Despite winning the special teams battle, the Canucks dropped a 4-1 decision to Tampa Bay in the Lightning home opener.

While it may still be a tad early to panic, you can certain sense some unrest among the Canucks fan base.

I recap my 24 Hour Livestream from the weekend, and then I preview the Canucks four-game road trip that kicks off in Tampa Bay on Tuesday night.

Despite a red-hot start to the game, the Canucks ended up giving up four unanswered goals to the Flames en route to a 6-5 overtime loss.

Brock Boeser, Quinn Hughes, and JT Miller had 2 points each to lead the Canucks.

We predict the result of tomorrow night's season opener vs. the Calgary Flames.

Spoiler alert: Canucks fans a pretty optimistic.

The Canucks' opening day roster includes Aatu Raty but not Arshdeep Bains. As well, Thatcher Demko and Dakota Joshua will start the season on IR.

Given the Tucker Poolman trade, the Canucks were able to declare a roster of 23 active players PLUS Demko and Joshua...and all under the salary cap!

It was a very busy for GM Patrik Allvin and the Canucks as they traded Tucker Poolman and a 4th round pick to the Colorado Avalanche for Erik Brannstrom.

Then, they signed Nils Hoglander to a 3 year contract extension worth $3M per season.

The Canucks will play their final preseason game Friday night against Edmonton, and then all the games will count for real.

We talk about the final roster battles to keep an eye on during the game.

The Canucks lost Jiri Patera to waivers (to the Boston Bruins) just 3 months after signing him in free agency. And Aatu Raty lined up between Nils Hoglander and Connor Garland on the Canucks' third line at practice.

We talked about all of the Canucks news from the day: the rosters cuts, the full practice (with actual forward lines and d-pairings), and JT Miller breaking his silence about his absence from preseason games.

An undermanned Canucks squad were defeated by Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 in overtime.

Kevin Lankinen was decent in goal, and both Kiefer Sherwood and Daniel Sprong were noticeable.

The Canucks have one more preseason game before the regular season begins next week.