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PostPosted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:13 pm 
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Two nights after going full Roxy (at least for the first two periods) in Columbus, the Cannots (8-1-1 in last ten games) roll into the RBC Center hoping to get more than a single point against the 29th place Hurricanes (1-7-2) than it did against the 30th place BJs. The Hurricanes come into the game with the 25th ranked PP and PK, which won't be helped by the absence of Joni Pitkanen (UBI) and Jeff Skinner (post-concussion syndrome). Mark Mancari got called up from the Chicago Wolves - no word whether he'll play, but given he was called up on an emergency basis, let's hope he can take AnAl's place on the bench as the 12th forward. The other story is that Schneids gets the start and Luongo will sit so he can start on Saturday in the marquee matchup on HNIC against the Leafs. The Wild picked up another single point last night in a SO loss against the Bolland and the 'Hawks and now stand 6 points up on Vancouver; Vancouver could therefore reduce that lead by two with a win tonight.

Daniel / Henrik / Bureaux
Higgins / Kesler / Hansen
MayRay / Hodgson / Weise
Lapierre / Malhotra / Mancari (?)

Hamhuis / BXA
Edler / Salo
Ballard / Rome

Schneider (Luongo)

EDIT: Just heard on 1040 that the word on Kirk Muller's approach lately is to play a more attacking, up-tempo style, which is a little puzzling given the absence of two of their best players. And they have Kiri Tlusty and Patrick Dwyer on their first line - WTF? If they do that, it should play into the strength of AV's team very nicely so hopefully we won't see a 60-minute trap-fest as they did against Columbus.


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There is a possibility that Daniel Sedin won't be playing tonight; may explain Mancari getting the call when Ebbett was already in the lineup... More to follow. :suprisedtoangry:

UPDATE: With Daniel's absence, the lineup card looks dramatically different... My best guess:

Higgins / Kesler / Hansen
MayRay / Henrik / Bureaux
Lapierre / Hodgson / Ebbett
Weise / Malhotra / Mancari (?)


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out with a bad back, curious to know who'll take his place on that line.


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nevermind, TSN says it will be Raymond, is Mancari an emergency call up, or is sportsline making stuff up again?


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did Allen take on Rome or Ballard?


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CanuckinOz wrote:
did Allen take on Rome or Ballard?

Rome... Apparently, it went quickly as Rome probably didn't want to reinjure his hand.

Last year, a 2 goal lead early in the game was usually enough... Not so much this season. The 'Canes come roaring back with 4 goals of their own before the Canucks close to the lead to 4-3.

Heard something interesting yesterday related to Daniel's absence. Historically, when Daniel hasn't played, Henrik gets his share of points but the team has only been fair to middling in terms of winning percentage. Here's hoping Daniel's back spasms are only a one or two game thing... :doom:


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