Foote gives promising injury update on Vancouver Canucks' Brock Boeser
It was a moment that was hard to believe. Then again, this is the Vancouver Canucks.
The Canucks entered their game against the St. Louis Blues as the most injured team in the NHL.
So, naturally, they would suffer yet another key injury in the opening seconds of their battle against the Blues.
Defenceman Elias Pettersson one-timed a puck that appeared to hit Brock Boeser square in a sensitive-looking area.
Brock Boeser left the game early after taking a slapshot to the lower-body area pic.twitter.com/723EnAtxtj
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Boeser stayed down on the ice for a brief period of time before he was helped to the dressing room. He did not return to the game.
His injury pegged him as the ninth Canucks skater to be missing in action. Exactly half the team —six forwards and three defencemen —are now hurt.
“We gotta find that person with a voodoo doll, if that’s a thing,” Foote said following the Canucks 4-3 win over the Blues.
“I mean, I don’t believe in that stuff, but I’m like, what is going on here?”
Canucks fans have been asking themselves that question for 55 years.
Despite losing yet another player to injury, the Canucks were able to gut out a 4-3 shootout win over the Blues. Kiefer Sherwood did his best Marshawn Lynch impression by putting the team on his back, scoring all three goals for his second-career hat trick.
Kevin Lankinen also came up clutch, stopping 36 of 39 shots, while also thwarting all three shootout attempts.
Not only did the Canucks win despite missing half their team, but Foote also gave a very positive injury update on Boeser.
“I can’t even tell you what happened to him, but I think he should be back next game,” Foote said.
Even though the Canucks were heavily outshot by St. Louis and relied on one player to score all their goals, the Canucks bench boss was gushing about his team’s resolve following the win.
“You lose Boes, a good player like that in the first shift, and you’re like, here we go again,” Foote said.
“I just told [the team], it’s pretty incredible for me, I’ve been here for almost three years, and that’s the best team win I’ve seen since I’ve been here, as far as being resilient.”