GLENDALE, Ariz. — Jared McCann played Game No. 9 on Friday night.
The question now is does the 19-year-old rookie centre with the Vancouver Canucks survive to play No. 10 on Monday night against the Philadelphia Flyers.
Players can be sent back to junior after playing nine NHL games without burning the first year of their three-year entry level contracts. If they are sent down after playing 10 or more games, that first year of the contract is done. And once they are sent back to junior they cannot be recalled for the remainder of the season.