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Miller / Pettersson / Boeser
Pearson / Horvat / Hoglander
Garland / Dickinson / Podkolzin
Motte / Sutter / Highmore
MacEwan
Ekman-Larsson / Myers
Hughes / Poolman
Rathbone / Schenn
Hunt / Burroughs
Demko
Halak
I think the Miller experiment ends when Boeser and Sutter are healthy. Pearson / Horvat / Hoglander has been their only consistently productive line through camp. They need Dickinson at centre, and I think the jury is still out on Podkolzin. I'd have waived MacEwan and Highmore and kept Digiuseppe and Lockwood, myself. Maybe Dowling ends up staying in place of MacEwan if they think Dowling can help on the PK. Highmore might still find himself replaced by Chaisson, I guess, but again, not if Green thinks he needs Highmore on the PK more than he needs Chaisson on the PP.
OEL / Myers have been a solid puck possession pairing. This is something the Canucks desperately need, especially when the top line is on the ice five-on-five. You need to play Hughes with a stay-at-home-first partner; I seem to be one of the few who like Myers, but he is not a stay-at-home defender. I still think Rathbone could use some time in the AHL, but...