Down the stretch, he was the most impactful Canucks forward on most nights. Once he returned following the Olympic break, Rossi had 20 points in his final 25 games. That was second on the Canucks over that stretch, second only to Brock Boeser.<\/p>\n
And, a big reason why Boeser\u2019s offence ticked up was that he skated alongside Rossi<\/a>.<\/p>\n Marco Rossi and Brock Boeser developed some chemistry with the Canucks (Bob Frid\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n The 24-year-old\u2019s promising finish to the season is even more impressive when you consider he still wasn\u2019t healthy, something he revealed last week as the Canucks closed their campaign.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s still not 100 per cent,\u201d Rossi said last week when speaking with Sportsnet 650\u2019s Satiar Shah and Bik Nizzar<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI broke my foot in October and then played with a broken foot for 10 games, for 15 games,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The fact that Rossi said he broke his foot in October is telling, because he continued playing for the Minnesota Wild up until Nov. 11.<\/p>\n Once he was traded to the Canucks on Dec. 12, Rossi played eight uninspiring games before going on an injury hiatus until after the Olympics.<\/p>\n However, he also revealed that he broke his foot a second time.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a really hard season for me,\u201d Rossi said. \u201cAnd then, getting treated, I broke my foot again at the same spot.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a lot of ups and downs, and it\u2019s hard to come back like 200 per cent. But overall, the last couple of games, I felt better.\u201d<\/p>\n The dire nature of Rossi\u2019s injury was revealed by head coach Adam Foote back in February before the Canucks returned to game action.<\/p>\n \u201cThe foot just got to a spot where it could, if he kept going, it could have been career-ending if he might have shattered it or things like that,\u201d Foote said<\/a>.<\/p>\n Those ramifications for Rossi should have sounded alarm bells for the Canucks, not just from a health perspective, but because he was a key piece of the Quinn Hughes trade. It does make you wonder if he should have been playing at all down the stretch.<\/p>\n![\"rossi](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/rossi-boeser-canucks.jpg\"\/ "\\"\\"")
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