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Canucks injury updates: Forbort not practicing, Blueger and Joseph in non-contact jerseys; both travelling for road trip
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Tyson Cole
Oct 14, 2025, 19:52 EDT
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Following Monday night’s 5-2 loss to the St. Louis Blues, the Vancouver Canucks hit the ice on Tuesday morning for a practice ahead of their five-game road trip.
Two new faces hit the practice ice for the Canucks: Teddy Blueger and PO Joseph were sporting red non-contact jerseys in their first practice since the season started. Head Coach Adam Foote mentioned both players would make the trip, but will need a few more days before pinpointing their official return to the lineup.
Defenceman Derek Forbort was given a night off on Monday, for what the Canucks labelled as maintenance. However, Forbort was also absent from Tuesday morning’s practice. Foote did not make any mention of if Forbort would make the trip of not.
However, Foote confirmed that both Blueger and Joseph will travel with the team for their upcoming five-game road trip. However, they’ll need a few more days before determining whether they’re ready to play.
The Canucks head coach shared that Blueger was exceptionally close to returning, but thinks that Dallas may be too soon for him to return. Canucks preseason standout Braeden Cootes was returned to his WHL team, the Seattle Thunderbirds, shortly after practice. But with Blueger likely out at least another game, the organization recalled Max Sasson from AHL Abbotsford.
Replacing Forbort on the blueline for last night’s contest was Victor Mancini, who was paired with Marcus Pettersson. Mancini finished with one shot on goal, one hit and one block with a minus-1 rating in 15:24 minutes of ice time.
It has been a bit of a mixed bag in terms of who has replaced Blueger on the penalty kill. The team has thrown out as many as eight different forwards while being down a man. Conor Garland leads the forwards in average shorthanded ice time (3:25) per game. Followed by Drew O’Connor, Kiefer Sherwood, Jake DeBrusk, Aatu Räty, Arshdeep Bains, Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser.
The Canucks travel to Dallas tomorrow for their game against the Stars on Thursday. While they may not be getting their reinforcements back for that game, they are likely to see at least two of these injured players return to the lineup at some point on this road trip.

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