Vancouver Canucks veterans may not hold much value
Halford and Brough: Rick Dhaliwal said that one contending team has zero interest in any Vancouver Canucks players, and unrestricted free agents have little interest in playing for the rebuilding Canucks.
“One team told me this week they have no interest in Vancouver players. They said we have not discussed, and it’s a really good hockey club, and they have not discussed any Canucks. So that’s a problem they face, and it points to what you just said, Jason.
And for those in the market who say, ‘Oh, trade the vets. Oh, you can get vets anywhere, anytime.’ Okay. Well, let’s diagnose that comment. Canucks got (Brendan) Gallagher, (Luke) Schenn, (Paul) Cotter, and (Jamie) Oleksiak in the summer. Right? All four have been healthy scratches.
You are not getting good veterans on July 1st to come to Vancouver, I’m sorry, in a rebuild. No, no, no. You are not on July 1st getting a stud forward. Those, most free agents on July 1st are over the age of 30 or nearing 30 and want nothing to do with the city of Vancouver and a rebuild. Vancouver is not a destination, just so you guys know, and everybody else knows, it’s not a destination.”
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Only Detroit knows what Minnesota offered for Dylan Larkin, and Guerin isn’t prepared to guarantee he wouldn’t trade Quinn Hughes
Nicholas J. Cotsonika of NHL.com: Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin on News Talk 830 WCCO on forward Danila Yurov:
“Hey, look, I know there are reports out there that we have offered him up, but nobody knows what I’ve offered, except Detroit.”
Guerin told NHL.com on Tuesday that he’d be willing to hold on to pending UFA Quinn Hughes beyond the March 1st trade deadline. He was asked on WCCO if he’s decided to not trade Hughes by the deadline no matter what, and Guerin said:
“No. I haven’t decided that. No. I haven’t decided anything.”
When Guerin was asked if he knows when he’ll decide, he said:
“No. I don’t. When you make decisions like that, you have to stand behind them, and I’m not prepared to do anything like that right now.”
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