Vancouver Canucks forward Arshdeep Bains.

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The Vancouver Canucks have officially called up a rookie forward from the American Hockey League’s Abbotsford Canucks ahead of Friday’s game against Seattle.

After a couple days off, the Vancouver Canucks are back in action on Friday night for their first game of 2026 as they take on their Pacific Northwest rivals, the Seattle Kraken, who defeated in a shootout earlier this week.

“Adam Foote says that Conor Garland & Marco Rossi will be out at least a week.

Says that Garland’s injury is a new injury that resulted from the slew foot that Garland received vs Philly.” Randip Janda of Sportsnet said.

He added, “Foote: Marco Rossi’s injury is a lower body injury.

Also says the #Canucks will need to call up a forward from Abbotsford as a result of the injuries to Rossi & Garland.”

Vancouver Canucks officially announce call-up of rookie forward from American Hockey League

As mentioned by Adam Foote, the Vancouver Canucks were going to need some reinforcements from the American Hockey League due to their injury issues and on Friday morning, the club announced a roster move.

In a social media post, the Vancouver Canucks announced that they’ve placed forward Marco Rossi on injured reserve retroactive to Tuesday and have called up Arshdeep Bains from the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks.

“General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that F Marco Rossi has been placed on IR (retroactive to Dec. 30) and F Arshdeep Bains has been recalled from Abbotsford (AHL).” the Canucks said.

In 26 games for Vancouver this season, Bains has registered five points (one goal, four assists), along with six points (three goals, three assists) in five games for the Abbotsford Canucks.

While it’s unclear if Bains will be in the lineup tonight against the Seattle Kraken, there’s a good chance will Canucks fans will see him in game action at some point over the next week amid those aforementioned injury issues, potentially tomorrow night as they welcome the Boston Bruins to Rogers Arena.

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