Vancouver-area native Bo Byram traveling with Avalanche: “He’s feeling a little bit better”

VANCOUVER — Avalanche rookie sensation Bo Byram, from adjacent Cranbrook, B.C., is present with the squad and feeling better, manager Jared Bednar said aft Wednesday’s optional greeting skate astatine Rogers Place.

The young defenseman won’t play against Vancouver but his beingness is bully quality arsenic helium hopes to retrieve from astatine slightest his 3rd concussion successful 2021. Byram, 20, was constricted to conscionable 19-of-56 games past play due to the fact that of 2 concussions and helium told The Athletic that helium feared that helium would ne'er play again.

Byram, who is tied for 5th successful NHL rookie scoring with 8 points successful 11 games, absorbed an elbow to the caput from Vancouver skipper Bo Horvat precocious successful the archetypal play of past week’s 7-1 triumph implicit the Canucks astatine Ball Arena. Byram did not instrumentality and missed Saturday’s 6-2 triumph implicit the visiting San Jose Sharks.

“He’s feeling a small spot amended (but) I’m not definite connected his timeline,” Bednar said of Byram.

When asked if Byram could resume skating soon, Bednar said: “We’re hoping that helium can.”

Byram was the archetypal defenseman selected successful the 2019 draught (fourth overall) — a prime the Avs acquired from Ottawa arsenic portion of the 2017 commercialized of Matt Duchene to the Senators.