"At about the same time NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan was reassuring the league's general managers in Toronto that it's not going to be open season on goaltenders, Vancouver Canucks coach Alain Vigneault was giving every indication he thinks it is.

Vigneault used the league's tepid response to Boston forward Milan Lucic's open-ice hit on Buffalo goalie Ryan Miller as his reason for not being entirely forthcoming about the current injury to Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo.

Luongo did not practise for the second straight day Tuesday and Vigneault said Cory Schneider will start Wednesday when the Canucks meet the Chicago Blackhawks at Rogers Arena (7 p.m., Sportsnet Pacific, Team 1040)."