The NHL season was paused on March 12 due to Utah Jazz window decals stickers concerns surrounding the coronavirus but under the NHL Return to Play Plan, the Canucks will be one of 24 teams customized t shirt print competing for the Stanley Cup. The Canucks (36-27-6; .565 points percentage) enter the Stanley Glass Qualifiers as the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference. They will play the No. 10 seed, the Minnesota Wild (35-27-7, .558), in one of eight best-of-5 series, with the winner advancing to the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the loser having a chance at the No. 1 pick in the 2020 NHL Draft in the Second Phase of the NHL Draft Lottery.

Provided health and safety conditions allow, the opening of training camps in the teams' local markets, which is the start of Stage 3, Canada heat transfer paper is scheduled for July 13. Teams will then travel July 26 to one of two hub cities, where they will begin Phase 4, the resumption of play, with the qualifiers starting Aug. 1. The hub cities have not been announced.

Horvat, who had 53 points (22 goals, 31 assists) in 69 games this season, hasn't been in the playoffs since his rookie season in 2014-15. He had four points (one goal, three assists) in six video games when the Canucks lost to the Calgary Flames in the Western Conference First Round.

Horvat, who returned to Vancouver on Sunday, skated with the Canucks for the first time Tuesday in Phase 2 of the Go back to Play Plan. He said his wife and two-week aged baby remained home in Ontario.

Horvat is also hoping the Canucks will be able to re-sign Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes, who can each become restricted free agents when their contracts expire, and goalie Jacob Markstrom, who can become an unrestricted free of charge agent after the time of year. The NHL and the NHL Players' Association announced Monday that they have agreed in principle on a memorandum of understanding for a four-year extension of the collective bargaining agreement, through the 2025-26 season.