Canucks next game: Tuesday at Tampa Bay Lightning, 4:30 p.m. Sportsnet/TSN1040
TAMPA, Fla. — Henrik Sedin wants to play. For those who have followed the Vancouver Canucks for the last 15 years, this will not come as a news flash.
For the Canucks’ captain, the pain of not playing is often worse than sucking it up and playing through an injury.
On Monday, having already sat out two games with a lower-body ailment, Sedin did not want to hear any of the talk about how it might be better if he takes Tuesday's game off as well and gets some extra rest over the Christmas break.