The trade market for two Vancouver Canucks wingers and a center isn’t there at the moment
Thomas Drance of The Athletic: (mailbag) There are still some decent wingers in free agency, so it’s slowed the trade market for Vancouver Canucks wingers Jake DeBrusk and Brock Boeser. The likes of Anthony Mantha, Michael Bunting, Eeli Tolvanen, Vladimir Tarasenko and Patrick Kane can be had without giving up an asset. DeBrusk and Boeser also have no-movement clauses.
As for trading Elias Pettersson, maybe the Canucks look for a similar deal to the one the Edmonton Oilers made with the San Jose Sharks for Darnell Nurse. Move out the entire contract and take a younger player who may only be a depth player, but has some upside. If the Canucks took back a bad contract to get a better return, it might be the better route.
If they get the right offer, the Canucks may prefer to give Pettersson a fresh start somewhere as opposed to returning and trying to increase his value. If Pettersson does return, Linus Karlsson‘s play may be one of the better fits for his wing. Adding a left winger with speed who can carry possession into the zone would be good, but may not currently be out there.
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The Canucks may be better off trading DeBrusk for a second and signing Michael Bunting to replace him for two years may put them in a better overall position.
The Vancouver Canucks have talked trade with the Seattle Kraken and Anaheim Ducks
Oilers Now with Bob Stauffer: Rick Dhaliwal on the Vancouver Canucks should be targeting young players under 25 who don’t have no-trade protection. They had some interest in Seattle Kraken’s Shane Wright but didn’t like the price. They talked to the Anaheim Ducks about adding a contract with a sweetener. It is money in, money out for the Canucks as we’ve seen already.
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Dhaliwal: “Anything in Vancouver is money out, money in. The owners going into a rebuild, so he’s saying tight, tight. Money is tight because they’re going into a rebuild.
They got to look at guys like Shane Wright. The Canucks do like Shane Wright. They’ve approached Seattle about him, but the ask was very high. You know, Seattle wants either one of their two young defensemen, Zeev Buium or Tom Willander.
Get those guys under 25, Bob, that have no moves. They don’t have no moves, so they can’t block a trade for Vancouver. Go get Kent Johnson, Shane Wright, Matthew Knies. They’re all under 25, and they have no trade protection. Those are the guys that they got to go get.
Bobby, let me get this in. The Ducks are trying to move some players so they can sign Cutter Gauthier. Anaheim’s going to have to attach some sweeteners to get rid of guys like Frank Vatrano. Someone told me today the Ducks did call Vancouver to see if they’d take Vatrano off their hands because they got to free up money. Tons of money for Gauthier. They’re screwed. That, the offer sheet screwed them.
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So, anyways, those are the type of guys that are being offered to Vancouver right now. Frank Vatrano out of Anaheim. But again, Vancouver’s money out, money in. Budget’s tight. And they got a good GM, though. It’s a plan out here. They’re going to be patient. It’s going to take, you got to draft and develop, Bob, in a rebuild.”
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