Jan. 7: After initially testing positive yesterday, the Vancouver Canucks officially placed forward Alex Chiasson in COVID protocol on Friday. There are now six Canucks on the COVID list.
Jan. 5: The Vancouver Canucks announced Wednesday night that forward Elias Pettersson entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, marking yet another star player that was placed on the list today.
Pettersson is the fifth Canuck and fifth Canucks forward to be on the COVID list at the moment. He joins Brock Boeser, Jason Dickinson, Phillip Di Giuseppe, and Justin Dowling.
The 23-year-old Swedish center is really struggling on the scoresheet this season, but his all-around play has seen a bump under new head coach Bruce Boudreau. Still, just 17 points through 34 games are simply not good enough from Pettersson.
With him and Boeser out of the lineup for the short-term future, the Canucks face a big hurdle on offense. They’ll rely heavily on J.T. Miller, who leads them in both goals (11) and points (36) this year.