After being one of the Canucks top d-men for the balance of the pre-season, Troy Stecher gets sent to Utica due to asset management considerations. He'll be back soon.
Anton Rodin doesn't look to be 100% and will likely be put on IR prior to Canucks announcing opening night roster. This leaves one roster spot for one of the PTO's or Etem, who is a slow starter and had a weak camp.
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With that, the Canucks have room for another forward, most likely Emerson Etem, to stick around a little longer. In addition, Tuomo Ruutu and Jack Skille are still with the team, and their professional tryout deals could turn into one-year NHL deals.
Still no word on Virtanen, who hurt his shoulder in game one of the pre-season and will likely start in Utica for a few weeks, before being called back up.
On defence, things get trickier but Canucks suddenly have options in the D position for the expansion draft. On D they will protect Edler, Gudbranson, Tanev and could expose Biega if he plays 19 games this season or Sbisa if he plays 29 - which is a likely scenario.
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However, as it stands, none of the defencemen that the Canucks would look to expose are currently above the threshold. The closest is Alex Biega, who played 51 games last season - he needs just 19 more, however he isn’t expected to make the club out of camp. Luca Sbisa missed half of last season with injury, playing 41 games - he requires 29 more games to reach the threshold.
http://thecanuckway.com/2016/10/10/vancouver-canucks-f-anton-rodin-start-season-injured-reserve/
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