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After only three and half months of rest, the boys are back on the ice for another season of Canucks hockey.
The Canucks’ line-up is basically the same as the 2011 playoffs, with a few new additions and the loss of Raffi Torres, Christian Ehrhoff and Tanner Glass.
One of the additions was made on Tuesday, as the Canucks acquired Dale Weise from the New York Rangers. In order to make room for Weise on their permanent roster, the Canucks placed the underachieving Victor Oreskovich on waivers.
Oreskovich’s only highlight of the preseason was a late hit on star rookie Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, during Saturday’s final preseason game against Edmonton.
The players will also sport a small square with the late Rick Rypien’s jersey number on their helmets. Rypien succumbed to depression this summer, taking his own life in his Albertan home.
Prognosticators believe the Canucks will need at least a month of regular season action to get back to the superb level of hockey they were playing in the late stages of the 2010-2011 season.
The regular season begins on Thursday, with the Canucks hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins (minus ‘Sid the Kid’).
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