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Samuelsson AP  The Vancouver Canucks are dealing with a season-
ending injury to a player who perfectly fits into their system
in Manny Malhotra. They’ll also be forced to play without Mikael
Samuelsson for some time, although the Swedish winger is much
more of a wild card than Malhotra.  Mark Spector reports that
Canucks coach Alain Vigneault confirmed Samuelsson won’t travel
with the Canucks for the rest of the series. Only time will tell
if he’s able to play if the Canucks manage to get to the Stanley
Cup finals, as well.  Samuelsson is dealing with a lower-body
injury suffered during Game 5 of Vancouver’s series against the
Nashville Predators. Honestly, though, there were quite a few
people who were wondering if he should be on the ice before that
injury took place. (A foolish Samuelsson turnover that ended up
being a Predators shorthanded goal probably didn’t help,
either.)  The numbers indicate two possibilities: Samuelsson was
already dea