VANCOUVER - If the Canucks pre-season is any indication, winger Radim Vrbata will be fitting in nicely on a line with new teamm

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VANCOUVER - If the Canucks pre-season is any indication, winger Radim Vrbata will be fitting in nicely on a line with new teammates Daniel and Henrik Sedin. https://www.cheapspurs.com/616j-ron-boone-jersey-spurs.html" class="TyTxtSmlC">Ron Boone Jersey .Vrbata scored the eventual winner and Henrik Sedin had two assists Saturday as Vancouver closed out their pre-season with a 3-2 victory against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Arena.It was the 33-year-old veterans third goal of the pre-season as he looks to gel with his new Canucks teammates after coming to Vancouver as a free agent this summer. Hes filling some big shoes with the departure of former Sedin linemate Ryan Kesler, but so far so good.For me to get to know new guys, new staff and new system ... from that standpoint I think its worked out fine, said Vrbata. Hopefully we can carry that over to the regular season.Chris Higgins and Daniel Sedin also scored for the Canucks, who finished their pre-season 5-2-0, including a 2-1 victory last Thursday in Edmonton. Starting goalie Ryan Miller went the distance with 27 saves as he also prepares for his first season in Vancouver.Nail Yakupov and Will Acton replied for the Oilers (4-4-0), who wrapped their pre-season by icing a young lineup of prospects and were without stars like Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and David Perron.Henrik Sedin, who finished the pre-season with six assists in four games, says hes feeling plenty of optimism heading into Vancouvers opener on Wednesday in Calgary.Its been everything you can ask for a€” a new line mate, our power play feels good, youre confident every time you step on the ice, said Henrik Sedin. We feel we can create on any given shift. Theres still a few things to work on but overall Im really happy.The Canucks, starting a more experienced lineup, jumped on the Oilers early as Alex Burrows fired a long pass to the speedy Higgins, who smoothly collected the puck and shovelled it over Ben Scrivenss left shoulder 1:19 into the first. It was Vancouvers first shot of the game.Just over two minutes later Henrik Sedin found his twin brother behind the net and Daniel banked it in off Scrivenss back for a 2-0 lead. Vancouver finished the opening period looking firmly in control with an 8-3 shot advantage.Edmonton got back in it at 5:07 of the second when Canucks defenceman Luca Sbisa turned it over in his zone and Yakupov took advantage with a blazing wrist shot that beat Miller.The Canucks restored their two-goal lead at 11:33 of the second as Vrbata, with a crowd in front of Scrivens, found the loose puck and squeaked it through the goalies legs for his third goal of the pre-season.Im not going to lie a€” it was lucky that it went through, said Vrbata. We were buzzing around that shift. This was a lucky one to go in.Edmonton cut the deficit back down to one goal again near the end of the second as Lander dished it to Acton at the face-off circle and the centre slapped it past Miller at 18:03.The Oilers had a chance to tie it early in the third when Leon Draisaitl got his cage rattled by Alex Edler resulting in an elbowing penalty to the Canucks defenceman. Edmonton couldnt capitalize, however, and finished the game with a 29-18 shots-on-goal advantage.We want a better results than that, said Edmonton coach Dallas Eakins. We had some chances to score late and we couldnt get it in the net. We have to get better at burying those chances when the game is on the line.Scrivens finished with 15 saves.The Oilers were using their last pre-season game to get another look at a number of their young talent, including Edmontons third overall pick in this years draft Draisaitl, centre Bogdan Yakimov, and top blue-line prospects Darnell Nurse and Oscar Klefbom.Eakins says he knows hes got some hard decisions to make ahead of the team opener against Calgary on Thursday.Every game, every day of the training camp is an important one, said Eakins. You need to be great today, we tell these guys, and thats all you have to worry about.Draisaitl had a golden scoring chance in the second, going one-on-one with Miller, but the veteran netminder made a solid glove save to deny the youngster.Notes a€” The Canucks and Oilers will face each other fives times in the regular season. Their first meeting will be next Saturday, Oct. 11 in Vancouver. ... Before the game the Canucks assigned centre Cal OReilly to Utica. ... The Oilers dressed seven centres in the game. https://www.cheapspurs.com/1316j-quinndary-weatherspoon-jersey-spurs.html" class="TyTxtSmlC">Quinndary Weatherspoon Jersey . -- Among the 31 players at the Montreal Canadiens rookie camp, none feels closer to cracking the NHL roster than right winger Aaron Palushaj. https://www.cheapspurs.com/1016j-lamarcus-aldridge-jersey-spurs.html" class="TyTxtSmlC">LaMarcus Aldridge Jersey . Left-handed reliever Boone Logan agreed to a $16.5 million, three-year contract on Friday, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. https://www.cheapspurs.com/386j-larry-kenon-jersey-spurs.html" class="TyTxtSmlC">https://www.cheapspurs.com/386j-larry-kenon-jersey-spurs.html . Old times for a defence that has looked just plain old recently? "No," safety Ryan Clark said. "We used to be much better than that. For the second time in less than a month, the Winnipeg Goldeyes swept the rival Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks in a doubleheader at Shaw Park. The Goldeyes (41-23) ran their winning streak to 10 games against the RedHawks (30-34) with 7-2 and 4-3 wins Tuesday night before 5,828 joyous spectators. The wins increase Winnipegs lead in the North Division to at least 3 1/2 games and extends the Goldeyes winning streak to four games. “It was a good day for the club,” Winnipeg Goldeyes manager Rick Forney said. “We got contributions from a lot of people.” In the second game, Fargo scored first in the top of the first inning when C.J. Retherford collided with Goldeyes catcher Luis Alen at home plate and ball popped out of Alens glove. Alen was shook up on the play, but stayed in the game after taking a few minutes to compose himself. “It was a very unsettling situation, not only for Luis, by for our entire team,” Forney said. “Hes a very important part to our team around here and Luis is a tough guy. He understands that if you play that position things like that could happen. “Hes going to be sore tomorrow. His whole body will be sore. Plus, he caught 14 innings. That shows you how tough he is.” Winnipeg battled back to take the lead with two runs in the bottom of the second, as Reggie Abercrombie singled in Jake Blackwood and Jordan Guida singled in Abercrombie. The Goldeyes extended their lead with two more runs in the bottom oof the third. https://www.cheapspurs.com/716j-cadillac-anderson-jersey-spurs.html" class="TyTxtSmlC">Cadillac Anderson Jersey. . Josh Mazzola was hit by a pitch on a 0-2 count and, after stealing second, scored on a Tyler Kuhn double. Donnie Webb then drove in Kuhn with a single. Fargo scored a run in the fifth and sixth innings, but reliever Brendan Lafferty got the final five outs of the game to preserve the win. Ethan Hollingsworth went 5 1/3 innings to get the win for the Goldeyes, improving his record to a perfect 5-0, while Taylor Stanton dropped to 2-8 with the loss. Lafferty picked up his first save in a 90 outings in Goldeyes uniform. In the first game, the Goldeyes scored five runs in the bottom of the first and cruised to a 7-2 win over the RedHawks. Mazzola led Winnipeg at the plate by going three-for-four with two RBI and two runs scored. Abercrombie hit a two-run home run in the first inning. Salamida pitched a complete game for the win. He gave up two runs on just four hits, struck out six and walked one. With the win, he passed Rafael Gross for the second-most wins in Goldeyes history with 37. Salamida needs 10 more wins to catch Ace Walker for the franchise record. Aside for Tuesday night, the Goldeyes also swept the RedHawks in doubleheader on June 30. Winnipeg has a 6-2 record in doubleheader games this season. Winnipeg will go for its third consecutive sweep of Fargo in the series finale Wednesday night at Shaw Park. Chandler Barnard (4-1, 3.19) will take the ball for the Goldeyes against Brian Ernst (5-4, 5.71) for the RedHawks. ' ' '