DeBrusk Questionable for Edmonton. Vancouver's Injury List Keeps Growing.

Jake DeBrusk is listed as questionable for Monday's season opener in Edmonton with a lower-body injury, the third significant depth casualty to hit the Canucks in the span of four days. Filip Chytil went on injured reserve Thursday with a shoulder injury. Now DeBrusk, who put up 24 points in 48 games last season and logged nearly 18 minutes a night, is uncertain for game one.

That's a meaningful number to potentially lose. DeBrusk was one of the more reliable secondary scorers on a team that spent all of last year searching for exactly that. Chytil's absence already thinned the forward group heading into Rogers Place. Adding DeBrusk to the question mark column makes the lineup Vancouver ices Monday look considerably different from the one the organization spent the offseason building toward.

The left wing position was already a concern before any of this. The depth there is thin, and with DeBrusk's status unresolved, whoever fills in will be asked to carry more than they should on opening night. The Canucks head to Edmonton tomorrow. They'll know more then.