The team failed to issue an explanatory statement on the winger and Mikheyev's agent, Dan Milstein, took it to Twitter to furnish an explanation for this issue:
The Canucks issued an official statement confirming their opening night roster and everybody couldn't help but notice the winger's absence. It went from, being ready for training camp, to won't be taking part in any exhibition games, to now won't even be on the opening night roster. Hopefully, the Canucks can have their $4.5M winger back soon.