from Patrick Johnston of The Province,

The diagnosis when Tanner Pearson first hurt his left hand in a Nov. 9 game between the Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens was pretty simple.

“Broken hand,” he said Saturday at the final media availability of the 2022-23 season for Canucks players.

The journey since then has not gone anything close to plan. Despite making slow steps toward returning to play — he was spotted skating on his own after Canucks practices in late November in Las Vegas and Denver — complications arose and he wouldn’t play again this season.

Instead he went through, reportedly, a least a half-dozen subsequent surgeries. Six months later, his hand is still bandaged up.

“It’s been crappy to say the least,” he said.

“I’m just taking it day by day, week by week. Keep trying to progress.”

In January, Quinn Hughes spoke up on Pearson’s behalf, saying that Pearson’s injury hadn’t been handled properly.

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