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Filip Chytil is optimistic about his recovery and is '100% confident' he will be ready for the Vancouver Canucks' 2026ā27 training camp after struggling with injuries last season.
Vancouver Canucks forward Filip Chytil has consistently been dealt a bad hand when it comes to injuries. The forward appeared primed to take the teamās second-line centre role coming out of Training Camp in 2025, only to take a bad hit six games into the season that would keep him out of the lineup until mid-January. While he did end up getting into a few games after that, Chytil left Vancouverās game against the Utah Mammoth on February 2 in what would ultimately be his final in-game appearance of the season.
Chytil returned to practice during the Olympic Break, skating with Vancouver out at UBC a couple of times. Where things took a big turn for the worse was when a one-timer came up and clipped him in the face, resulting in facial fractures that kept him sidelined for the rest of the season. The forward spoke briefly during the Canucksā end-of-season media on what these injury struggles have been like for him.
āIt sucks. Not just this, but everything I battled with the last two years. And then finally, I feel like myself again [...] and yeah, I got hit to my face with a one-timer, and yeah, several fractures in my face, and thatās the end of the season. So it wasn't a good feeling at all. But what can I do with that now? And I took advantage of that time, what I had last month and now, when I was preparing already like in off-season for next year.ā
As he mentioned, Chytil was spotted skating with the Canucks at home practices towards the tail-end of the season, though his sessions often took place after Vancouver had wrapped their regular practice. Still, the fact that the forward has been out there is a good sign. For Chytil, heās hoping that the extra time off helps him come back primed to play when Vancouverās training camp begins in September.
āThereās been so much what I went through in the last two years, which was very complicated, but yeah, I feel very good now. I was happy that I could join the group and skate with them, and yeah, I'm 100% confident coming to the training camp and that everything's gonna be okay.ā
Filip Chytil has dealt with multiple injuries, including facial fractures from a one-timer that ended his season.
The Vancouver Canucks' 2026ā27 training camp is set to begin in September.
Chytil's injuries limited him to only a few games after mid-January, ultimately sidelining him for the rest of the season.
Filip Chytil has returned to practice and feels very good, expressing confidence in his readiness for the upcoming training camp.

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Jan 23, 2026; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Vancouver Canucks forward Filip Chytil (72) during a stop in play against the New Jersey Devils in the first period at Rogers Arena. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-Imagn Images
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