Aatu Räty made the Vancouver Canucks' opening-day roster, while Arshdeep Bains was sent down to the Abbotsford Canucks in the AHL.
The Vancouver Canucks finalized their opening-day roster on Monday, submitting a 23-man active roster to the NHL, along with a couple of players on the Injured Reserve .
Bains won battles all over the ice during Friday's game against the Edmonton Oilers and tallied a goal and an assist along the way. It was an impressive game from Bains, especially from the fourth line, though he also got a little bit of power play time. Nils Åman, on the other hand, is waiver eligible, and there was a chance that he might have been claimed if he had been placed on waivers on Sunday ahead of the roster deadline. As much as he's been a relatively unremarkable fourth-line centre in Vancouver, he was fantastic in the AHL last season, with 8 goals and 15 points in 15 games, and has earned trust as a shutdown defensive centre in the NHL.
Rick Tocchet specifically mentioned that position was going to have to play a part in the Canucks' final roster decisions. Bains, as a left winger with little versatility to play other forward positions, was going to have a tougher road to making the team given the depth the Canucks have on the wings.
" is a guy that we've really got our eye on," said Tocchet. "He's got to work on game management, that's his next level. He's got to understand certain times when to stickhandle and when to get the puck in deep. That's the only thing."
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