After an optional practice on Tuesday, the Vancouver Canucks hit the ice for a regular practice session on Wednesday morning. The club’s top two centres, Elias Pettersson and Filip Chytil, who are currently injured, did not join their teammates on the ice for practice.
Injuries have played a significant role in the Vancouver Canucks‘ season thus far. While it’s mostly been key penalty kill personnel missing from the Canucks’ lineup, they’ve spent time without some top of the lineup players as well.
The Vancouver Canucks have been lacking a second-line centre ever since Filip Chytil went down with an injury earlier this season. And even before that, they made it clear that in a perfect world, they’d have gotten an upgrade on Chytil during the offseason.
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Allvin provided several updates on the status of some of their injured players.
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After the Vancouver Canucks acquired Lukas Reichel from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a 2027 fourth-round pick, General Manager Patrik Allvin met with media to discuss the transaction, but also provided updates on the injuries of forwards Filip Chytil, Teddy Blueger, Jonathan Lekkerimäki and defenceman Derek Forbort.
In the wake of the news that Filip Chytil may be out for some time, the Vancouver Canucks are exploring options to find another center. But, according to NHL insiders, their search may be hampered by limited trade assets and a shallow market.
It’s been a bumpy stretch for the Vancouver Canucks, but not without its bright spots. The Canucks have had a surprisingly solid road trip (3-1-0), but suffered a discouraging 5–1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.
TSN: The Vancouver Canucks had already been in the market for a center, but now, with the health of Filip Chytil in doubt, their search will intensify.
The Vancouver Canucks are dealing with several injuries as they prepare to play the Nashville Predators on Thursday night in Nashville. The most serious and concerning is to Filip Chytil.
It’s been a story since before the 2025 offseason even began: The Vancouver Canucks would like to add a centre. Despite the team not adding one over the offseason, management hasn’t changed its tune about wanting to improve down the middle, with Jim Rutherford repeating his stance on the matter less than a month ago.
Everyone had a good idea that the Vancouver Canucks’ search for a centre would continue eventually. Most just didn’t realize it would happen this early into the 2025-26 season.
The injury bug has officially hit the Vancouver Canucks. Against the Washington Capitals on Sunday morning, Filip Chytil and Jonathan Lekkerimäki were injured in the first period and have since been placed on injured reserve.
The Vancouver Canucks are likely to be shorthanded once again as their road trip continues Tuesday night in Pittsburgh. The Canucks won their game in Washington on Sunday, marking their third straight victory, but lost some bodies in the process.
There are still a lot of hard feelings regarding what happened during the Vancouver Canucks‘ matchup with the Washington Capitals on Sunday. However, there will be no punishment for the player who knocked one of the Canucks’ key players out of action.
Everybody is still talking about the crushing hit that happened in Sunday’s game between the Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks. In the final minute of the first period, Capitals forward Tom Wilson caught Canucks forward Filip Chytil admiring is pass in the neutral zone, delivering a huge hit that knocked Chytil to the ice.
The Vancouver Canucks moved to 3-0 on their first road trip of the 2025-26 season with a win against the Washington Capitals on Sunday morning. At the same time, however, they suffered an immense blow to both their spirits and their centre depth, with Filip Chytil exiting the game after a late hit from Tom Wilson.
It was a busy start to the work week for the Vancouver Canucks front office. The hockey team announced on Monday morning that it had made a series of roster moves following injuries on Sunday to Filip Chytil and Jonathan Lekkerimäki.
The Vancouver Canucks‘ lineup has taken a beating, and it has led to a number of changes. On Monday, general manager Patrik Allvin announced that forwards Filip Chytil and Jonathan Lekkerimäki on injured reserve, with forward Nils Höglander going on long-term injured reserve.
The Vancouver Canucks defeated the Washington Capitals 4-3 on Sunday afternoon, but they lost two forwards in the process. The team announced that Filip Chytil and Jonathan Lekkerimäki left the game with injury with no chance to return.
Thatcher Demko stopped 17 of the 18 shots he faced and Filip Chytil scored twice to help lead the Canucks to a 5-1 victory over the Calgary Flames in their home opener on Thursday Kiefer Sherwood, Jonathan Lekkerimaki, and Brock Boeser also found the back of the net, while Dustin Wolf made 21 saves in his second start in as many nights.
Vancouver Canucks centerman Filip Chytil missed the last 16 games of the season after sustaining a concussion in the team’s March 15th win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Vancouver Canuck forward Filip Chytil was injured during the third period of last night’s game, leaving fans and the team uncertain about his condition, per Jim Cerny of Forever Blueshirts.
The New York Rangers entered Saturday's game at the Buffalo Sabres on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture and quickly running out of time to get themselves back in it.
It did not take long for Filip Chytil to fit right in with his new team. Sunday night the former New York Ranger scored his first goal as a member of the Vancouver Canucks.
It did not take J.T. Miller long to start making an impact in his return to the New York Rangers.
The never-ending J.T. Miller saga has, in fact, ended.
New York Rangers’ forward Filip Chytil left Tuesday’s game against the Dallas Stars with an upper-body injury, with the team reporting on social media that he would not return.
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