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Jake Virtanen is in and so is Brock Boeser.

The pair made the NHL team after the Vancouver Canucks set their opening night roster Tuesday, assigning Darren Archibald to the Utica Comets.

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The regular season opens Saturday, and what follows are of the five biggest questions facing the team’s forwards:

Jeff and Botch discuss the battle for roster spots and try to figure out the opening night line-up.

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1. Who should play with the Sedins?

Daniel Sedin was noticeably exasperated by this question.

To be honest, so was I. At this point, who isn’t?

For nearly two decades it’s been asked. Who fits best with the Sedins?

“We’ve talked about this for 17 years now,” Daniel said.

It’s never been a life and death question. But it’s mostly felt that way. For much of the millennium, the issue has been tied like a constrictor knot to the Canucks’ successes and failures.