Canucks make a surprising move... This has Major implications

The Vancouver Canucks make a surprising move as Manny Malhotra reveals the Canucks lines heading into their next game after making a total shakeup on the back end and a huge surprising move on the power play. We're going to break down everything you need to know on the new lines that Manny Malhotra is pushing into the Canucks next game including updates on players coming into the lineup and more on Filip Petr as he returns to the ice. We're going to break down everything you need to know on these updates and so much more but before we get into it I just want to give a huge shout out to everyone watching we're trying to reach our goal of 10 000 subscribers and we're inching closer and closer so if you're part of the 260 people watching this right now and you haven't hit that free subscribe button make sure to go down and do it means absolute world and i'll keep you up to date with everything to do around Vancouver Canucks hockey and let's just dive straight into it today where the Canucks dropped a snippet on back skating with the squad as Filip Petr joined the Canucks on Long Island as they continue their road games now looking at Filip Petr not at this point is he in the lineup but it is awesome to see that Filip Petr is back on the ice and practicing with the Canucks and hopefully in the near future we get to see the forward rejoin this team in a full practice and get into the lineup because again a dynamic player that was outstanding during the preseason before going down with an injury i want to know your guys thoughts on Filip Petr where does he go into this lineup when he does return let me know your thoughts on that below but let's just dive straight into an update coming through with the Vancouver Canucks where Zee Boyum loses not only his power play role but gets demoted within this lineup now with Zeev Boyum a very young player which I want to put as a big emphasis on this because a young guy that's pushing through has struggled since signing his contract and going into the season with the Canucks. Boyum dropped to the third pairing with Shen tonight, tough learning curve in his first pairing even with Hironi. Boyum is a team high 10 giveaways by blue liners, one hit, six blocks, one assist, and a minus four rating. Now diving back to, of course, this offseason when we seen Ryan Johnson sign Zeev Boyum to this contract, he said, we understand the first couple of years is a bad contract, but Zeev Boyum is one of the top young defensemen in the NHL and he's going to continue to grow and growing is a big thing to look at when it comes to Zeev Boyum because again still so young sitting at 20 years old not even 21 yet Zeev Boyum has struggled to start the year logging 22 and a half minutes six shots on net one even strength point no power play points hence the demotion out of the top unit with the replacement being an incredible piece we're going to dive into that later but looking at Zeev Boyum and his ice time over the stretch of course eating a lot of minutes on that top pairing over the last five games 22 minutes and 40 seconds this season average just about that but looking at the minutes versus Carolina and the New Jersey Devils two losses the Canucks took Zeev Boyum was at and above the average of 22 and a half minutes over those games And the struggles continued from season start into this point. And with this, Manny Malhotra is now giving a reset to Zeev Boyum. And of course, the Canucks team when they're looking to build on the power play. Now looking at Zeev Boyum in the 26-27 season so far, one hit which is ranked 253rd in the NHL, blocked shots the 119th, 10, 10 giveaways, which is the 18th most in the NHL. Zbynek Myropas again is so young and I'm not struggling or worried about Zeev Boyum making the push and we see people talking even Zeev himself coming into the season I definitely want to take a step into a bigger role this season which he was catapulted into and this is going to be a cause of growing pains for sure and again going into the development and Zeev Boyum we can see Manny Malhotra we acknowledge that he's young and it's going to take time now of course Zeev Boyum coming out of the top unit will be replaced with someone and it dives into a comments where I seen Jonathan Lekkermäki needs to get bigger he's got a great shot and guess what Canucks fans that shot's going to be headlined on the top unit as we see Jonathan Lekkermäki who's having an incredible season get moved on to power play one now of course with Zeev Boyum giving him a reset it opens up a new opportunity for Jonathan Lekkermäki to move into the power play one position after already starting on the top line with Pettersson and now Jager Ross which is our most productive line by far Marco Rossi moved to PP2 Tom Vilander moves to PP2 as well and Zeev Boyum is off the power play units now of course Filip Hronek was the defenseman on that top pairing we see Marco Rossi moved down to the second unit with Tom Vilander stepping in as well with Zeev coming off now with Jonathan Lekkermäki it opens up an opportunity for Jonathan Lekkermäki to continue his development and honestly prove a lot of people wrong now when looking at Lekarmaki of course bringing that goal scoring mentality the strengths of him so far this season efficient production when it's a bigger offensive role is worth testing the points per 60 is at 3.22 in the 89th percentile fewer giveaways so far supporting case for more puck touches and of course a small sample size giving Manny Malhotra now the position to run him on not only the first power play unit and on the top line but now getting a look at once was hence our top prospect and of course a lot of this hinges on Jonathan Lekarmaki's shot and how he has been playing since getting the promotion now Jonathan Lekarmaki and where the shots are coming from it's a bit of all over the ice but we know that slot shot is his favorite of course with a goal coming through there outside the goal there as well but the one-timer is something that stands out the 20% shooting will end up dropping throughout this season but the production from Jonathan Lekarmaki yes you can lean into a lot of this coming from Pedersen and his success especially on the top unit but now looking at the top unit and breaking a bit up which was struggling at chances but of course the penalty kill is the biggest question with this Jonathan Lekarmaki spoke about how the transition's been easy during training camp with Manny I know Manny I know the system so I'm more prepared now. Now Jonathan Lekarmaki played quite a bit under Manny Malhotra in the AHL, gaining trust, especially during the playoffs. We've seen him scratched at one point, coming back and scoring two huge goals in a game versus the Checkers in the finals. Jonathan Lekarmaki is continuing his growth, but it's not only him where Liam Oliver speaks and said he's an unbelievably skilled player. He has a great shot. What we know with Jonathan Lekarmaki and the changes coming through, the Canucks are a young team. There's changes coming to the defense, appearance with Zeb Boyle being demoted to the bottom pairing with the top units there's a lot of young guys getting the chance but this is a learning curve and a great moment for Manny Malhotra to get a look at a lot of the guys Paul Cotter who was slated as a fourth liner has already jumped into that second line we know that Jonathan Lekaraki has cemented himself on the top unit now with this you're giving a chance to DPD who has been incredible the goal versus the Rangers incredible and his other goal this season what we're seeing is a young developing team getting their feet wet and trying to figure out what works is Zeb Boyle going to be the third pairing defenseman of the future hell no he's going to get back up on that first pairing and the power play at some point but now with this giving the opportunities for guys to make the push DPD getting his confidence fans i want to know your thoughts on everything around this team of course struggling out of the gate while winning the game versus Edmonton and then of course making the push beating the Calgary Flames we love to see it losing to the Rangers what are your thoughts on this lineup heading into the game with this mirror lining is starting between the pipes kevin Lankham struggles continue but with the Canucks again we're looking at the first overall pick and not making the playoffs so at the end of the day enjoy this game watch the development of the young guys let me know your thoughts on absolutely everything down below including the Philip Pietro update because we love to see it let me know your thoughts on everything down in the comments i'm slowly getting over this flu so sorry for my voice take care Canucks fans and i'll see you in the next one let's get it up tonight