{"id":466464,"date":"2026-02-22T03:20:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/466464\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T03:20:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T03:20:25","slug":"pettersson-and-blueger-talk-olympics-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/466464\/","title":{"rendered":"Pettersson and Blueger talk Olympics experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vancouver Canucks<\/a> welcomed four of their five Olympians back to practice on Saturday as the team skated at the University of British Columbia.\u00a0What we saw<\/p>\n

#Canucks<\/a> at practice
\nKane-EP40-DeBrusk
\nO\u2019Connor-Rossi-Sasson
\n\u00d6hgren-Blueger-Garland
\nH\u00f6glander-K\u00e4mpf-Karlsson
\n(no Boeser)<\/p>\n

MPettersson-Hronek
\nJoseph-Myers
\nDPetey-Willander
\nBuium-R\u00e4ty<\/p>\n

Fresh from their experience in Milano, Elias Pettersson, Filip Hronek, Teddy Blueger, and David K\u00e4mpf all joined the group that has been skating since Tuesday. Kevin Lankinen is the only Canuck player still at the Olympics as Finland faced Slovakia for a bronze medal on Saturday.<\/p>\n

With close to a full lineup at his disposal, Adam Foote was able to conduct line rushes for the first time all week. Brock Boeser was the only skater missing on Saturday. The veteran winger is battling an illness and skated on his own ahead of the group. The hope is that Boeser will be cleared to practice with the team again on Monday. Foote does not believe Boeser\u2019s issue\u00a0 is related to the concussion that kept him out of the lineup for five games before the break.<\/p>\n

Midway through Saturday\u2019s session, the Canucks played a five minute three on three game. Afterward, Foote acknowledged he missed an opportunity to pit the Canadians on his roster against the US players ahead of Sunday\u2019s gold medal showdown<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Defenceman Zeev Buium continues to wear a full facial cage after suffering an injury in a January 25th game against Pittsburgh. Foote said on Saturday that Buium is tracking to be available for the Canucks first game after the break on Wednesday against Winnipeg.<\/p>\n

What we heard<\/p>\n

Adam Foote on having the Olympians back with the group: \u201cI liked the way they wanted to be out there today. We actually considered giving them today off, but they wanted to be here. They get tomorrow off. We\u2019ll have two more practices and then play. They helped with the depth today at practice. We could work on a few more things and we had a good strong practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elias Pettersson on his overall impressions of the Olympics: \u201cYeah, it was a cool experience. It\u2019s always great to represent Sweden. We gave it our all. I think the (quarter-final) game against the US could have gone either way. We tied it late. That\u2019s how it goes sometimes. It feels good to be back. I\u2019m a little jet-lagged, so it was good to get the legs going today. Happy to see the guys again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teddy Blueger on his Olympic experience: \u201cIt was definitely something new. A cool experience being in that whole environment. Some good hockey. Quick turnaround and a lot of travel, obviously. But it was good. I feel like I got the Olympic experience, but I wasn\u2019t able to go to any other events. There wasn\u2019t a lot of free time with the quick turnaround. I think we had one off day the whole time. The Olympics are so spread out there weren\u2019t many events around us. Like even the village itself, wasn\u2019t that big, that many athletes. I didn\u2019t really know what to expect going into it, I almost thought it was going to be bigger with more athletes around us.\u201d<\/p>\n

#Canucks<\/a> Teddy Blueger on his Olympic experience<\/p>\n

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