Major loss to the Canucks.
With Kesler still out and Malhotra now gone there's a major gap in who's going to take defensive zone faceoffs for the Canucks. Malhotra gets absolutely buried in this regard and it lets the Sedins start nearly every shift in the offensive zone. Either they're going to have to pick up the slack and start more shifts in their own end (and their production will suffer) or the Canucks are going to have to find someone to fill Malhotra's job (which likely leads in them getting lit up).
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