The Canucks are set to hit the ice tonight against the Flames and Patrik Allvin just made an announcement in that regard. The team's latest addition Nikita Zadorov will be making his first appearance as a Canuck and the veteran Matt Irwin will be going back to Abbotsford: ''General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that D Matt Irwin has been assigned to Abbotsford (AHL).'' <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1731004553724846510?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div> Irwin was signed as a free agent over the summer and he has yet to play an NHL game for the Canucks this year.