Canucks come up short in season opening shootout loss to Oilers

Drancer and Farhan recap the Canucks opening night, 3-2 loss to Edmonton in the shootout, in which Thatcher Demko was in mid season form, stealing a point for the Canucks in game 1 of the new season.The guys discuss the decision to dress Jack Rathbone and Kyle Burroughs over veterans Luke Schenn and Brad Hunt to try to contain Connor McDavid. We dissect the Canucks power-play, Tyler Myers huge hit on Duncan Keith, Nils Hoglander's versatility, how Vasily Podkolzin fared in his NHL debut, and how much the Canucks missed Brock Boeser in the first game of the season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.