If the Canucks are going to have a depth defenceman who struggles when he?s in the lineup, why not at least make sure he?s a right-handed shot?
When in doubt, go right. Maybe that should be the Canucks motto in the offseason.The Canucks have none right now. But they do have Cam Barker who tends to make you miss Aaron Rome. At least that?s something.
Kevin Bieksa was sent back to Vancouver to have his lower body injury re-evaluated. He?s still listed as day-to-day.
Chris Tanev is out, but expected back soon. Before thee playoffs, anyway. In?the meantime, the team recalled Derek Joslin, another left-haded shot.
The Canucks had the same lineup they iced against St. Louis at their morning skate, except Steve Pinizzotto was replacing Tom Sestito on the fourth line. They are continuing to play Derek Roy with Ryan Kesler, which would make sense if they had a third-line centre better than Andrew Ebbett. By the way, they do, but he?s Jordan Schroeder ?and he?s in Chicago.
There?s little chance that they will start the playoffs with Ebbett as their third line centre, and if that?s the case what?s the point?
The Canucks will ice their all southpaw blueline again tonight against the Dallas Stars and Rome, who signed here because he wanted more playing time.
But his season has been marred by injuries and a suspension. In his last game, he played just 11:44.
?It?s been a whirlwind year,? Rome said. ?It?s been different and challenging but it?s been fun. It?s been good to be back at the rink. The first part of year sucked.
?But it?s been fun lately playing a lot of games. It?s almost like the playoffs.?
The Stars, of course, are trying to get into the playoffs.
They unloaded around the trade deadline, sending Jaromir Jagr to the Boston Bruins and top-six centre Derek Roy to the Canucks.
But the Stars, embracing the fact everyone told them they didn?t have a chance, then went on a five-game winning streak.
?Being the underdogs never hurts,? Rome said. ?I think every team embraces that. When everyone counts you out, all you can do is try and prove them wrong. There was nowhere to go but up.?
The streak pushed the Stars into playoff contention.
On Thursday, the Stars were four points out of a playoff spot but had two games in hand on on 8th place Columbus.
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