Following his acquisition of Lukas Reichel from Chicago on Friday, Canucks GM Patrik Allvin met with the media ( video link ). While the trade itself was the focus of the scrum, Allvin also provided several updates on the status of some of their injured players.

Center Filip Chytil has been making progress as he works through his upper-body injury. While the team won’t confirm it, Patrick Johnston of the Vancouver Province relays that the belief is that the 26-year-old has indeed suffered another concussion which is believed to be his sixth. Allvin noted that Chytil still has to go through protocol and hasn’t been cleared yet. That said, the fact they’re not talking about a possible extended absence – something he has endured multiple times – has to be considered a promisi

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