The Vancouver Canucks announced a pair of roster moves on Tuesday afternoon.

General Manager Patrik Allvin announced that the club has placed defenceman PO Joseph on injured reserve following his injury on Monday night against the Seattle Kraken, and has shifted Thatcher Demko to long-term injured reserve.

Joseph, 26, left early in the third period and did not return to last night’s game. Head Coach Adam Foote shared postgame that the defenceman was getting X-rays on an upper-body injury.

The Laval, Quebec, native signed a one-year, $775,000 contract with the Canucks this summer. Joseph has suited up in 24 games this season, scoring one goal and four assists for five points with a minus-12 rating.

With the Tyler Myers trade saga still in limbo, awaiting a decision from the 6’8″ defenceman before the March 6 Trade Deadline, Joseph going on injured reserve leaves the Canucks with just six healthy defencemen on the roster.

It’s been another lost season for the Canucks starting netminder. Demko appeared in 20 games this season, posting an 8-10-1 record with a 2.90 goals against average and a .897 save percentage. Since his Vezina runner-up campaign, Demko has played in just 43 of a potential 142 games for the Canucks.

Demko moving to long-term injured reserve clears up an additional $3.82 million in cap space. According to The Athletic’s Thomas Drance, the plan is for Demko to shift to season-ending long-term injured reserve, which could clear an additional $5 million cap space heading into Friday’s Trade Deadline. With that move, the Canucks would have over $11 million in cap space, according to PuckPedia.

Shortly after the injury announcements, Allvin announced that defenceman Victor Mancini has been recalled from AHL Abbotsford.

Mancini, 23, has split the season between the NHL and AHL. In Abbotsford, Mancini has played steady top-line minutes in his 33 games, scoring four goals and eight assists for 12 points with a plus-one rating. In the nine games since he was sent down to the American League, Mancini has two goals and two assists for four points with a plus-four rating.

The 6’3″ right-shot defenceman will have an opportunity to get into game action on Wednesday against the Carolina Hurricanes. If the defence pairings remain the same, it appears he will skate on a pairing with Zeev Buium.