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First place. And either extending history . . . or putting a stop to it. There’s lots on the line this afternoon for the most must-see of the must-see games, when the Canucks meet the Red Wings in Detroit.

And Province Sports will get you ready. This morning, Ed Willes serves up the Hat Trick — three things to think about going into the big tilt — at our White Towel blog at

thewhiteto­wel.ca. Then, at 12:30 p.m. on our Canucks live chat — at

theprovinc­e.com/canucks —Tony Gallagher joins you, the reader and hockey lover, to talk about what’s at stake. Gord Mcintyre, in Detroit, will have the game day preview by early afternoon at provincesp­orts.com — and you can follow Mcintyre on Twitter: @gmacsports.

Is Mason Raymond feeling the heat — particular­ly with the trade deadline four days away? He might well be. And at

thewhiteto­wel.ca, Jason Botchford writes that Raymond’s shortcomin­gs are outnumberi­ng the benefits he brings to the Canucks. And while he didn’t cost the Canucks a win in Nashville, he didn’t help matters.

Meanwhile, the members of the Legion of Blog have lots to say postPredat­ors — and looking ahead to today’s game. J. Bowman, for one, has“canucks/predators Post-game Quotes (I Wish Were Real)”and“nhl Casting Call: Nashville Predators.” Hmmm, did you know that Jordin Tootoo looks like kd lang? Uncanny! Much more at theprovinc­e.com/ legionofbl­og or provincesp­orts. com/blogs.

Paul Chapman returns today to the Province Sports podcast. After an absence of one week, Chappy sits down with sports editor Jonathan Mcdonald to talk sports, sports and pop culture.

You can find the new podcast this afternoon at theprovinc­e.net/

podcast or on Itunes. While there, check out Wednesday’s version — where hockey writer Jim Jamieson talked about the most under-rated Canuck of all time (Geoff Courtnall) and the most over-rated (Esa Tikkanen).

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