It appears that Canucks' Elias Pettersson will not be taking part in the World Hockey Championships, as he is dealing with some injuries that he needs to heal. <a href='https://thehockeynews.com/international/latest-news/five-swedish-nhlers-so-far-say-yes-to-world-championship-at-home' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Five players initially confirmed their spots for Team Sweden</a> for the upcoming IIHF World Championship, co-hosted by Sweden and Denmark at the newly renovated Avicii Arena in Stockholm, when the NHL regular season ended. As told by 'HockeyNews.se', the first commitments were those of Filip Forsberg (Nashville Predators), William Eklund and Alexander Wennberg (San Jose Sharks), and Adam Larsson (Seattle Kraken). <h3>Canucks' Marcus Pettersson will be representing Sweden at the tournament</h3> 'Expressen.se' shortly thereafter wrote that <a href='https://www.nhl.com/canucks/' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Vancouver Canucks</a> defenseman Marcus Pettersson was added to the roster as well. Everyone at that moment had been waiting to see whether forward Elias Pettersson would commit. While no information was revealed at first, we have now gotten confirmation. <a href='https://www.nhl.com/canucks/player/elias-pettersson-8480012' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Pettersson</a>, who didn't play in Vancouver's last 13 regular-season games of the season, won't play because of injury-related issues. He is focusing on rehab so he can be healthier and ready for next season. He will not play in the world's, we talked last week. Elias has a couple of injury needs that need to be taken care of so he can be fully prepared for next year. - Sam Hallam <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/DhaliwalSports/status/1919412993365876922'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> While six Swedes were on this season's Canucks roster, three of whom, incidentally, have the same last name as Pettersson, Marcus is the only Swede playing there. Defenseman Elias Pettersson, Nils Hoglander, Nils Aman, and Jonathan Lekkerimaki didn't get a call to the national team. Canucks prospect <a href='https://www.markerzone.com/hockey/stats/nhl/player/Tom-Willander-68460' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Tom Willander</a>, who recently finished his sophomore year with Boston University, had been present at Sweden's camp but recently was cut loose from the final roster. One superstar player missing from the team this season will be Erik Karlsson, who will not be donning the Swedish jersey.