Rick Tocchet spoke to the media and was asked about Quinn Hughes' return timeline from his injury, where he provided come crucial updates on the team's captain. Quinn Hughes' comeback from a lower-body injury <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/vancouver-canucks/quinn-hughes-health-status-for-the-rest-of-the-season-has-been-revealed-by-rick-tocchet' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>remains crucial to the Vancouver Canucks' playoff push</a>. The freshly minted Norris Trophy winner's aggravating play is badly missed, but the vagueness of injury designations still raises eyebrows, and maybe a few smirks. Head coach Rick Tocchet, himself an old-schooler, is one of those baffled by these general medical terms. Injuries, after all, tend to be quite obvious from replays, so all the secrecy seems unnecessary to him. To be honest, football is different. Eventually, I'd rather it be that but it is what it is. It's kind of funny - lower or upper body - and coaches laugh about that, Tocchet said Sunday. But as of now, that's the protocol. <h3>Hughes is skating with fellow injured teammate Thatcher Demko</h3> Hughes skated Sunday with Thatcher Demko (also rehabbing an undisclosed injury), but his recovery from what's being referred to as a tweak is day-to-day. Officially, <a href='https://www.hockeylatest.com/nhl-team/vancouver-canucks/canucks-captain-quinn-hughes-scratched-minutes-before-game-for-unknown-reasons' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>it has nothing to do with his Jan. 31 injury</a>, though information is still limited. Medical staff report that <a href='https://www.nhl.com/canucks/player/quinn-hughes-8480800' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Hughes</a> sustained an oblique strain from a cross-check by Dallas' Evgenii Dadonov. Such injuries often lead to stiffness as the body compensates, affecting stability, physical battles, and even passing and shooting because of the trunk rotation. He skated today with Demer (rehabbing Thatcher Demko) so they're progressing, said Tocchet. A couple of good days for him and we'll see where it goes. I don't want to get too optimistic. Just go along with how we're going with it now. He obviously wants to get some endurance. He'll ramp it up and that's OK. He did that today. It's usually the next day and the recovery after the ramp up. He's going to have to practise before my eyes and Footy (Adam Foote) and then we have to have the heart-to-heart and go from there. With three games in four days this week with the team off Thursday, Hughes will not be back on the ice until next week at least.