Canucks GM Patrik Allvin provides injury updates on Chytil, Blueger, Lekkerimäki, and Forbort
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.Chytil was injured in the final minute against the Washington Capitals on Sunday after absorbing a late hit from Tom Wilson. He was helped to the bench with what appeared to be a head injury:
“Obviously, [we’re going] through the protocols here. He’s been home [in Vancouver]. He left with our doctor from Washington on Monday, so he’s making progress, but obviously [has] not cleared. You’ve gotta go through all the stages here [with] where he is, but it’s been some encouraging progress here.”
Blueger was injured later in the game against the Capitals. Allvin gave an update on Blueger, while also stating that this was a new injury, separate from the injury that kept him out of the first four games of the season:
“Yeah, I got an update here from our doctor earlier this morning. I would have Teddy as more week-to-week. I would imagine more towards two weeks. But it was an intriguing update on it here this morning.”
Lekkerimäki also left that game in the first period, with Allvin giving the Swede a two-to-three week timeline. But Forbort suffered a setback that will keep him out a while longer:
“Forbort had a little bit of a setback here. So, I would say he’s week-to-week. Probably the problem here is that, you know, with a condensed schedule, it’s so hard to get the practice time in. So, for some of those guys that are injured, just finding the rhythm and finding the ice time, it’s been a challenge for us up to this point. But I would probably have Forbort more as week-to-week.”
According to these updates from Allvin, the Canucks will not have Chytil, Blueger, Lekkerimäki, or Forbort in the lineup for this weekend’s doubleheader against the Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers.