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Canucks News
- Some big news on the COVID-19 front for the Canucks, as they have postponed game play through April 6th and are looking at April 8th as a target for return:
The @NHL postpones @Canucks games through Tuesday, April 6; Target Thursday, April 8 for team’s return to game play.
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) April 1, 2021
Details: https://t.co/cYKApZSonX pic.twitter.com/gQOhAlGa4M
- Travis Hamonic has been placed in COVID protocol and shows the human dimension of the pandemic [Sportsnet]
- Patrick Johnston reports on the Gaudettes and that they don’t know how they contracted the virus [The Province]
- 10 observations from Thomas Drance on the Demko extension and the shutdown [The Athletic]
- Stephan Roget on the massive upside of the Demko contract [CanucksArmy]
- And a Kole Lind update from Rick Dhaliwal:
Kole Lind cleared to play by #Canucks doctors yesterday (broken nose) and has been assigned to the taxi squad.
— Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) April 2, 2021
Hockey News
- A look at Patrik Laine’s cold streak [Sportsnet]
- Are the Oilers close to a new contract with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins? [TSN]
- Lisa Haley has been appointed Senior Vice President of the NWHL [NWHL.zone]
- And the Golden Knights found themselves shorthanded last night:
So @GoldenKnights playing with 16 skaters, 2 goalies tonight. Dylan Coghlan recalled on Roster Emergency Exception. VGK can get to 18-2 on Saturday using that clause. This is the 51st time a team has played short in salary cap era. New Jersey has done it nine times. 8-1 mark.
— gary lawless (@garylawless) April 2, 2021