As the Vancouver Canucks continue to rally back from an awful start, their team health is improving along with their play. While the jury remains out on how long they can consistently string together wins, the team is indeed getting healthier and will get even closer to full strength soon.
Head coach Bruce Boudreau said today that he doesn’t think forward Brock Boeser will play tomorrow, but he’s just day-to-day as he waits for a re-opened scar on his hand to close. He also said that it’s possible defenseman Travis Dermott, who’s yet to play this season with a concussion, will rejoin the team for their road trip next week to make his season debut.
Boeser had four points in six games to begin the season, but he hasn’t played since October 24 with the previously undisclosed injury. Nils Hoglander currently sits in the team’s top six in his absence, and the young Swede has been limited to just one assist in eight games.
Dermott’s concussion has kept him out on a week-to-week basis, and he could solidify what’s looking like a much-improved Canucks defense when healthy with his return. The acquisitions of Ethan Bear and a healthy Dermott go a long way toward improving the team’s depth, and the Canucks are hoping that it can help them erase the bad taste of their 0-5-2 start.
If you are hoping Bear and Dermott save your season, you are in DEEP trouble.
Getting Dermott and Bear in the same lineup is a big improvement to the 4-5 positions, but I fear forcing a struggling OEL into the No.2 slot is a big anchor…
OEL is so washed it not even funny. 4 more years after this, I wanna cry. Bear has been decent.
Bear will be great in Vancouver. Just didn’t work out in Carolina for some reason.
Members of my family I don’t really talk to have said racism lol. I guess it could be true.