Vancouver Canucks Head Coach Adam Foote reveals when Teddy Blueger could return from injury

The Vancouver Canucks have had horrible luck in the injury department this season with several key players currently on the sidelines including Filip Chytil, Teddy Blueger and Derek Forbort, while goaltender Thatcher Demko is set to return to the lineup on Thursday night against the Buffalo Sabres.

Teddy Blueger's injury has kept him out since October 19th, when he was hurt against the Washington Capitals in just his second game of the 2025-26 season, leading Patrik Allvin to place him on injured reserve a few days later.

Despite skating off and on with the club since the second week of November, the last injury update on Teddy Blueger came about a month ago, where Patrik Allvin told reporters the Riga, Latvia native is still out week-to-week.

When speaking with reporters ahead of Monday's game against the Detroit Red Wings, Adam Foote gave an update on Teddy Blueger, saying that the 31-year-old is hoping to return to game action after Christmas.

Whether it be in their first game after the holiday break on December 27th against the San Jose Sharks or in the final week of 2025 against Seattle or Philadelphia, the return of Teddy Blueger will finally bring some stability down the middle for Head Coach Adam Foote, who has been using David Kampf as his 1C for the last two contests due to an injury to Elias Pettersson.

Blueger's return later this month is also big for General Manager Patrik Allvin after he made the pending unrestricted free agent available on the trade market, along with Kiefer Sherwood, Evander Kane & Derek Forbort, in late November and will need him to build up his value leading up to the deadline on Friday, March 6th.

In 152 games with the Vancouver Canucks, the former Stanley Cup champion has registered 55 points (15 goals, 40 assists), 70 penalty minutes, is a minus-three and has averaged 14:37 of ice time.