright boys here we fucking go, game face on. *cracks a beer and grabs a handful of doritos* You guys better fucking show up tonight.
Finally we’re at the D lines I made up 60 days ago. Glad I’m finally being acknowledged as the hockey savant I am
https://www.reddit.com/r/canucks/comments/15mryqm/comment/jvhztjo/