Kevin Bieksa.

It's the Canuck luck we've come to expect during Vancouver's futile 40-year quest for a Stanley Cup. On the day the National Hockey League team waived Mathieu Schneider, defenceman Kevin Bieksa suffered a serious skate cut.

The Canucks will be hoping Schneider, unhappy with his depth role, clears waivers this morning but it's beyond their control. Twenty-nine other NHL teams can claim him.

Bieksa was hurt in the second period Tuesday night as he threw a heavy check along the sideboards on Phoenix Coyote Petr Prucha, whose skate tore into the Canuck's left leg, just above the ankle.