"With his injured ankle protected by a walking cast, Ryan Getzlaf was hoping for the best, but prepared for the worst.

The Anaheim Ducks star - and projected second-line centre on Canada's 2010 Olympic men's hockey team - sprained his left ankle during last Monday's 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Kings. Whether he will be healthy enough to don the Maple Leaf in Vancouver is still unknown.

In an e-mail last night, Team Canada executive director Steve Yzerman listed Getzlaf's status as "day-to-day," adding: "We don't make a [roster] decision one way or the other for the next day or two at the least. We'll see how he's doing in a couple of days."

X-rays on Getzlaf's ankle, taken immediately after Monday's game, showed no break, but the Ducks followed up with a magnetic resonance imaging exam yesterday morning. According to the NHL team, the test showed no significant ligament or muscle tears, leaving Getzlaf cautiously optimistic that all will be well. "