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While the veterans were on an to China, the Canucks young鈥檜ns gave the Las Vegas (Golden) Knights their introduction to the NHL.

Essentially, the Canucks were the video game tutorial and, since the Knights have all played the previous games in the series (the CHL, NCAA, and European leagues), the tutorial was embarrassingly easy.

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The Knights put up a video game score and, like a member of Generation Z streaming it on Twitch, I watched this game.

• To be fair to the baby Canucks, their two best centre prospects aren鈥檛 playing in the preseason. With Elias Pettersson in Sweden and Adam Gaudette in college, the top two lines were centred by Jayson Megna and Michael Chaput. Did anyone else just feel when I said that? How many Canucks fans just cried out in terror?

• The NHL鈥檚 crackdown on slashing continued. The Canucks were called for nine penalties; five of them were for slashing and one of the interference calls should have been slashing instead. There were more slashes in this game than at a Guns N鈥� Roses-themed Air Guitar contest. It had more slashes than a really long URL. One more slash and all the players would have .

• Olli Juolevi got out to a great start in this game, jumping up for a near breakaway and drawing a penalty, then getting one of the best early chances on the subsequent power play. But as the game progressed, you could see the flaws that need to be ironed out before he鈥檚 NHL-ready, including an ugly giveaway on the Knights鈥� eighth goal. You have to think the best thing for him would be to head to Finland to work with Sami Salo for a season.

• Philip Holm likewise does not look NHL-ready. Despite his two-point night, team-high six shots on goal, and hitting a post on an early power play, his defensive miscues were deeply concerning. On the Knights鈥� third goal, he made a terrible decision to pinch down off the point on a scrambled faceoff, leading to a breakaway. On the sixth, he gave the puck away to Tyler Wong, who already had two goals. You know what they say: .

• On the other hand, Brock Boeser continued to make his case for making the Canucks. In his case, the case is full of goals. Case closed.

• Boeser tied the game 1-1, getting in behind a flat-footed Nicolas Hague off a neutral zone turnover, and roofing the puck with the quickest release since Pour 18-year-old Dylan Ferguson didn鈥檛 have a hope of saving it.

• Boeser set up the Canucks鈥� second goal, spotting a streaking Jordan Subban flying up the wing and sneakily sliding a pass under Griffin Reinhart鈥檚 stick while knocking said stick out of his hands. Subban took the pass, drove to the net, and .

• Subban鈥檚 goal was lovely, but my favourite part of the goal was Boeser鈥檚 quick little glances to his right and left as he broke out of the defensive zone. He didn鈥檛 look again before making his pass, a nice little piece of misdirection. Then, when everyone was watching his pass, he .

• Boeser used the art of misdirection on his second goal as well. During a 5-on-3, Boeser got the puck at the left faceoff circle and didn鈥檛 once look at the net, looking for all the world like he was going to pass before whipping the puck on net, surprising Ferguson, who was unable to stop the puck on the short side. We鈥檝e seen plenty of no-look passes in 麻豆传媒映画thanks to the Sedins, but this was a very rare no-look shot.

• It was another strong game for Jake Virtanen, who played a role in in two goals. He created a ruckus in front of the net on Boeser鈥檚 second goal and was screening the net on Holm鈥檚 goal. When Griffin Reinhart tried to push Virtanen out of the way, he instead accidentally tipped the puck past his own goaltender. Add in four shots on goal of his own and a couple solid hits and Virtanen made a case for maybe getting called up sometime this season. Set that bar low, people, and you won鈥檛 be disappointed.

• One of the best players in a Canucks jersey in this game isn鈥檛 signed to a Canucks contract. Darren Archibald is only signed to the Utica Comets, but he brought himself back into the consciousness of Canucks fans with a fantastic physical game, steamrolling several Knights (one of which got him tagged with an undeserved interference major), and dropping the gloves with Clayton Stoner after running him hard into the boards. But it wasn鈥檛 just his physical game; he also had four shots on goal and saw the Canucks out-shoot the Knights 8-3 when he was on the ice at 5-on-5. I don鈥檛 know about you, but I鈥檇 rather have him than Ryan White.