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by Alanah McGinley on 10/20/08 at 02:36 PM ET
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Rather unexpectedly, Matt Pettinger and Kyle Wellwood have suddenly become guys the Canucks are desperate to hang onto. From Ben Kuzma at Canucks Nation:
The Vancouver Canucks hope to augment their injury-riddled lineup with Matt Pettinger and Kyle Wellwood, should the forwards not be claimed today on recallable waivers from the Manitoba Moose.
Should an NHL club claim either forward, the Canucks would be on the hook for half of their salaries — $500,000 US for Pettinger and $498,750 US for Wellwood — but they have plenty of salary cap space. Money is not the problem for general manager Mike Gillis. Healthy bodies are.
As Kuzma notes, Pavol Demitra, Rick Rypien, and Darcy Hordichuk are all out for Tuesday’s game against Columbus. It’s like a 2007 re-run, except in this year’s edition the team is decimating its forward corps.
(Well, except for Sami Salo—but I think we all had Sami Salo penciled-in for a pulled groin this week anyway...)
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Tags: darcy+hordichuk, injuries, kyle+wellwood, matt+pettinger, pavol+demitra, rick+rypien, sami+salo,
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Thanks!
You know, the stress of this team isn’t any particular guy or line-up… it’s just the joy of being a Canucks fan. You’d better buy some rogaine, ‘cause it ain’t ever gonna change. 
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 10/20/08 at 04:00 PM ET
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