Brett Leason during his tenure with the Anaheim Ducks.

Photo credit: Gary A. Vasquez – Imagn Images.

A 26-year-old winger with a little over 200 games of experience in the National Hockey League has been suggested a possible PTO option for the Vancouver Canucks.

Training camp is right around the corner for the Vancouver Canucks and while there’s a good chance that we might not see a big addition before the players hit the ice in Penticton on September 18th, there’s always a possibility that Patrik Allvin could go down the professional tryout (PTO) route.

The Canucks don’t have a ton of open spots on their roster heading into training camp, meaning that free agents that have to go down that PTO route might look elsewhere if there isn’t a path to the NHL in Vancouver, but there are still a handful of names that Allvin & Co. could take a look at signing to a tryout in the coming weeks.

26-year-old winger suggested as possible PTO option for the Vancouver Canucks

In a recent article for Heavy.com, Michael DeRosa mentions unrestricted free agent forward Brett Leason as a possible PTO option for the Vancouver Canucks.

“After trading away Dakota Joshua to the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Canucks could use another forward with size. Thus, one UFA who could make sense for the Canucks to take a chance on with a PTO is Brett Leason.” DeRosa said.

Leason, a native of Calgary, Alberta, was a second round pick of the Washington Capitals in 2019, but has spent the last three seasons with the Anaheim Ducks, finishing the 2024-25 campaign with 17 points (five goals, 12 assists) in 62 games.

While Leason’s size and physicality are certainly two attractive attributes for any team that could be in the market for a forward, but given the logjam the Vancouver Canucks have, especially in the bottom-six, it seems more likely than not that they’ll pass on Brett Leason, while continuing their search for a second line centerman.

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