Quinn Hughes and Elias Pettersson will not be with the Vancouver Canucks on their upcoming road trip at the Calgary Flames on Tuesday and Seattle Kraken on Thursday, according to coach Rick Tocchet.
“They’re not going to make the trip,” Tocchet said Sunday. “’Petey’ is probably a week away, give or take a day here or there, and Quinn is probably week to week. That’s the update we have for them.”
Hughes, a defenseman and the Canucks captain, and Pettersson, a center, are out with undisclosed injuries. They did not play in a 5-4 overtime loss to Seattle on Saturday.
Hughes last played in a 4-3 win against the San Jose Sharks on Dec. 23, prior to the holiday break. He had two assists and logged 24:45 of ice time….