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Demko suffered an undisclosed lower-body injury in an April 19 home game against the Ottawa Senators. He stayed in the game, which the Canucks lost 4-3 in a shootout to end a six-game winning streak. Desperate to keep his team in the playoff race, Demko played hurt the next two games, allowing five goals in each during losses in Minnesota and Calgary, skewing his own statistics downward before coming out of the lineup.
He still won’t reveal the injury but confirmed it required surgery right after the season.
“I knew that if I had gotten the MRI during the season that, you know, they probably would have pushed me to get (surgery) right away,” Demko explained. “So I kind of just waited until our playoff chances were pretty much done.”//