Scenes from practice: Canucks address defensive woes before heading out on 4-game road trip<\/p>\n
Following one of their most disappointing losses of the season on Sunday night, the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> returned to the practice ice on Monday morning at Rogers Arena.\u00a0The session began with head coach Adam Foote conducting an extraordinarily long discussion at the whiteboard as the team tried to address its defensive deficiencies.<\/a><\/p>\n #Canucks<\/a> practice begins with an extraordinarily long whiteboard session<\/p>\n What we sawDespite falling 5-2 to the Calgary Flames and dropping three consecutive games, the Canucks kept their line combinations intact. The new wrinkle on the day was in goal, where Nikita Tolopilo<\/a>, recalled from Abbotsford earlier in the day, was on the ice with the team. He replaces Jiri Patera as Kevin Lankinen\u2019s backup.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tolopilo missed nearly a month in Abbotsford with an injury but returned over the weekend and played a pair of AHL games in San Jose against the Barracuda. Adam Foote says Tolopilo will likely see game action on the team\u2019s upcoming four-game road trip.<\/p>\n Tolopilo on the ice at practice with #Canucks<\/a><\/p>\n After earlier revealing that Teddy Blueger would accompany the team on the road, Foote today said that he wasn\u2019t sure that was the case. Blueger was meeting with team doctors following practice. He took part in a red non-contact jersey yet again. Foote also said that Southern California native Thatcher Demko would be heading out on the road with the team, and he said there was a chance Nils H\u00f6glander might join the group at some point along the way.<\/p>\n The Canucks finished practice with a spirited shootout competition followed by a quick hard skate.\u00a0<\/p>\n Tuesday will be a travel day only as the team makes its way to Anaheim<\/a>, where it opens its road trip on Wednesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n This is how the team skated at practice on Monday.<\/p>\n