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The Canuck Way Mailbag: Lineup changes, Roussel, Virtanen, more

By Joshua Rey

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 29: Quinn Hughes #43 of the Vancouver Canucks takes the shot against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game Three of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 29, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
EDMONTON, ALBERTA - AUGUST 29: Quinn Hughes #43 of the Vancouver Canucks takes the shot against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game Three of the Western Conference Second Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on August 29, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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Jacob Markstrom #25 of the Vancouver Canucks reacts after allowing goal (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
Jacob Markstrom #25 of the Vancouver Canucks reacts after allowing goal (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /

Part 2

Another question about the lineup. Overall, it was a poor game against the Golden Knights. However, they did start pretty well in the first but couldn’t convert their chances. From the second period onwards, the Canucks were under siege by Vegas’ shutdown and forecheck.

It is worth tweaking the lineup after a game like that. It is not ideal to go with the same lineup, so I do expect some changes from Green.

If the Canucks want to get the pucks past Robin Lehner, they have to go to the net. In Game 2, all their goals (minus the empty netter of course) were scored within the crease or very close to it. In Game 3, the Canucks weren’t shooting much from that area and only had one shot in the final 40 minutes inside 10 feet according to TSN 1040’s Jeff Paterson.

Basically, they got to test Lehner from close range. Get traffic in front of the net and shoot the puck and maybe there could be a rebound to pounce on.

I have to agree with this one. Roussel chirping Lehner in warm-up hasn’t really been working. It seems it has made Lehner stand on his head instead of being fazed out. So, I think Roussel should stop with the chirping in the warm-up altogether. Whatever he’s doing, isn’t working. He leads all NHL players in playoff penalty minutes largely in part to his two 10-minute misconducts.

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Conclusion

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