The Vancouver Canucks will finally wrap up their preseason on Friday with a game against their Pacific Division rivals, the Edmonton Oilers. For the first time in the preseason, the Canucks will be dressing a lineup that is actually representative of what they might dress during the regular season. That includes J.
T. Miller playing in his first game of the preseason after taking a knock in the team's training camp scrimmage that was not an injury, don't put in the paper that I got injured . "Just kind of been taking care of something and not forcing it," said Miller on Tuesday.
"We've had the luxury of having some time over the last two weeks, so just trying to be smart. Should be good to go Friday..
.I was worried that if I got in earlier, something could have been made something worse that we didn't need to." It's curious that it's taken this long for the Canucks to ice something that looks like their regular lineup.
This is the first game of the preseason where the Canucks' projected defence partners — Quinn Hughes/Filip Hronek, Carson Soucy/Tyler Myers, and Derek Forbort/Vincent Desharnais — will play together, even if some of the forward lines have gotten their reps in. "It's pretty much our first game as a collective group here," said Miller after the morning skate. "It's preseason, where just trying to get good habits going into the regular season.
" Head coach Rick Tocchet, at least, is not too worried about having just one game with the team's regular squad. "It's .
