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Fresh out of Swiss League, Shore to make Canucks debut tonight

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CALGARY, AB - APRIL 7: Drew Shore #22 of the Calgary Flames in action against the Vancouver Canucks during an NHL game at Scotiabank Saddledome on April 7, 2016 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images)

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On Saturday, Drew Shore was playing for EHC Kloten in Switzerland’s National League A.

Life moves fast.

On Monday, the Canucks announced that Shore -- signed over the weekend on a prorated deal for the remainder of the year -- would make his season debut tonight, when Vancouver hosts Boston at Rogers Arena.

“He’s a good two-way player,” head coach Willie Desjardins said, per the team’s Twitter account. “Has some size and experience.”

Shore, 26, is the older brother of Kings forward Nick Shore, and had appeared in 80 games with the Flames and Panthers prior to heading overseas this year. As Desjardins mentioned, he does have good size -- 6-foot-3, 205 pounds -- and was extremely productive in the Swiss League this year, scoring 48 points in 50 games.

That made Shore the league’s sixth-leading scorer, and put him among some familiar names. NHL journeyman Mark Arcobello led all scorers with 55 points, and the top-10 included the likes of Shore, Roman Cervenka, Robert Nilsson and Dustin Jeffrey.

“That league is no joke,” Canucks forward (and Swiss native) Sven Baertschi said, per the Province. “There are great players over there.”

Shore’s arrival is just the latest for a team that’s seen plenty of new faces over the last few weeks. Following the trade deadline departures of veterans Jannik Hansen and Alex Burrows, the Canucks have worked in the likes of Nikolay Goldobin (acquired in the Hansen deal with San Jose) and Joseph Cramaraossa (scooped off waivers from Anaheim).

Prior to that, injuries and a team-wide mumps outbreak saw the likes of AHLers Evan McEneny, Borna Rendulic, Alexandre Grenier, Joseph Labate and Richard Bachman all get action at the NHL level.