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Injuries Adding Up for the Canucks Garland joins a long list of Canucks dealing with injuries. Captain Quinn Hughes is day-to-day with a lower-body issue, and defenseman Derek Forbort is on long-term injured reserve after playing only two games this season. Other forwards, including Filip Chytil, Teddy Blueger, Nils Hoglander, and Jonathan Lekkerimaki, are also sidelined with various injuries, while Victor Mancini was placed on injured reserve following an upper-body injury sustained against the Edmonton Oilers. With nine players currently unavailable—the most in the NHL—Vancouver has been forced to call up several players from their AHL affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks. The injury wave has tested the team’s depth and put additional pressure on healthy players to fill key roles on both offense and defense. The Canucks will hope for swift recoveries, but the combination of missed time for stars like Garland and Hughes means Vancouver will have to navigate a physically demanding early schedule.
