teacher talking Sports what it does what it do how we liveing we have about a month and a half till the NHL regular season kicks off Florida Panthers will defend their Stan League Cup Championship meanwhile in Vancouver uh they had a solid season reached the second round of the playoffs last season and got a stellar goalie performance from Thatcher Demco who was actually the runner up for the in a trophy only behind Connor heluk well he got hurt in the playoffs only appeared in one game it was unclear if he was going to come back during their run he did not and Vancouver fell to Edmonton well doesn't seem like Demo's knee injury is progressing as the team and the fans would like this is via sportset Canada report Canuck that's your Dem won't be ready for pre-season uh let's take a look at what it says so the Vancouver Canucks gender will reportedly not be ready for training camp or preseason as he continues Rehab on a knee injury in coring the C checks Rick dalaal and the Athletics Thomas strance furthermore his status for the regular season opener against the Calgary Flames on October 9th is questionable but the team is hopeful he'll be ready by then mentions how he first suffered the injury um in March missed 14 games uh started game one against Nashville re-aggravated the injury and just never came back for the postseason we take a look at uh his numbers last season easily his best year for the 28-year old he will turn 29 on uh December 8th uh we see 35 wins in his 51 games pretty impressive uh very good 2.45 goals against average 918 save percentage five shutouts uh you know career bests across the board for Demco as I mentioned the runner up for the VZ trophy only behind Connor hella buck so bad news for Vancouver unclear if uh Demco will be ready for the start of the season now um their backup would be arur silvas silves silves I believe um 23 years old um only played four games in the regular season last year but did become the starting goalie during their postseason with Dem Co out and they performed admirably um you know not spectacular but uh nonetheless did a good job uh so if Demco is not ready for the start of the Season it seems like sovs will be the number one goalie in the meantime uh what are your thoughts is this um you know what are your thoughts how how will Vancouver uh handle the situation if Demco is unable to play they 109 points last season for Vancouver were their most since the 2 11 12 season anyhow don't forget to subscribe tell a friend tell friend tell friend subscribe like the video share the video hit the bell for notifications I'm out