Canucks’ Zeev Buium, Brock Boeser placed on injured reserve

The Vancouver Canucks are going to be without their new young defenseman and a veteran winger for some time, as the team announced Monday afternoon that they have placed Zeev Buium and Brock Boeser on injured reserve.

Both players were injured during Sunday’s 3-2 loss at the hands of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Buium took a puck to the face, and Boeser was on the receiving end of an illegal check to the head by Penguins winger Bryan Rust, who is facing possible supplemental discipline for the hit.

Speaking during an appearance on Sekeres and Price, NHL insider Darren Dreger shared an update as to what he’s heard on Buium’s timeline after the injury.

“We start with Buium, I think we all saw it, a shot to the face,” Dreger said. “Best case scenario is, I think probably a week, maybe two weeks, but that’s upon further review and getting through all the medical work to see what’s going on there. I mean that was a scary injury… I think minimally, you’re looking at 10 days to two weeks.”