Sami Salo News: Pro Sports Daily

Mitchell may have concussion, Salo is still sore, but Rypien now ready

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January 25

Vancouver Province

"Nobody wanted to use the 'C' word Sunday, but Willie Mitchell could have a concussion. The veteran defenceman, whose shoulder and head struck the endboards when boarded by Evgeni Malkin on Jan. 16 at GM Place, will miss his fourth-straight game Monday when the Vancouver Canucks host the Buffalo Sabres. With Sami Salo (groin strain) and Kevin Bieksa (ankle surgery) also sidelined, the Canucks will again ice the pairings of Shane O'Brien-Christian Ehrhoff, Aaron Rome-Brad Lukowich and Alex Edler-Nolan Baumgartner against the well-balanced Sabres, who are third in the Eastern Conference."

Salo has eye on return to lineup, Oberg re-assigned to Moose

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January 11

Vancouver Province

"Goodbye, Evan Oberg. Hello, Sami Salo. The Vancouver Canucks have re-assigned Oberg to the Manitoba Moose after the defenceman made his NHL debut Saturday in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Calgary Flames at GM Place. Oberg, 21, logged just 5:24 of playing time as the Canucks were taxed to keep pace with the motivated Flames without the injured Salo (eye) and Aaron Rome (concussion). Salo, who was struck above the eye by Willie Mitchell's stick Thursday during a 4-0 win over Phoenix, will return Monday to face the Nashville Predators. Rome is still out after his face struck the ice Thursday when checked by Taylor Pyatt."

Sami Salo, Ryan Johnson miss practice, but should play Tuesday

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December 22

Vancouver Sun

"Defenceman Sami Salo and centre Ryan Johnson missed Monday's practice, but both are expected to play tonight when the Vancouver Canucks play host to the Nashville Predators at General Motors Place. Canuck coach Alain Vigneault said Johnson and Salo were each taking a "maintenance day." Salo was struck on the inside of his left knee or thigh by a clearing attempt by St. Louis forward Brandon Crombeen during Sunday night's 3-1 loss to the Blues. Johnson was given the day off after blocking a shot. "He took another shot and we just wanted to give him a little time off his foot," Vigneault said. Defenceman Mathieu Schneider also missed Monday's practice. Vigneault said Schneider, who didn't ..."

Sami Salo looking in rear-view mirror

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November 26

Vancouver Province

"Vancouver Canucks' head coach Alain Vigneault did for Sami Salo what he couldn't do for Kyle Wellwood. He had his player's back. Like Wellwood, Salo has struggled for much of the early season, has just two assists and is staring at a diminished role with the team. But Vigneault, who hammered Wellwood publicly the day before, spoke in glowing terms of his defenceman Wednesday. "When Sami's on the ice and playing to his strength, he's one of the best two-way defencemen we have," Vigneault said. But Salo, who has just 24 shots and two assists in 16 games played, is feeling the pinch. He's lost his spot on the power play, at least temporarily, and has seen his ice time take a hit. He hasn't ..."

Salo, Sedin getting better quickly, Rypien ready

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October 28

Vancouver Province

"It appears the battered Vancouver Canucks may be finally getting some good news on the injury front. Defenceman Sami Salo skated a full 60 minutes with six other Canucks on what was an official off-day for the team on Monday and looked close to returning. Salo, who sprained a ligament in his knee on Oct. 11 against Dallas, was expected to be out four to six weeks, but could be a candidate to be back much sooner, possibly in one of the Canucks' weekend games. The Canucks have missed Salo on the blueline, where he forms the team's top shutdown pairing with Willie Mitchell and on the power play, where his big shot commands attention from opposing penalty-killers. "I talked to Burnie [Canucks ..."

Canucks' depth suddenly an issue as Salo, Sedin out at least a month

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October 14

Vancouver Province

"The Canucks started preseason with what many thought was the deepest team they've had in years, maybe ever. Now, that depth is going to be put to the test. Already without Daniel Sedin, their top goal scorer, who will be out four to six weeks with a broken foot, the news just got worse. An MRI has revealed Sami Salo has a second-degree MCL (knee ligament) sprain. He, too, is expected to miss the next four to six weeks. For now, the Canucks will go with six blueliners. Aaron Rome will take Salo's spot in the lineup Friday. The team said it will not recall another defenceman from Manitoba. Not yet, anyway. The plan is to go with six D-men until Mathieu Schneider, who is recovering from ..."

Sami Salo's injury to speed up Canucks' acquaintance with Christian Ehrhoff

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October 14

Vancouver Sun

"Defenceman Christian Ehrhoff and the Vancouver Canucks are still in that awkward getting-to-know-you stage of their relationship. The Canucks are trying to determine what kind of player they have in Ehrhoff, analysing his strengths and weaknesses. Ehrhoff in turn is adapting to life with a new team, new coaches, a new system and wondering where he exactly fits in. That process figures to speed up now that the Canucks will be without the services of Sami Salo for at least the next month. There's no more time left for formal introductions. This relationship must be taken to the next level. Ehrhoff figures to be impacted as much as anyone on the Canuck defence by Salo's absence. He will ..."

It's almost official: Salo out at least a month

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October 14

Vancouver Sun

"While there was no official word out of the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday, it seems career injury No. 38 for defenceman Sami Salo will be like many of the 37 that preceded it. He'll be out between four and six weeks. Salo had an MRI done on his injured right knee Tuesday afternoon and while those results won't be made official until sometime Wednesday, the Canucks sent him for the test almost certain he had suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament. The injury occurred during what looked to be an innocent puck battle in the corner with Dallas rookie Jamie Benn in the first period of Sunday night's game. Salo's injury is the second to a core player in the matter of four days. Daniel ..."

Salo over groin and gluteus groans

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September 2

Vancouver Province

"The numbers are simply numbing. Thirty-seven significant injuries in a 10-year career which have, to some, turned Vancouver Canucks defenceman Sami Salo's career into a running joke, a punch-line. But he's not laughing. Not after what he went through in the Canucks spring playoff run. He was then playing what he called the best hockey of his career only to have it slip through his fingers because of his most humiliating, most painful and most bizarre setback yet. It doesn't get any easier looking back now, four months later. The disappointment hasn't gone away. Instead, it sits there, a dark cloud of what could have been, what should have been. "It was the best hockey I've ever played," ..."