We’ve been reduced to searching grainy images of what may or may not be a goalie marching across a rubble field.
“Are those modern goalie pads, or just some sort of puffed-up street hockey set,” we ask.
We’ve heard rumours of Demko skating lately, references to “good days” that are supposedly coming one after another.
Well, we can now report on two-straight days of Demko sightings. Friday he was spotted on the ice before the Canucks headed out on their current road trip. Rick Tocchet didn’t say much about that.
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Saturday, he was on the ice again, after the Canucks’ morning skate. Shout-out to The Hockey News’ Max Miller, who posted a video to THN’s website.
This time he was taking shots — from Dakota Joshua, himself returning from his own health challenge.
What we saw was notable: Demko taking shots. That’s a good sign.
But there are still questions, like: He takes shots coming off the right post, but does he come off the left post?
The concern for Demko is the popliteus muscle in the back of his left knee … and we don’t see him driving it into the left post or using it to explode away from the post.
Because we weren’t there to observe, we don’t know if he did any of these things — and we’re back to sasquatch hunting. We’re just not sure what we’re looking at.
Kevin Lankinen, bargain hunter
The Canucks’ goalie really shouldn’t be here. He’s too good for this.
The NHL is ludicrous: Just look at Lankinen being on a deal that pays him under $1 million and he’s got all five Canucks wins this season.
It never made sense that he was still a free agent that far into the summer. There are worse goalies who signed for more.