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BEST TAKE ME DOWN TO DANK MEME CITY WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND THE FACES ARE FUNNY

The Canucks memes per 60 have been on an unsustainable level this season, but we might as well ride it while we can.

Bath salts Stecher was last game, and he makes another appearance this season, with “we’re the last two people in the bar” Stecher face:

This was preceded by, well, I don’t quite know what this face is.

BEST NEW INTERMISSION GUY

https://twitter.com/natowars/status/810618815373447168

Omar was great. Not only is the best dressed Sportsnet guy we’ve had in years (Irf needs to up his game, let’s not lie), but he didn’t waste time over analyzing anything.

He just threw right to the highlights.

And we thought “Lastname” couldn’t be touched as a Sportsnet highlight of the year.

BEST WHAT NOW?

. @Guddy44 will undergo surgery to repair ligament damage in his wrist. https://t.co/aXemAYubfm pic.twitter.com/lfwYyIv0Wy — Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) December 18, 2016

The big news of the day (aside from betting on who would win in a hallway fight, Torts or Willie), was that Gudbranson is going to miss significant time due to a wrist injury.

This means two things.

One, you can now have a debate with your friend about how much his wrist injury effected his performance (maybe the vaunted snarl we heard so much about was impacted by this).

Two, you can now debate about what this does to Gudbranson’s next contract, one of the bigger things on Canucks fans “Fear Factor” list.

Maybe this ends up making him enter the old “bridge contract” territory, where both sides are comfortable going another two years to see what Gudbranson can bring to the table.

Maybe Benning doesn’t care about that and locks him up long term, with a NTC, and a candy bar.

You can almost smell Canucks fans sweating about it right now.

BEST YOU WANNA FIGHT ABOUT IT?

I asked Botch about this but did not hear back from him. You will have to wait for the next Provies to see if he has anything to say.

I asked though. I did my due diligence.

BEST PURE JOY

(clip via Canucks Reddit user thejazz97)

Some people bring grizzled veteran advice.

I am sure the Sedins have taken a player or two aside and told them to buy themselves a nice game day suit or to invest their money wisely.

Ben Hutton seems like his role is to bring the kind of pure joy to the team that only a child can.

Whether it’s Hutton busting out some dance moves, or trash talking while playing NHL 17, he brings a certain naivety that is hard not to get caught up in.

Here he is playing Rock, Paper, Scissors with Luca Sbisa.

Have you ever seen Sbisa smile this much? His neck muscles are straining due to how hard he is smiling.

They are loving life as they go head to head in the eternal battle of RPS.

It makes you want to have Ben Hutton over to your house on Christmas Day just to watch him open up presents.

BEST SLAM POETRY