The Vancouver Canucks' plague of injuries is not ready to abate just yet.
On Sunday, a local posted a picture of John Tortorella in the waiting room of a Vancouver hospital. Apparently he was awaiting treatment for a dislocated shoulder. From Irfaan Gaffar of Rogers Sportsnet:
Nothing further on the nature of the injury, though it strikes me as something that could happen when walking the dogs?
As far as the players on the injured list, I missed this note in the midst of the Olympic frenzy.
According to The Canuck Way, via TEAM1040, Alex Burrows sprained his hand during his infamous altercation with Phil Kessel in the last game before the Olympic break. What an awful year for him—maybe this really is a case of karma coming back to bite Burrows, if you will, after all the hurt he's dished out on opponents?
News1130 also had a couple of updates today:
Apparently if Tanev gets a good result from the scan, he'll be able to attend practise on Wednesday.
As for Andrew Alberts—remember him?
Canucks' Sochi Presence Dwindles
As the Olympic hockey tournament moves into playoff mode, the number of Vancouver Canucks we can watch has taken a serious hit.
The Canucks lost their first two players of the tournament on Tuesday, as the Swiss were upset 3-1 by Latvia. Yannick Weber was on the ice when Latvia's second goal was scored on the power play and Raphael Diaz was on the ice for the final empty-netter, but that's not much to hang your head about after a stifling defensive tournament for Switzerland.
Looks like we won't be seeing much more of the Canucks on Team Canada, either. Carey Price has indeed been given the nod to start on Wednesday against Latvia. Mike Babcock has yet to officially announce his scratches, he admitted that he's very happy with his main defense pairings. That doesn't give Dan Hamhuis or P.K. Subban much chance to draw into the lineup.
So—how to you feel about cheering for the U.S. and Sweden?
Ryan Kesler has been a solid contributor for Uncle Sam's team so far, while Daniel Sedin and Alex Edler are in key roles with the Swedes. Luongo and Hamhuis will still get medals if Canada makes the top three, but Kesler, Edler and Daniel have an opportunity to make a real difference for their teams—and hopefully come back to the Canucks with some newfound confidence that can help the team down the stretch run.
Sweden will get us started on Wednesday when they play Slovenia starting at midnight, then the U.S./Czech Republic and Canada/Latvia games will both run at 9 a.m. Pacific time.
The Canucks players who are in town will have plenty of time to watch the games before reporting to Rogers Arena on Wednesday. Practise is scheduled for 3 p.m.
We'll have a week to suss out the state of the team before NHL action gets underway the following Wednesday, Feb. 26, against St. Louis.
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