The Canucks will be without winger Brock Boeser tonight against Edmonton as he’s still being evaluated for the upper-body injury he sustained on Thursday, shares Sportsnet 650’s Brendan Batchelor (Twitter link). After a breakout performance last season that saw him score 40 goals and 33 assists in 81 games, the 27-year-old is off to a nice start offensively this year with six goals and five assists in his first dozen games. It’s a contract year for Boeser so he’ll certainly be hoping to avoid any long-term absence.
Meanwhile, Canucks GM Patrik Allvin shared some updates on a few other players to Batchelor and other reporters. The team is hopeful that forward Dakota Joshua will make his season debut at some point on their current home stand as he continues to work his way back from testicular cancer. Goaltender Thatcher Demko still has no timeline to make his season debut as his knee injury continues to keep him out of the lineup. Lastly, prospect Jonathan Lekkerimaki (a speculative recall candidate following the Daniel Sprong trade), tweaked something and won’t be available for AHL Abbotsford tonight which takes him out of the potential recall equation for the time being.