[DwightShrute]

Huge loss for Vancouver





Canucks' Manny Malhotra out for season

Vancouver Canuck forward Manny Malhotra will miss the rest of the season due to the eye injury he sustained in a game last week, the club announced Monday.


“Following an initial procedure and continued treatment it has been determined through consultation with team doctors and specialists that Manny Malhotra will not return to the Canucks lineup for the remainder of this regular season and playoffs,” the Canucks said in a news release.

Malhotra, 30, was injured during Wednesday’s game against the Colorado Avalanche when a puck hit him in the left eye. He underwent surgery, but the Canucks have not released the specific injury Malhotra sustained. The team said in an email Monday that it would have no further comment.

Malhotra, like his stops in Columbus and San Jose, was respected in the locker room in Vancouver. He’s a faceoff specialist and was one of the Canucks top penalty killers this season. He had 11 goals and 19 assists this season.

[Mike Huntertz]

Great player an a huge part of Nucks success.....Salo will have to stay healthy now!

[JuniorAnalyst]

Definetly regret my future pick on vancover

[DennisGreen]

Malhotra being out for the year isn't gonna make or break the Nucks but it will definitely sting. Good thing they added some forward depth at the trade deadline.

[skm39]

Ugly picture, hope his vision fully recovers. Eye injuries are brutal

[MrZ]

wish him the best, gigantic blow for the nucks

[DwightShrute]

. Good thing they added some forward depth at the trade deadline.

pretty big

[JW Cash]

Its a tough break.....but could be the beginning of the end for Canada's favorite team.....

[DEUCED]

That will hurt in the playoffs.......major faceoff expert.