VANCOUVER — Avalanche rookie sensation Bo Byram, from nearby Cranbrook, B.C., is here with the team and feeling better, coach Jared Bednar said after Wednesday’s optional morning skate at Rogers Place.
The young defenseman won’t play against Vancouver but his presence is good news as he hopes to recover from at least his third concussion in 2021. Byram, 20, was limited to just 19-of-56 games last season because of two concussions and he told The Athletic that he feared that he would never play again.
Byram, who is tied for fifth in NHL rookie scoring with eight points in 11 games, absorbed an elbow to the head from Vancouver captain Bo Horvat late in the first period of last week’s 7-1 win over the Canucks at Ball Arena.