Canucks need Lankinen back on track

Oct 13, 2026, 12:52 PM ET|Comments (0)

from TSN,

Any hope the Vancouver Canucks have of icing a competitive lineup amidst a deep organizational rebuild requires outperformance from their goaltending room. Two weeks into the regular season, that’s not happening.

The Canucks knew they would enter the regular season without starter Thatcher Demko, who is on long-term injured reserve as he recovers from hip surgery. But this is a position Vancouver has invested in beyond Demko, perhaps in part due to the 30-year-old’s lengthy injury history.

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