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Sasson was an undrafted free agent out of Western Michigan University, which didn’t offer him a scholarship until he was 21. Karlsson is a third-round pick from Sweden whom the Canucks acquired in 2019 as a second-tier prospect in a minor-league trade.
“I don’t really think about it like that,” Karlsson said. “I try to stay in the lineup all the time, and every time I get on the ice, I try to do my best and do the best for the team. That’s what I’m going to keep doing. I’m just trying to win hockey games.”
Teenage defenceman Matthew Schaefer set up a pair of goals for New york (and scored a beauty that was overturned for offside), skated all over the ice and finished with 25:04 of playing time.
There is always an element of luck to these rebuilds.
Monday’s loss was the eighth straight in regulation by Vancouver, which is 0-9-2 in its last 11.
But anthony Duclair, Ryan Pulock and Tony deangelo scored consecutive goals for the Islanders before Drew O’Connor brought the Canucks back within one as Vancouver skated six-against-five with 1:51 to go.
“we’re fighting hard,” veteran defenceman Marcus Pettersson said. “Its a tough go, and it’s easy when you go through a losing streak… you kind of find ways to lose,right? But I think we can’t stop up and feel sorry for ourselves,I’ve said before. I think our effort was there tonight.Yeah, an unfortunate result.”
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