Travis Hamonic practiced with the Canucks for the first time Monday, skating on the second defense pair with Quinn Hughes.
The 30-year-old defenseman signed a professional tryout (PTO) contract with the Canucks on Jan. 3, the opening day of training camp, but had to quarantine for seven days before joining them on the ice.
"He looked pretty good today but I'm not hasty to judge a player that has missed a week of training camp," coach Travis Green said. "We'll just talk with him day by day, see how he feels. My guess is he's going to want to play sooner than later and my guess is he'll probably want to play Game 1."
The Canucks open the season Wednesday against the Edmonton Oilers at Rogers Place.
Hamonic scored 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in 50 games for the Calgary Flames last season and opted out of the NHL Return to Play Plan in the summer. He was brought into training camp by Vancouver as a potential replacement for Christopher Tanev, who signed a four-year contract with the Flames as a free agent Oct. 10, after being Hughes' defenseman partner last season.
"[Hamonic has] played in the league a long time and I've watched him for a while," Hughes said. "We're just going to have to communicate and talk a lot."
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