On paper, this might be a total mis-match in favour of Anaheim. Seven returnees for Vancouver are scheduled to dress, which includes netminder Curtis Sanford. See what the lines and defensive pairings are like and then compare them to the roster the home team will ice at the Honda Center:
Vancouver
22 D. Sedin - 33 H. Sedin - 18 Bernier
25 Pettinger - 42 Wellwood - 40 Grabner
24 Hordichuk - 59 Bolduc - 27 Krog
20 Cowan - 37 Rypien - 39 Hodgson
32 Nycolet - 3 Bieksa
8 Mitchell - 55 Sharrow
4 Davison - 6 Salo
41 Sanford
35 Schneider
Anaheim (numerical) will have to scratch three of the following:
8 Teemu Selanne
10 Corey Perry
14 Chris Kunitz
15 Ryan Getzlaf
17 Brian Sutherby
18 Drew Miller
20 Ryan Carter
21 Sean O'Donnell
22 Todd Marchant
24 Brad May
25 Chris Pronger
26 Samuel Paulsson
27 Scott Niedermeyer
39 Joakim Lindstrom
40 Kent Huskins
42 Eric Boguniecki
44 Rob Neidermeyer
50 Troy Bodie
53 Brett Festerling
60 Brendan Mikkelson
62 John De Gray
30 J.P. Lavesseur
35 J.S. Giguere
Staying at the same hotel as the Canucks this trip are the young Ducks prospects who are attempting to crack the roster and start the season in Anaheim. I ran into former Vancouver Giants Festerling and Mikkelson in the restaurant along with former Kelowna Rockets forward Bodie. All three former Memorial Cup winners have been getting plenty of ice time so far in the pre-season. It will be neat to see them play the Canucks tonight, assuming they dress.
Puck drop is at 5:00pm.
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