"Winger Alex Burrows has spent the past several days in Vancouver doing some rehab work on his surgically repaired shoulder.

Burrows had surgery to repair a torn labrum back in early June. The Canucks aren't saying when Burrows will be ready to play, but this type of injury generally requires anywhere from four to six months of recovery time.

"At this point he's working through his therapy program, he's progressing and he'll be evaluated again closer to the start of training camp," assistant general manager Laurence Gilman said Thursday.

The Canucks are not making Burrows available for media interviews. But it seems unlikely that Burrows, who led the Canucks with 35 goals last season, will be ready for the regular-season opener on Oct. 9. And if he's not, that leaves a big hole among Vancouver's top six forwards.

It's safe to assume that Mikael Samuelsson would move up to play with the Sedins. Samuelsson saw lots of action last season with Daniel and Henrik and played well with the twins."