Canucks: Myers knows his mind is willing, but post COVID-19 body may not be

3 years ago  /  The Province Hockey  /  Read Time: 3 minutes 42 seconds

• Tyler Myers faced another challenge Sunday.
• For the veteran Vancouver Canucks defenceman, this one wasn’t the brutal body malaise and mind-numbing experience of recovering from the coronavirus.
• However, Myers and his teammates vow to make the best of a bad situation.
• “Very similar to other guys,” he said Sunday before facing the Toronto Maple Leafs at Rogers Arena.
• It made me anxious, but it seemed the kids handled it better than the adults and that made a lot of us feel better.” Not sure how facing the high-octane Maple Leafs will make Myers and his teammates feel Sunday and Tuesday?
• “It’s going to be a challenge for sure and I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t,” added Myers.
• “I don’t think the guys have gone through anything like this, but the mindset is the same.
• The Canucks had also been assessed eight bench infractions for too many men on the ice, second most in the league.
• If it’s missing, or if you’re a bid-bodied guy like Myers who must work hard to manoeuvre into down-low defensive positioning, it can be a struggle to not take a penalty while impeding the opposition and not being in peak condition.
• “We’ve got to stay out of the box because they have a lot of guys who can make plays.”.
• When Joonas Donskoi tested positive to join former Vancouver Giants star Bowen Byram and Philipp Grubauer, games against the Los Angeles Kings on Friday and Sunday were postponed, along with a Monday meeting with the St

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