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2025 Canucks Training Camp: Player Health Report

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By Andrew Chernoff

August 28, 2025

The Vancouver Canucks are set to hold their 2025 training camp from September 18 to 21, 2025 in Penticton B.C., a critical period for the franchise to establish a new identity under head coach Adam Foote and integrate key roster additions.

Six players—Tyler Myers, Derek Forbort, Elias Pettersson, Kevin Lankinen, Nils Aman, and Pierre-Olivier Joseph—are on injury list, according to PuckPedia.

All the above players are projected to be officially cleared of injury by September 21, 2025, after training camp has concluded.

The projected date above, rather than an actual indication of the seriousness of injury, could be more cautious and also more focused on creating a competitive environment that could accelerate the development of key prospects vying for roster spots at the training camp in Penticton.

Player-by-Player Injuries

  • Elias Pettersson (Forward)
    • He missed the final 12 games of the 2024-25 season due to an “upper body” injury, which was later specified as an “oblique” injury.
    • Had also been dealing with knee tendinitis since the prior off-season
    • The physical setbacks, combined with other off-ice factors, contributed to his lowest statistical output since his rookie season.
    • Reports indicate that Pettersson is focused on bulking up in the off-season, suggesting his physical recovery is progressing well, and his determination to rebound from his prior struggles should be high for a bounce-back season.
  • Tyler Myers (Defenseman)
    • Veteran defenseman Tyler Myers concluded the 2024-25 season with an “undisclosed” injury, which caused him to miss the final seven games.
    • He concluded 2024-25 with 24 points, 87 shots on net, 74 PIM, 87 hits and 127 blocked shots over 71 games.
    • A CBS Sports update from August 5 lists him as “Probable for start of season”, which could be training camp in their mind.
  • Derek Forbort (Defenseman)
    • Derek Forbort is listed on injury reports with an “orbital” injury.
    • September 21, 2025, is his expected return, and similar to Myers, the CBS Sports report on August 5 lists him as “Probable for start of season,” for example, training camp.
  • Kevin Lankinen (Goaltender)
    • Suffered an “undisclosed muscle strain” that forced him to exit a game late in the 2024-25 season.
    • Expected return is listed as September 21, 2025. A CBS Sports report from August 5 also lists his status as “Probable for start of season,” so he is probable for training camp.
  • Nils Aman (Center)
    • He missed the final three games of the 2024-25 season with a “shoulder” injury.
    • September 21, 2025, is his expected return date, which is consistent with the other players on the list, and since he is also listed as “Probable for start of season” as of August 5, he is likely to be at training camp.
  • Pierre-Olivier Joseph (Defenseman)
    • On the injury list with an “upper body” injury.
    • Expected return of September 21, 2025. CBS Sports’ August 5 report lists him as “Probable for start of season”.  So most likely to be at training camp.

The health status of key players still on the injury list impacts the team’s depth chart and intensifies key positional battles during training camp.

The Canucks are not just preparing for the season; they are using this training camp as an internal competition to finalize their roster spots and fill out the depth chart for the long season in case of injury call-up from the AHL Abbotsford Canucks.

A Significant Opportunity

Injuries to a major professional hockey team are never desired, whether it is before, during or after a season.

Teams like having all players in training camp, healthy and prepared to give their all at each session, whether on or off the ice, and compete at a high level, regardless of whether they eventually make the NHL squad or bide their time with the American Hockey League or East Coast Hockey League.

The Canucks will be keenly interested in how the players who don’t make the NHL squad react to that adversity, hoping they take the NHL training camp experience and build on it with further training camps and their seasons either in Major Junior, the American Hockey League, or the East Coast Hockey League.

Injuries will occur in the Big League; the Canucks will be watching, and the road to the NHL just may be a few phone calls away for those fortunate players.

The Canucks will aggressively assess their prospects during training camp and after, to determine which ones are ready to seize the opportunities created by the injury-related uncertainties.

Training camp provides a strategic opportunity to accelerate the roster’s evolution and solidify its depth for the upcoming season, setting the team up for a strong start to the 2025-26 campaign.

The opening night roster for the 2025-26 Vancouver Canucks will be the main lineup for the forthcoming season, with additions and changes from time to time, will be the the strongest roster in each game to give the Canucks that opportunity to succeed.

At not only making the playoffs but sustaining that journey all the way to the Stanley Cup Final and ultimately holding and  drinking out of that first Cup for the Canucks organization, its fans and the province of British Columbia.

I say to you all Canucks fans, let’s be “United To Soar, Keeping Heads Held Up, To Realize The Ultimate Prize, That The Vancouver Could Ever Raise High, The Stanley Cup On Nigh!!!!”

Let’s Do It!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Until next time, hockey fans.