Tonight Rick Tocchet and the Vancouver Canucks have given several injury updates as the NHL season nears its conclusion. Over the last couple of weeks the Canucks have been ravaged by <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/vancouver-canucks/the-worst-is-confirmed-for-elias-pettersson-and-the-canucks-in-heated-playoff-chase' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>injuries to several star players</a> including top two centers Elias Pettersson and Filip Chytil. With the Canucks lineup severely impacted Canucks fans have been waiting anxiously for updates as the team's Stanley Cup Playoff chances continue to slip away. This afternoon head coach Rick Tocchet spoke to the media and discussed several injury updates to Pettersson, Chytil and many more players. <h3>Rick Tocchet Provides Major Insight On Several Key Injuries</h3> During his latest press conference Tocchet was of course asked about the myriad of injuries the team is dealing with. Today during Canucks practice Pettersson and Tyler Myers were the key absences. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/batchhockey/status/1908226468003668314'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> In response Tocchet had mostly good news regarding the recoveries indicating that Tyler Myers and Nils Hoglander are the closest to returning. He also mentioned that Pettersson and Chytil are both feeling much better but did not mention a timeline for their return. Finally, Tocchet indicated that Nils Aman has been added to the injury list after an incident in practice. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/batchhockey/status/1908242835746545860'><div style='border:1px solid #CCCCCC;border-radius:10px;padding:20px;width:300px;'>Loading from Twitter ...</div></a></blockquote></div> With several players likely to return in the coming days we could see the Canucks be back at mostly full strength for one final playoff push next week. As more updates are provided on the health of Pettersson and the other key contributors missing from the Canucks lineup we will pass along all of the latest updates to you.