Canucks’ Marco Rossi placed on injured reserve

One of the Vancouver Canucks new additions is set to miss significant time. 

On Friday, the Canucks placed center Marco Rossi on injured reserve retroactive to Dec. 30. In response, the hockey club has called up left winger Arsheep Bains from its American Hockey League affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks. 

Rossi, 24, was acquired from the Minnesota Wild in mid-December as part of the blockbuster trade that sent former Vancouver captain and superstar defenseman Quinn Hughes the other way. Canucks head coach Adam Foote confirmed that Rossi’s injury was a lower-body ailment, but did not provide any further context or example of where the Austrian forward suffered the knock. 

The 24-year-old played in Vancouver’s final game of 2025, a 6-3 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on home ice. She blocked a shot early in the third period and did not play the final eight minutes as the contest fell out of reach for the home team. 

Since joining the Canucks alongside defenseman Zeev Buim and fellow forward Liam Öhgren as part of the Hughes trade, Rossi had struggled to produce offensively. Through eight games, he has one goal and one assist, bringing his 2025-26 season total between Minnesota and Vancouver to five goals and 10 assists in 25 games. 

On Thursday, the Canucks indicated that Rossi and right winger Conor Garland would miss a week of action. However, Garland was not placed on injured reserve alongside Rossi. 

Bains, meanwhile, comes back to the NHL team after recently clearing waivers in a demotion to the AHL. In 26 NHL games this season, he has one goal and four assists, while also scoring three goals and three assists in five AHL contests. 

Sitting last in the Pacific Division and 31st of 32 teams in the overall NHL standings, the Canucks return to home ice on Friday night against the Seattle Kraken