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The Canucks played host to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night, according to the NHL schedule, but I鈥檓 not buying it. Those weren鈥檛 the Detroit Red Wings. They were some heinous approximation of the Red Wings, like when I found out I was lactose intolerant, and tried to replace a staple of my diet, Annie鈥檚 Mac & Cheese. with a lactose-free product called macaroni & 鈥榗hreese鈥�. It was not delicious. (The extra 鈥淩鈥�, as it turns out, stands for retch-inducing.)

So we鈥檒l call them the Detroit Red 鈥淲rings". Nevermind that they won -- this Babcock-free version of the team was equally unpalatable. Once known as puck possession champions, this iteration couldn鈥檛 possess a pronoun, which might explain why they struggled through the first two periods to make this game theirs. I came up with that incredible grammar joke while I watched this game.

• Luckily for the Red Wings, the Canucks鈥� sudden inability to hold the lead at home doesn鈥檛 discriminate. They鈥檒l let any team back in the game, even the weakened Wrings. 麻豆传媒映画took a 2-0 lead into the third; within seven minutes, it was tied. Then they lost in overtime. Listen, I know the organization is committed to playing more exciting hockey this season, but these thrilling comebacks aren鈥檛 working for me. I think I鈥檇 actually be fine with one of those sleepy third periods where the Canucks don鈥檛 fall apart completely.

• Yannick Weber blew it on the game-winning goal. I know he wanted a change, but as the last guy back, you鈥檝e got to be mindful of the goaltender attempting that stretch pass. It鈥檚 frustrating, especially since it might be cause for him to be re-banished to the press box, and that would be a mistake. Weber had a strong game, with a game-high 10 shot attempts, and Dan 鈥淐ommunity Man鈥� Hamhuis, his partner, finished with a game-high even-strength corsi of +13. Those two have impressive chemistry, .

• was the first goal of this game, and it came on the Canucks鈥� first powerplay. (Incidentally, Tanev鈥檚 personalized goal song was Nelly鈥檚 鈥淗ot in Herre鈥�, an unexpectedly great choice. Although I would have gone with another Nellyville jam, the grossly-titled, energy drink-inspiring 鈥淧imp Juice鈥�.) Thanks to a nice feed from Alex Burrows and some sly interference by Brandon Sutter, Tanev had a ton of room for the shot, and the defender whistled it home .

• The second powerplay unit also accounted for the game鈥檚 second powerplay goal. Sutter scored this one, finishing off a tic-tac-toe passing play The one-timer was the right call. As an NHLer, you never want to two-time the puck, especially since you still have to see it at work every day, and working with someone you two-timed can be very awkward.

• Milestone alert: this game was no. 1100 for Henrik Sedin in the NHL. It鈥檚 a huge deal, since it means he only has 8900 to go before 10,000, at which point he鈥檒l become an elite NHLer, .

• Henrik does appear to be getting better at faceoffs. He's been good in the circle to start the season, and he was nigh automatic tonight, winning 17-of-21. The Canucks won 62% of the draws overall, and appear to be getting a real lift from their wings. I guess you could say their wings are the wind beneath their wins.

• I want to say Daniel Sedin was all over the ice tonight. but that鈥檚 not true. He was mostly in the offensive zone, and primarily right at the edge of the crease. He looked punchy all evening, especially when he punched a puck into the Detroit net in the second period. But the goal was called off, because you鈥檙e not allowed to punch the puck in hockey, since it isn鈥檛 wearing a helmet.

• I don't know how to feel about the Sedins 3-on-3. You can see the potential for Sedinery, but with all that open ice, it's hard for them to slow the game down the way they like, and a lengthy, exhausting puck-possession shift isn't particularly what sudden-death calls for. If only the Canucks had some fast, young players they could try. But they don't! I sure didn't see any in this game!

• That wasn't a dig at the kids. Jake Virtanen and Sven Baertschi were actually quite good in the pittance of icetime they were given by Willie Desjardins. I know he's trying to teach them patience and whatnot, but benching them for playing well seems like the wrong approach. If you absolutely must teach them a lesson, I say just slime them It worked . She was on five episodes of "You Can't Do That on Television", and she's seemed super happy ever since.聽

• That said, as Blake Price noted, Desjardins seemed almost apologetic when asked about their low icetime. Maybe he forgot them on the bench? That happens. Sometimes you forget kids places. My mom forgot me at school once. And one time, when I was a summer camp counsellor, we forgot a kid at the 麻豆传媒映画Aquarium. She was fine. She's terrified of jellyfish now, but that's a healthy fear, in my opinion. Jellyfish are messed up, like snakes. .

• Bo Horvat's icetime was pretty low too. He played just 13:10 of this game. Brandon Sutter, meanwhile, skated for 19:48. Part of this is due to Horvat's disappearing linemates, of course. But I do wonder if Horvat's hurt. Or maybe Desjardins' surgically-repaired hip is still bothering him. and he's having a hard time turning to Horvat. If so, all the Canucks' young players should try literally getting on their coach's good side.