Travis Green: ‘We need some defencemen to take some steps’

Canucks coach Travis Green said scratching veteran defenceman Michael Del Zotto for Tuesday’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes was about wanting to get a look at Ben Hutton as much as anything else.
Alex Edler, he said, is the only lock on the left side of his defence. It’s up to the other three left-shot blueliners — Del Zotto, Hutton and Derrick Pouilot — to lock down spots.
“I want Hutton in to see where he’s at,” said Green, adding that scratchin