Perhaps Daniel Sedin has suffered a setback in his recovery from a concussion. Or, the Vancouver Canucks want to give him two more days rest. Or, his dad is just having fun with the Swedish media.

Tommy Sedin spoke to the Swedish website Allehanda.se and said his son would not suit up for Game 1 of a best-of-seven NHL Western Conference quarter-final against the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 10:30 p.m. ET).

The Canucks later confirmed he wouldn't play.

Sedin, who was injured March 21 when he took an elbow in the head from Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith, practised with his teammates on Monday but didn’t rejoin them Tuesday, instead skating with the extra Canucks players.

On Monday, the left-winger's twin brother Henrik told reporters that Daniel was 100 per cent while the Vancouver officials insisted the player had not suffered a setback.

Kings defenceman Willie Mitchell, who played for the Canucks from 2006 to 2010, said he and his teammates were preparing to face Daniel Sedin on Wednesday.

"They are good people – him and Hank," said Mitchell of Vancouver’s top two scorers in the regular season. The six-foot-three, 205-pound blue-liner suffered a concussion while playing for the Canucks.

"I know they [Sedins] love the game of hockey, but I know they love life and they love their family, too. I know what [Daniel] is going through.

"You feel obligated to be out there for your teammates, for yourself, for management, ownership. Everyone. But you also have to think about life after hockey and you don’t want to put yourself in jeopardy."

The Canucks won eight of their final nine regular-season games that Daniel Sedin missed en route to winning the Presidents’ Trophy for the second consecutive season as the NHL’s top point-getter.

They also received offensive contributions from unlikely scorers, including his replacement on the top line — Max Lapierre, who has five points in as many games.

Daniel finished second in team scoring this season with 67 points in 72 games on a team-leading 30 goals and 37 assists.