The Vancouver Canucks have been battling injury problems all season, and fans were hit with another scare on Saturday when center Elias Pettersson left warmups and missed the game against the Minnesota Wild. The 27-year-old center also sat out the home game against the Detroit Red Wings on Monday, which only added to the growing concern among the fanbase.

Injuries have been a major theme for the Canucks this year. Several key players are currently on the sidelines, including Teddy Blueger, Filip Chytil, Derek Forbort, Thatcher Demko, and Nils Hoglander.

While Demko and Hoglander are both expected to return to game action very soon, the long list of absences has taken a heavy toll on the team’s performance, who have just 25 points in 30 games.

Meanwhile, there was finally some encouragin

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