ABBOTSFORD — There was no set amount of minutes for Thatcher Demko to log Wednesday.

However, for everyone wondering how physically and mentally prepared the Vancouver Canucks ’ starting goaltender is to return to top form this pivotal NHL season, the more minutes the merrier. Take the over.

To get through any night with flashes of his Vezina Trophy runner-up form of 2024 — including a pre-season test against the Calgary Flames at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre — will help make a history of ailments disappear far into the rear-view mirror.

From career hip, groin and knee ailments — plus that mysterious popliteus predicament at the back of his knee in April of 2024 — a string of setbacks have tested Demko’s resolve to endure arduous rehabilitations. He did the work

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