Welcome back to our countdown of the top Vancouver Canucks news stories of 2024, where we will be counting down our most-read stories of the year in the days leading up to 2025.
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are a different beast. There’s a reason it’s the hardest trophy in all of sports to win. En route to winning it — or I suppose in this case, losing it — players are bound to suffer injuries. When players suffer injuries at this time of year, they often choose to play through them, and because of that, we rarely find out what those injuries are until after the playoffs have concluded.
And that’s exactly what happened following the Oilers game 7 loss to the Florida Panthers in the Cup Finals.
According to a report by OilersNation‘s Zach Laing, both Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl played through injuries during the Oilers’ playoff run. Draisaitl reportedly sustained a broken rib as a result of a hit by Canucks defenceman Tyler Myers during Game 1 of the seven-game series between Edmonton and Vancouver. Here is what the original report said:
The war of attrition took its toll on the Oilers. Head coach Kris Knoblauch didn’t divulge any information Monday night after the loss, but both Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl have been playing through significant injuries, Oilersnation has learned. McDavid has played through an abdominal injury that likely requires surgery, while Draisaitl has been banged up too, I’ve been told. He’s believed to be dealing with a broken rib and finger, the former of which [he] suffered in Game 1 against Vancouver when he was hit by Tyler Myers. It’s nothing new for a laundry list of players to be dealing with injuries after deep playoff runs, and surely we’ll hear of more in the coming days.
You can read the full story by clicking here, and be sure to tune in each day until December 31st for the rest of our countdown!
Our list so far:
#10: Tocchet tries not to tamper when asked about trading for Sidney Crosby
#9: Nikita Zadorov tries to avoid a fine
#8: When the Canucks’ team plane was stranded in Buffalo
#7: Demko calls Myers re-signing the best day of his life
#6: Myers breaks Draisaitl’s ribs

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