Canucks lose David Booth four to six weeks
Posted January 15, 2013 3:26 pm.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Vancouver Canucks say forward David Booth will be out of action for four to six weeks with a strained groin. Booth had an MRI Monday which revealed the strain. Coach Alain Vigneault confirms that it happened during physical testing in an on-ice skating drill this week.
“My job is to play with the players that are available to our team, and we’ve got quite a few players that are available, good hockey players, and like we’ve always done, we’re going to find ways to make this work,” says Vigneault, who will be scrambling to assemble a second forward line with centre Ryan Kesler missing the start of the season after his off-season shoudler and wrist surgeries.
Vigneault also didn’t rule out moving players like Jordan Shroeder and Andrew Ebbett to the wing. The two players chances of winning a second-line centre job increased with Kesler’s absence. Vigneault also believes he has a strong group of players including defencemen who can chip in offensively.
The battle for spots will kick up a notch Wednesday with the first of two player scrimmages. The Canucks announced the Wednesday and Thursday night intrasquad matches will be three ten minute periods of stop time, followed by a shootout.
