Former Canucks defenceman Alex Biega, traded to the Wings for minor-league winger David Pope on Oct. Judging by practice rushes Monday, A dam Gaudette and Loui Eriksson were the odd men out.
Josh Leivo drops down to join Brandon Sutter and J ake Virtanen, while Tyler Motte is over an upper-body injury and is expected to skate with Jay Beagle and Tim Schaller.
OVERTIME: Canucks coach Travis Green is trying to get Micheal Ferland going and the winger will align again with Bo Horvat and Tanner Pearson against the Wings. 5 with a knee ligament sprain in the warm-up skate. But his season went sideways again in Philadelphia on Feb. With Richard Bachman already on the shelf with an Achilles injury in December, Demko was fast-tracked to the NHL. Mike McKenna was also acquired in the multiplayer Nilsson swap, but was claimed by Philadelphia. 21 and was recalled after Anders Nilsson was traded to Ottawa on Jan. 23 when struck square in the mask by a Brendan Leipsic shot and was sidelined two months. That may sound odd, considering a wild roller-coaster ride last season.ĭemko suffered a concussion in practice on Sept. I’m going to go out and smile and have a lot of fun.” Personally, I don’t perform as well when I do that to myself. “It’s easy to make the game a lot bigger than it is. It’s something I’m eager to have in my game. They might give up six and then win 2-1 the next night. “It’s definitely one of the things that all great goalies have learned to do.
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“If you want to be up here you’re going to have games like that and learn how to put it behind you,” stressed Demko. A stark reminder of the work that awaits was allowing six goals on 29 shots in a 6-2 preseason loss to Ottawa on Sept. His future deployment isn’t all hinged on how he plays Tuesday, Thursday and beyond. 913 save percentage for the Canucks last season. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck / PNGĭemko amassed a 4-3-1 record, 2.81 goals-against average and. Article content Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko (35) loses his mask after stopping Ottawa Senators centre Filip Chlapik (78) during the first period. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The second-round 2016 NHL draft pick is being groomed here, but hasn’t been a true backup since the 2011-12 season, when he was a 15-year-old junior stopper with the Omaha Lancers of the United States Hockey League. The 23-year-old, who has long been the franchise’s prized prospect, understands the physical and mental demands of the position. I was playing a lot of games in Utica and I’m used to carrying the load.” Jacob Markstrom of the Vancouver Canucks takes a break during a stop in play in the second period of a game against the Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena on Oct. No matter how many games, I’ll be ready to go. “You have to have that game-like mentality every day and I’m just excited to get in. If you’re going through the mindset that you’re just a role player and something happens, it’s hard to flip that switch. You’ve just got to stay sharp because anything can happen, as we’re seeing here. “Obviously, you don’t want to see a good friend go through anything like that,” Demko said of Markstrom.
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