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Scenes from practice: Chytil and Willander aiming for Friday night returns to Canucks’ lineup

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By Jeff Paterson

Nov 10, 2026, 16:10 ESTUpdated: Nov 10, 2026, 16:11 EST

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Following a sluggish 3-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday night, the Vancouver Canucks returned to the practice ice Tuesday morning at Rogers Arena. In the midst of six straight losses and with just one win in their last 17, the Canucks once again showed new line combinations and defensive pairings.

What we saw

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Filip Chytil and Tom Willander took part in their first full practices with the team since leaving the lineup with injuries. Both are trending toward being options for Manny Malhotra on Friday night when the Canucks host the New York Rangers.

Chytil skated on a line with Paul Cotter and Jonathan Lekkerimäki. In the two games before he was hurt in San Jose on October 29th, Chytil had logged 21:26 in Anaheim and followed it up with a career-high 22:13 of ice time against the Sharks.

The Canucks went back to a veteran top line with Elias Pettersson between Jake DeBrusk and Brock Boeser. Marco Rossi centred Swedish wingers Liam Öhgren and Linus Karlsson while Max Sasson was in the middle of the fourth line with Drew O’Connor and Arshdeep Bains. Rossi, who started the season as the club’s second line centre, saw just 12:01 of ice time against the Flyers. It’s the third straight game he’s played fewer than 14 minutes.

Brendan Gallagher and Jacob Quillan skated as extra forwards at practice.

On defence, Willander, who has missed four games with an undisclosed lower body injury, found himself paired with Guillaume Brisebois at practice. Zeev Buium and Filip Hronek skated together. Hronek logged a career-high 31:11 on Monday against Philadelphia. Jamie Oleksiak and Elias Pettersson playing on the right side formed the other defensive duo. Luke Schenn was the odd man out on the blueline.

The Canucks are scheduled to have Wednesday as a team day off from practice. Newcomer Cameron Crotty, claimed on waivers from Minnesota on Tuesday, will likely join the team when it gets back to work on Thursday. To free up a roster spot, the Canucks sent Victor Mancini to AHL Abbotsford. It was apparent something was in the works when Mancini did not appear on the ice with his NHL teammates on Tuesday morning.

Friday will be the team’s debut of its Hometown Remix jerseys. As such, the players continued to break in new gloves and helmets at practice on Thursday. Following the on-ice session, the group was heading to Children’s Hospital to make a full team appearance.

What we heard

Manny Malhotra on having two practices before the team’s next game: “We always talk about how rare it is to have a practice day, so to have a couple in this week gives us the opportunity to put some work in and get extra touches, just some of our transition looks and offensive pieces. Just to get the guys up and running and work on a few things was good.”

Malhotra on what he knows about new defenseman Cameron Crotty: “I have the Coles notes on him. Obviously, I trust the work of RJ (Ryan Johnson) and our pro staff to find pieces that they feel will help our line up. A big right shot defenceman that can play some minutes. My understanding is he’s eager to help us out and just does those simple things that we talk about – killing plays and making first breakout passes.”

Filip Chytil on the seven games he’s played and where he feels his game is: “It was seven games, but also in my mind I’ve got that in the last 18 months I’ve played just a couple of games. I had no preseason this year. That’s not an excuse. I’m not using excuses at all. There were some moments in the games where I felt good, like myself from the past. It’s just game by game, practice by practice. Working on my game, trying to get back and improving as much as I can as fast as I can and help to contribute in the minutes I get and help the team win some games.”

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