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Mike McKenna was only a Canuck for two days but in the well-travelled goalie’s career, it’s surely one of the more notable stops in his story.

McKenna was picked from the Ottawa Senators on Jan. 2, 2019. The trade happened in Ottawa and he was flipped for another goalie, Anders Nilsson, making for the odd sight of two goalies wearing equipment that matched the opponents’ colours.

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He was Jacob Markstrom’s backup that night against the Senators and then again a day later in Montreal against the Canadiens.

The plan for the Canucks was that McKenna would clear waivers and then be re-assigned to the Utica Comets once he cleared. In the process, Thatcher Demko was recalled to be Markstrom’s new backup.

Most of you already know the hiccup here: McKenna didn’t clear waivers. The Philadelphia Flyers, who had an insane goalie problem last year, put a claim in. So did the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Either way, he wasn’t going to be a Canuck.