Canucks Place Travis Hamonic On Leave Of Absence

The Vancouver Canucks have mutually agreed to terms on a leave of absence for defenseman Travis Hamonic, the club announced late Monday morning.

This comes on the heels of a report from CapFriendly.com that Hamonic had been suspended by the club without pay.

After their practice in Detroit today, Canucks head coach Travis Green said that “definitely isn’t the case.”

Shortly after, general manager Jim Benning said the following in an official statement:

“The mutually agreed upon leave of absence will give Travis time as he works through his personal matters,” the statement read. “The team asks that the media respect Travis’ privacy and the club will not be making any further comments on this matter at this time.”

CapFriendly then tweeted the following:

“As previously stated, Hamonic currently does not have a cap hit: in this situation where the player takes a leave of absence, and the team isn’t paying their salary, the player has no cap hit for the duration. For cap purposes this is the same as Suspended Without Pay.”

Previous reports have suggested that Hamonic’s absence is vaccine related, but the club has not confirmed these reports.