Saturday Headlines: Injuries To Canucks’ Quinn Hughes, Elias Petterson Not Considered Serious

NHL insider Elliotte Friedman breaks down the biggest news from around the league, including the latest injury updates to Vancouver Canucks stars Elias Petterson and Quinn Hughes.
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[@randy.3771]

These quick overtime losses are really aggravating.
That first goal on Demko should have been a routine save,….

[@jayrussell227]

Fire the coach!!! Sick of the team not having fun. Fun times results in chemistry and championships

[@shawnpaquette5835]

At this point, coaching is not the problem. Look at last year. Rick is the best coach we've had in a long time and we almost made the finals last year. Calm down.

[@Jud-u7z]

Thank goodness

[@canadianplanter]

Far more concerning than Hughes' and Pettersson's injuries was the inability of the Canucks to shut down a team when up 4-1. A few examples illustrated that the Canucks do not yet have the killer instinct that is needed to be a winning team. Firstly, when Boeser had a near miss in the third, he went to the bench smiling - presumably thinking about the potential hat trick. Players cannot think this way, it must be win first. Secondly, soft on puck. I question Juulsen's decision to put the puck up the middle late in the third, but even worse was Soucy's flub right in front of his net as he was likely thinking "make a play" rather than strong on the puck to the outside or off the boards and out.
A winning team does not make these soft mistakes showing that their heads are not in the right space to shut down a team and play defensive hockey when you're up by three.

[@MX76er]

Sitting these two to see the energy changes with players on ice. Fairly uncommon to have to do it to top players but that’s where we’re at in Vancouver at the moment. This to shall pass haha.

[@jeremyjones9859]

Petey was actually a healthy scratch

[@Supe063]

If Miller is such a great leader ... well, where is he?

[@MartinJohnny-cc1yo]

Canucks need a ligit sheriff Rick tocket ,Patrick Alvin and this would make teams think twice about taken runs at your players

[@jashanbrar8668]

These injuries are a lie , u guys have been doing this to the fans for a long time .

[@Bdill0909]

Are you dumb

[@Bbbbbvggtttttfcdeeww]

Petey gets hit and always has a injury way to soft

[@49inxs]

keep JT dump EP.40