"The plan was for Pavol Demitra to suit up Friday night against Columbus, but since he hadn't skated prior to Friday morning's warm-up since last Saturday against Boston, Alain Vigneault decided not to dress him against the Blue Jackets.

"I talked to Pavol at lunch and he said he felt good after the morning skate, but last time he was in a game was [six days prior]," Vigneault said after the Canucks came back to beat Columbus 4-3 at Nationwide Arena. "Especially a guy who's been out as long as Pavol has, you've got to give him at least one practice with the team.""