VANCOUVER — The start of this season for the Vancouver Canucks has felt like most of last season, minus the ninth-grade drama in the dressing room.

The Canucks are again hollowed out by injuries.

As the team limps towards the quarter mark of their National Hockey League schedule with a daunting three-game road trip that starts Friday (Sportsnet, 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT) against the Carolina Hurricanes, the Canucks’ injured list is back up to seven players with goalie Thatcher Demko’s latest breakdown. Under head coach Adam Foote and general manager Patrik Allvin, the team has been just trying to survive.

Foote has rightly praised his players’ resilience. But that’s not the R-word that has inflamed the market.

We thought it would be a good time to sit down with Canucks president Jim Ruthe

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