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He was telling the coaching staff he didn’t feel comfortable, Green said.

Green: “When I talked to him throughout camp, I don’t think he felt sharp.

“When he played the Calgary game at home, he said he started to feel himself.

“He’s had some real good practice time.”

Looks that way.

BEST HUNCH

Give one up for Green’s gut.

He put Burmistrov, Boeser and Baertschi together in that Flames game and saw a twinkle there.

Admit it, I could have asked you to put together 500 line combinations before the season and you would have never come up with that trio.

I know I wouldn’t have.

“I felt like in the third period (of the Flames game), they had some chemistry.

“They are three guys who move the puck well, and sometimes you have to find chemistry in different ways.

“Being down in that game forced us to change the lines.”

Green actually saw enough in them, they became an integral part of his game plan tonight. Not only were they one of his key top nine lines, they were his first power-play unit.

Let that sink in and marinate for a moment.

For the group of us who have been quietly screaming for a Vancouver coaching staff to try something we’ve never seen before on the Canucks power play, Green delivered.

And he delivered in the most unexpected way.

I have no idea if it’s going to work long-term. I do know they flashed potential, and not just because they scored two goals, including the one on the power play.

What jumped off the ice was the movement they were able to create.

They had two quality shots on net with that movement on the power play, scoring on the second sequence below.

I can’t remember a Canucks line this season throwing the puck this quickly around in the offensive zone.

It was that same kind of movement between the three which led to Burmistrov’s tipped goal.

Burmistrov on this movement:

“It’s what the three of us were focused on. Before the game, we said we weren’t going to hold the puck too long. We wanted to have a lot of give and go’s.

“Pass, get open, and pass. That’s what is going to make this line work.

“That’s how it should look for us every time.”

Uh, if it does, that’s going to be a line with some legs.

“It’s how Euros grow up playing. You’ve seen how the twins have played over the years. Always moving the puck.”

BEST LOGO CHANGE

BEST IDEA

You to have get in the mouthguard dangle to really rep The Flow.

“Ever since I was a little kid, I haven’t been able to keep my mouthguard in,” McBoeser said.

“I always chew on it. It’s just by habit.

“I start with it in my mouth and then two seconds into the play, it comes out.

“It’s totally uncontrollable.”

It’s a good look.