Dragging a three-game losing streak, Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes, and the Vancouver Canucks will hit the road in the 2025-26 NHL season. However, the team learned troubling news as goaltender Kevin Lankinen won’t be travelling with them.

As if Pettersson, Hughes, and the Canucks haven’t been through enough in the NHL campaign, more trouble is hitting the squad in Vancity. Ahead of a four-game road trip against contenders in the Western Conference, Vancouver discovered it will be without its current starting goaltender, Lankinen, due to an unexpected setback.

“General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that Kevin Lankinen will not travel with the team due to personal reasons and that Jiri Patera has been recalled from Abbotsford (AHL) under emergency conditions,” the Canucks announc

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