VANCOUVER — One other spate of accidents is plaguing the Vancouver Canucks.
Head coach Rick Tocchet stated Saturday defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson will likely be out for “some weeks” after struggling an ankle sprain in Vancouver’s 6-4 loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old Swede has struggled this season, registering two objectives and 20 assists in 54 video games.
Ahead Curtis Lazar additionally left Wednesday’s recreation with a lower-body damage and is “each day,” Tocchet stated. Lazar didn’t participate in morning skate forward of the Canucks’ residence matchup with the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday.
Additionally lacking from the morning session was star goalie Thatcher Demko, who has been out since Dec. 1 when he suffered a groin damage in a 5-1 loss to the Florida Panthers.
Demko has steadily been working his approach again into recreation form and stated Tuesday he was wanting ahead to backing up in opposition to the Flyers.
“For me, it’s type of a state of affairs the place you’re in all probability by no means going to be absolutely assured to return again, irrespective of if I took a yr to prepare,” he stated. “There’s all the time going to be a bit of little bit of nerves there, and ensuring that you simply’re trusting the method. There’s clearly scar tissue within the damage however there’s additionally psychological scar tissue relating to getting again on the market.
“So, breaking that down, clearly it helps getting in some groups skates and getting some extra chaotic seems to be and issues like that. However general, simply actually excited to be again.”
The 27-year-old netminder left Vancouver’s follow Thursday after simply half-hour, prompting hypothesis he had suffered a setback in his restoration.
Saturday was a “upkeep day” for Demko, who had skated 5 or 6 days in a row, Tocchet stated.
“We type of labored him fairly good and I simply suppose it’s good to present him one other day,” the coach stated.
Vancouver additionally positioned defenceman Travis Dermott on injured reserve Saturday and recalled blueliner Christian Wolanin from the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks.
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Dermott, 26, has performed simply 11 video games this season after sustaining a head damage in a pre-season follow. He final appeared in Vancouver’s 6-1 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Jan. 25.
Wolanin has six objectives and 49 assists in 49 AHL video games this season.
The 27-year-old defenceman has performed components of seven NHL campaigns with the Ottawa Senators, L.A. Kings and Buffalo Sabres, however has but to make an look for the Canucks.
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“I believe it’ll take clearly a pair shifts to be readjusted to this degree of play. However I’m assured my talents,” Wolanin stated Saturday. “I believe I used to be down (within the AHL) for lengthy sufficient and acquired confidence my recreation once more and acquired repetition.”
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