Canucks dealing with new injury absences as Kraken visit

The new year brought more discouraging injury news for the Vancouver Canucks.

Coach Adam Foote announced at practice on Thursday that forwards Marco Rossi and Conor Garland would both be out for at least a week after sustaining injuries in a 6-3 loss on Tuesday against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.

That means neither player will be available when the Canucks play host to the rival Seattle Kraken on Friday.

Foote said Rossi sustained a lower-body injury but didn't disclose the nature of Garland's ailment...