PTO or no PTO? Which way should they go?

Awarding a professional tryout is always an option, but it shouldn’t be a pressing pursuit as the Vancouver Canucks prepare to open their three-day training camp Sept. 18 in Penticton. They have much bigger concerns, like landing a proven support centre via trade or free agency.

Getting their house in order in a hurry for a return to the NHL playoffs trumps doing somebody a favour to gain PTO exposure and prolong a career here or somewhere else. It’s a nice gesture, but let’s be honest — the pressure to prove that last season was an injury-plagued and drama-filled anomaly is already building.

With several in-house forwards competing for a roster spot in Aatu Raty, Linus Karlsson, Max Sasson, Arshdeep Bains and Jonathan Lekkerimaki — and rooki

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