{"id":482743,"date":"2026-02-18T09:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482743\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:49:08","slug":"canucks-boeser-rossi-buium-return-to-ice-garland-absent-with-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482743\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks’ Boeser, Rossi, Buium return to ice; Garland absent with illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vancouver Canucks<\/a> could be looking forward to some reinforcements when they return to game action. <\/p>\n

Boeser missed the final five games before the break after a high hit from Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman Bryan Rust resulted in a concussion. Rust was suspended three games for the hit. In 50 games this season, the 28-year-old has 12 goals and 13 assists.<\/p>\n

Rossi, one of the key pieces for the Canucks in the Quinn Hughes trade, has been out since Jan. 1 with a lower-body injury. Head coach Adam Foote told reporters after practice that Rossi is healthy and ready to go. <\/p>\n

On the season, the 24-year-old Austrian has 13 points in 17 games prior to his trade and two points in eight games with the Canucks. <\/p>\n

Chytil and Buium both skated in non-contact jerseys. <\/p>\n

Buium, another pillar in the Hughes trade return, suffered a facial fracture on Jan. 25 against the Penguins after taking a puck to the face. He returned to the game with a bubble after receiving stitches, but was placed on injured reserve shortly thereafter. In addition to the non-contact jersey, the 20-year-old defenceman also practised with a cage. <\/p>\n

Chytil, 26, has been out since Feb. 2 against the Utah Mammoth, when he was forced to leave early because of migraines. He was playing in just his 12th game of the season after a concussion cost him three months from mid-October to mid-January. He had just returned to the lineup on Jan. 23 but has dealt with multiple concussions over his nine NHL seasons.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Conor Garland<\/a> was the only non-Olympian absent from Tuesday’s skate. The Canucks told reporters that the 29-year-old American was dealing with an illness. <\/p>\n

The 32nd-place Canucks return to game action on Feb. 25 against the Winnipeg Jets. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Canucks could be looking forward to some reinforcements when they return to game action. Boeser missed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-482743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}