Looks like the injury bug has struck early this season for the Vancouver Canucks. We already had a brief scare when the team’s top two players were briefly out of action. Elias Pettersson missed six games with a concussion and Brock Boeser was held from action for a pair of games due to a groin injury.
I still think his back isn’t 100%, but hockey players tend to play through the pain. Nobody is a better expert in that department than Chris Tanev. As noble as it is, there is a reason why the Canucks blue liner spends so much time hurt, but that’s a discussion for another day.