Daniel Sedin News

THE SETUP: Fresh from three off-days, the Canucks get a chance to get back on the winning track in St.

Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo won't be eased back into the job after suffering a rib injury.

The Vancouver Canucks have sent injured winger Daniel Sedin home from their road trip, ending the first-line forward's attempt to return to the National Hockey League team sooner than expected.

Vancouver Canucks Tanner Glass tries to get the puck past St. Louis Blues goaltender Chris Mason during the first period of their NHL hockey game in St.

The Canucks have managed to stay afloat without two of their top players. The Vancouver Canucks are close to getting two of their top players back from injuries.

Help is on the way for the Canucks, but it's not as if they're desperate for reinforcements.

The Canucks are starting to look like the Canucks again, Ben Kuzma reports from Dallas.

Canucks goalie Andrew Raycroft makes a glove save on a shot by Martin Havlat during a game Thursday.

VANCOUVER a ' Kyle Wellwood in, Michael Grabner out. Just another day in medical hell for the Vancouver Canucks, who shrugged off this latest calamity Sunday to sink the Colorado Avalanche 3-0. The Canucks were missing seven players due to various ailment with Grabner the newest casualty.

The Vancouver Canucks are riddled with injuries and the New York Rangers have practically none, so on paper this should not be a fair fight tonight at GM Place.

The following appeared in Sunday's special White Towel insert in The Province. The Vancouver Canucks are experiencing one of the most painful stretches in franchise history.

Last night saw the Canucks win 2-1 in a shootout over the Los Angeles Kings but lose another player, as Alex Bolduc left the game with a shoulder injury.

Detroit's loss of Johan Franzen and the offseason departures of Marian Hossa and Jiri Hudler has left Detroit in the middle of the pack at 17th overall in the goal scoring department where they have been perennial top of league giants.

Niedermayer has a team-worst minus seven. Photograph by: Jean Levac, CNS files ANAHEIM a ' A banged-up Vancouver Canuck team meets a desperate opponent tonight in the Anaheim Ducks, who have lost four straight games and are a dreadful 1-5 at the Honda Center.

In their 64-year history, the Vancouver Canucks have never won the Stanley Cup. It is hard to believe that a city so passionate about hockey has only acquired the Stanley Cup once.

The Vancouver Canucks have lost all-star goaltender Roberto Luongo for at least the next two games because of a hairline rib fracture but just how long he'll miss depends on his stubborn streak.

THE SETUP: This is Olympic coach Mike Babcock's only visit to GM Place before the Games in February, but his focus is more on his struggling club a ' 3-4-2 out of the chute.

Both Vancouver Canucks star Daniel Sedin and I broke bones in our feet playing hockey recently.

Add another forward to the Canucks infirmary: Kyle Wellwood has a broken big toe on his right foot and will be off the blades until he can squeeze his swollen digit back into a skate boot.

Matthew Sekeres VANCOUVER - Published on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009 11:19PM EDT Last updated on Monday, Oct.