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Tortorella: Schroeder has bruised foot, doesn’t trust Edmonton x-rays

John Tortorella

Vancouver Canucks head coach John Tortorella speaks to the media during NHL hockey training camp at UBC Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

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One of John Tortorella’s recent trademarks is his desire to have players block shots. As Vancouver Canucks forward Jordan Schroeder found out last night, that can be pretty painful.

Schroeder blocked a Nail Yakupov slapshot in the second period of Vancouver’s 5-2 loss to Edmonton. It was his first game back since having his shoulder operated on this summer.

Some were worried he broke his foot, but as Ben Kuzma of The Province reports Tortorella had other issues.

“He had x-rays but I’m not so sure about the machine,” said Tortorella. “We’ll wait until we get home and right now it’s a bruised foot.”

I’m sure there’s a joke to be made here about Tortorella not trusting technology and some wisecrack about Twitter, but I got nothing for you.

As for Schroeder, he’s gunning for a job as the Canucks’ third line center. Any further setbacks like this won’t do him any favors in trying to stay full-time in the NHL.

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