Canucks players aren't happy with postponement of Saturday's game

One day before the Vancouver Canucks were set to host the Ottawa Senators on Hockey Night in Canada, the NHL announced that the game was going to be postponed to a later date due to capacity restrictions in the province of British Columbia.

Currently, British Columbia is allowing 50% capacity for indoor sporting events, the same as Alberta, while Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba aren't allowing any fans in.

Following the news of Saturday's postponement, Canucks forwards Bo Horvat and Tanner Pearson shared their frustration.

"We were obviously looking forward to playing and with the game getting cancelled and us being off for a long time, we want to play hockey," Horvat said. "We feel like we have a pretty good thing going right now and it just keeps getting delayed, which is frustrating. But we can't let this discourage us. We've just got to keep practising, keep our legs under us and get ready for (next week's) road trip."

Saturday's game against Ottawa was set to be Vancouver's first since January 1st when they were in Seattle to take on the Kraken. Vancouver's next game will have to wait until Tuesday when they travel to take on the Florida Panthers.

The Canucks have yet to play at home since December 14 when they took on the Columbus Blue Jackets. Saturday's tilt being cancelled means the Canucks won't play at Rogers Arena again until Friday, January 21st following their five-game road trip.

"It sucks, to be honest," Pearson said. "Practise all week and then try to gear up for a game again and then it gets postponed. And now we have, what, another five days until our next one. It's not ideal but I guess it's the way things are going right now."

Canucks head coach Bruce Boudreau expressed how he felt about the team's current situation.

"Just when you think things are getting back to normal, things like this happen. It is frustrating," he said. "Not only do we have to worry about winning hockey games and getting pumped up to play, but we've got to worry about testing positive the next day or getting home from a road trip or whether we're going to get left behind. There's just so many things that we have to worry about other than just going and playing hockey."

#Canucks players are none too pleased about the latest postponement. 🤬https://t.co/ejvdo9F2sI— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) January 7, 2022

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