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VANCOUVER -- The Vancouver Canucks have another hole to fill on their second line. Robert Griffin III Jersey . David Booth, who has yet to take part in training camp, will be lost for a month to six weeks with a groin strain. Canucks coach Alain Vigneault revealed the extent of the injury a day after Booth underwent an MRI. Booths absence leaves two holes on Vancouvers second line. Centre Ryan Kesler is recuperating from off-season shoulder and wrist surgery and remains out indefinitely. Vigneault said the Canucks still have plenty of good players available and will cope well, as they have done in the past with other injuries. "My job is to play with the players that are available," said Vigneault. Mason Raymond, who missed much of last season while recuperating from a serious back injury, is the only holdover from the second line able to participate in camp. Barring a change, he will take on the role of mentor while trying to get his offensive game on track. "Were going to help each other," said Raymond. "Obviously, a line works best when you have all three guys going." Journeyman forward Andrew Ebbett and Jordan Schroeder, the clubs top draft pick (22nd overall) in 2009, are auditioning to fill Keslers centre spot, while second-year pro Zack Kassian has been playing the other wing alongside Raymond. "These guys are all coming to play," said Raymond. "It doesnt matter whether its (Schroeder), Ebbett or Zack (Kassian) on the wing. These guys can all bring something to the line. If we work together, we can be successful." Vigneault has expressed a desire to keep his third and fourth lines intact. One option, if the coach chooses, could be to move either Ebbett or Schroeder to the wing from the middle. Ebbett, a 28-year-old Calgary native who was limited to 18 games last season because of collarbone and foot injuries, has seen considerable action at wing in the past while playing a utility role with the Canucks and four other NHL clubs. Schroeder, 22, has seen limited duty as a winger, but hasnt played a regular-season game in the NHL since being drafted with high hopes. Ebbett, who has been used primarily in an offensive role while playing for Vancouvers top farm club, the Chicago Wolves during the lockout, said a day earlier he is willing to fill whatever hole he can. Schroeder is also willing to make a move, if necessary. "Ill play wherever they want me to play," said Schroeder, a Prior Lake, Minn., native. "Just to play on this team would be an honour. You come up here and there are so many good players. Its been fun so far up here." Schroeder said he is a much better player than when he turned pro in 2010-11. "I think I would definitely be able to play the wing," he said. Booth, a 28-year-old Detroit native, recorded 16 goals and 13 assists in 56 games with Vancouver in 2011-12 after coming over in an early-season trade from Florida. He also had one assist with the Panthers. 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Jorge Campillo of Spain and Marcel Siem of Germany were two shots back in a tie for second.INDIANAPOLIS -- Maybe taking a break from football was just what the Indianapolis Colts needed. Two days after being told coach Chuck Pagano would be out indefinitely because of leukemia, the Colts went back to work. There were the usual morning film sessions and team meeting, the normal afternoon practice and after listening to interim coach Bruce Arians plea, there was a distinctly more upbeat attitude in the locker room. For the Colts, it was almost business as usual Wednesday. "I think having yesterday off was good because its the same routine as always," quarterback Andrew Luck said. "I am glad we got to come in Monday and practice and hear the news as a team rather than sitting around a house or an apartment thinking about it (during the bye weekend)." Normalcy is the top priority right now in Indianapolis (1-2). Players and most of the assistant coaches were stunned when Pagano didnt show up for Monday mornings scheduled team meeting, only to get the full explanation a few moments later from Indys hierarchy. Yes, Indianapolis tried to press on with its regular routine after that meeting, but it wasnt the same. Arians met with Luck before that morning to ensure the lines of communication would remain open, and defensive players were surprised when Arians started cheering after they came up with a couple of turnovers late in Mondays afternoon practice. Afterward, in a sombre locker room, players repeatedly expressed concern about Pagano, and one player even suggested the best remedy might be getting away from football again -- even after returning from a bye week -- just to put the illness in perspective. It certainly made a difference. "Obviously, we know whats going on and theres no doubt everyone still has that in the back of our heads," defensive end Cory Redding said. "But this team has to move on. We have to go out there and do our job." Arians is doing what he can to keep players cope with the circumstances and reinforce the message that nothing will change on the field. He will be calling the offensive plays Sunday, defensive co-ordinator Greg Manusky will be making the defensive calls and the rest of the assistants will continue to do their jobs without taking additional responsibilities. In fact, Arians said hed only spent about five minutes looking at tape of the Packers potent offence, giving that task to Manusky and his assistants. And Arians, the longtime assistant who will be calling all of the shots for the first time in his NFL career Sunday, had aa simple message for the team: Dont try to do too much Sunday against Green Bay. Robert Griffin III Elite Jersey. "The one thing that I think we have to be very aware of is not getting overexcited, overhyped to try to do something extra. We dont need to do anything extra," Arians said. "We just need to play, coach every day like we have and prepared like we have and not get caught up in snot bubbles and tears. They dont beat anybody." Some of the veterans understand because theyve been through the emotional shockwaves of NFL life. A few Colts players are still around from the days Tony Dungys son committed suicide in 2005 and Reggie Waynes brother was killed in a traffic accident in 2006. Center Samson Satele was playing in Oakland last season when Raiders owner Al Davis died, and Redding was mourning along with his ex-teammate, Baltimore receiver Torrey Smith, who lost his younger brother in a fatal motorcycle accident less than two weeks ago. Those who been through other tragedies are now trying to pass those lessons along to a large group of young guys including Luck who acknowledged Wednesday that hes never been through anything quite like this. "You have to keep your emotions under control," Redding said. "Thats the way it is in any profession." It wont be easy. Pagano has been widely embraced by his new players despite holding the job for less than 10 months. He is expected to be hospitalized six to eight weeks as he undergoes treatment for acute promyelocytic leukemia, an illness in which the bone marrow produces abnormal white blood cells that interfere with healthy blood cells. Moments after Mondays announcement, team owner Jim Irsay made this weeks goal clear -- beat the Packers (2-2) so the team could take a game ball to Pagano. Arians worries the emotional quest to win one for Pagano could create an undue burden on players, something neither he nor Pagano want the team to be dealing with as they prepare for the Packers. "I think more and more as the week progresses, the emphasis is going to be more and more on win this game for Chuck," Arians said. "Chuck doesnt want that." Instead, Pagano and the Colts staff want these players to practice and play the way would Pagano has been preaching -- a point that seemed to resonate during Tuesdays day off. "There will be a little bit of a focus to try to not get too emotional," Luck said. "Coach Pagano wouldnt want us crying about him before the game. ... I dont think we will." ' ' '
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