By Rob Simpson October 12, 2021
Source: vancouverhockeynow.com
The Vancouver Canucks announced their opening roster for the 2021-’22 NHL season, that begins with a six-game road trip starting in Edmonton against the Oilers on Wednesday night.
Based on the cap crunch and injury situation, there were no huge surprises. PTO candidate Alex Chiasson is not included, but that doesn’t prevent the club from signing him.
It does appear for now that left wing Juho Lammikko, acquired Saturday from Florida, has replaced him on the roster. Lammikko is expected to skate with the club Tuesday morning for the first time.
Here is the roster:
Goalies:
35 – Thatcher Demko
41 – Jaroslav Halak
Defencemen:
2 – Luke Schenn
3 – Jack Rathbone
5 – Tucker Poolman
23 – Oliver Ekman-Larsson
43 – Quinn Hughes
44 – Kyle Burroughs
57 – Tyler Myers
77 – Brad Hunt
Forwards:
8 – Conor Garland
9 – JT Miller
15 – Matthew Highmore
18 – Jason Dickinson
36 – Nils Höglander
40 – Elias Pettersson
53 – Bo Horvat
61 – Nic Petan
70 – Tanner Pearson
71 – Zack MacEwen
73 – Justin Dowling
83 – Juho Lammikko
92 – Vasily Podkolzin
The club skates Tuesday morning at Rogers Arena and then boards an afternoon charter for Edmonton.
Brock Boeser was placed on injured reserve retroactive to his last full practice, September 29th. Tyler Motte is on injured reserve with a lingering upper body injury/recovery.
Michael Ferland and Brandon Sutter are on long-term injured reserve. Brady Keeper, who broke his leg at training camp on September 24th, is also on long term.