Vancouver Canucks Go Back on Their Word & Announce Awful News with Goalie Thatcher Demko

The Canucks will once again be relying on Kevin Lankinen as Demko tries to recover from a lower-body injury, and after extending the Finn for 5 seasons, Vancouver may be expecting to have to do so going forward.

Demko yet again ends up on injured reserve for the Vancouver Canucks, a place he's become familiar with this year, so far being limited to just 17 games.

The goaltender left a February 8 contest against the Toronto Maple Leafs, and while the word from head coach Rick Tocchet was that it wasn't expected to be serious - even the break for the 4 Nations Faceoff wasn't enough to get back to health.

Demko's latest injury is is nothing new for the Canucks, but it gives them more roster flexibility which they've now used to call up recent addition Vittorio Mancini from AHL Abbotsford.

Mancini was scratched in Abbotsford's 3-2 loss to Tucson yesterday, with the Canucks anticipating the transaction yesterday.

The team has already called up Arturs Silovs to backup Kevin Lankinen, and he'll likely see some game action with the Canucks playing a back to back on Wednesday and Thursday.

The young Latvian has struggled this season in the NHL, posting an abysmal .847 save percentage and 4.11 goals against average.

Vancouver will need him to find something closer to his form from last year's playoffs if they can't rely on Demko's health.