Pavol Demitra is back in town and skating again after two weeks of working with a medical trainer in Slovakia. "My range of motion is 90 per cent," he said, referring to his surgically repaired shoulder, "as good as it needs to be. "Strength is the issue now." Demitra required further surgery this fall from complications that... [...] Continue reading...

Alex Edler is back practising with the team and his close to returning to the lineup. With Edler closing in on his return, the question is who should he replace? Plenty of Canucks blueliners appeared to be applying for the press box vacancy in Wednesday's 3-2 loss against Anaheim. There was Mathieu Schneider who won't hit and can't keep... [...] Continue reading...

Canucks-Thrashers game preview notes from Jim Jamieson following Thursday's morning skate: The Canucks aren’t divulging the extent of Alex Edler’s upper-body injury suffered on Tuesday in Nashville, but clearly he'll miss at least Thursday night's game against Atlanta. The defenceman was hit hard against the glass by Nashville's... [...] Continue reading...

Alex Edler is expected to miss two weeks because of a left arm injury. Edler hurt his arm Tuesday in Nashville on a highlight-reel hit from Nashville's Shea Weber. Edler left the game and did not return. To most, it looked like he injured his shoulder. For Thursday's game against Atlanta, the Canucks will put Mathieu Schneider back into the... [...] Continue reading...

Alex Edler left the game in the first period after taking a wicked hit from Shea Weber. Weber smashed Edler's left shoulder into the boards, leaving the defenceman holding his left arm as he went straight to the trainer's room. The Canucks have described it as an "upper body" injury. The team said he would be re-evaluated Wednesday... [...] Continue reading...

It's Wednesday. Tony Gallagher's in game-shape. Maybe not mid-season game-shape, but hey, who is? In the latest edition of Tony Talk , our man's always-listenable and often-entertaining (even informative) podcast, Tony's got a few things on his mind. Among them: 1. How vital it is, this season above all, to win home games. With that... [...] Continue reading...

Canucks reporter Ben Kuzma is in Calgary for Saturday night's game and has filed this story on the Alex Edler deal. Check the story out, it's linked to a photo gallery with a nice pic of Edler alongside the late Luc Bourdon. [...] Continue reading...

It's been confirmed that Alex Edler has signed a four-year contract extension that will pay him $13 million. That's an average cap hit of $3.25 million starting next season. Edler is locked up through the 2012-13 season. The number is slightly less than the four-year, $15 million contract defenceman Tobias Enstrom recently signed in Atlanta. "Alex has... [...] Continue reading...

Alex Edler has gone from a skinny defenceman in remote Sweden — three hours from the Arctic Circle, he was playing men's senior hockey just four years ago — to a cornerstone of the Canucks defence. The Canucks have signed Edler to a four-year extension, locking Edler up through the 2012-13 season. Details of the deal weren't immediately known. Edler... [...] Continue reading...