Jonathan Lekkerimaki was briefly listed as a first-line centre on Saturday. Article content

It was another sign of troubled times after the Vancouver Canucks were once again bitten by the injury bug. When centre Elias Pettersson left the warm-up skate and didn’t return to face the Minnesota Wild at Rogers Arena , the first thought was he might have the flu. Article content Article content

However, Pettersson reportedly has an upper-body ailment, which was why Lekkerimaki went from expected scratch, being listed as a pivot, and then taking his customary position at right wing. It meant centres Aatu Raty, David Kampf and Max Sasson piled up the minutes and played with a variety of wingers in hopes of trying to stymie the hard-charging Wild.

And in a season where the Canucks have

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