We're about to learn a lot about what this Vancouver team is and where it's headed over the course of this week.

The Vancouver Canucks are set to continue their postseason push without two of their key players, defenseman Quinn Hughes and forward Elias Pettersson, as injuries will keep both men on the sidelines for varying periods of time.

It sounds like the Vancouver Canucks will be without their captain and leading scorer, Quinn Hughes, for the next three weeks. On his weekly appearance on Sekeres and Price, TSN’s Darren Dreger gave us an update on what he’s hearing surrounding a more narrowed-down timeline for the Canucks captain’s return: “Devastating.

Hughes, a defenseman and the Canucks captain, and Pettersson, a center, are out with undisclosed injuries. They did not play in a 5-4 overtime loss to Seattle on Saturday.

On Sunday, forward Elias Pettersson and defenseman Quinn Hughes were both notably absent from practice in spite of the rest of their teammates hitting the ice for a skate.

While it is still a mystery what injury Pettersson has, Daily Faceoff's Irfaan Gaffar reports that Hughes has a hand injury. As for the timing of the injuries, Pettersson left the December 23 game against the San Jose Sharks during the second period, while Hughes' injury happened before the game.