I'll Give You A Winter Prediction: Canucks @ Sharks

T-minus 19 games to go...

Vancouver starts their first of two games through California. You can guess how bad this will get without much thought.

Sorry Tankers, Vancouver is still stuck at 8%. At least someone temporarily upset Edmonton for that #1 pick.

Vancouver would like to remind you that they haven't lost in San Jose in quite some time. If you think that has an iota of relevance, then you'll also be warmed by the fact Reimer is in net. Shoot from anywhere and keep those fingers crossed.

Human Guinea Pig Formations

Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Emerson Etem

Brendan Gaunce- Bo Horvat - Linden Vey

Sven Baertschi - Markus Granlund - Jake Virtanen

Alexandre Burrows - Jared McCann - Derek Dorsett

Ben Hutton - Chris Tanev

Dan Hamhuis - Matt Bartkowski

Luca Sbisa - Alex Biega

Jacob Markstrom

Tomas Hertl – Joe Thornton – Joe Pavelski

Matt Nieto – Logan Couture – Joonas Donskoi

Nick Spaling – Patrick Marleau – Joel Ward

Micheal Haley – Chris Tierney – Dainius Zubrus

Marc-Edouard Vlasic – Justin Braun

Paul Martin – Brent Burns

Brenden Dillon – Roman Polak

James Reimer

One Question

1. Vancouver has now coughed up the lead in the third period for three straight games, twice against San Jose. Can the 'stache teach them out of that hole or shall we chalk this up to fate?

One Observation

Fearless Prediction

These teams have been fairly predictable this week, so with the same lineups, why break the narrative now? Canucks start strong and fade, the Sharks lie in wait for their chances. Call it 4-2 Sharks, but the kids continue to impress in the small ways that give you a glimmer of hope for the fall.

Sure, whatever...GCG.