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A National Hockey League reporter has revealed with members of the Vancouver Canucks are actually available on the trade market, with the deadline just 53 days away.
“According to several sources, the Vancouver Canucks have let it be known that – in an effort to get younger – they are willing to listen to offers on ‘veteran players.'” Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported.
Since that report came out in late November, a lot has changed for the Vancouver Canucks – they’ve dropped to 32nd overall in the National Hockey League’s overall standings, countless new injury issues and they traded away captain Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild, with the club now entering a rebuilding phase.
NHL insider reveals who is actually available for trade from the Vancouver Canucks
In a recent article for The Province, Patrick Johnston revealed who he believes are potential trade chips for General Manager Patrik Allvin to use in the coming weeks.
Among the names mentioned by Johnston over the weekend include pending unrestricted free agents Kiefer Sherwood, Evander Kane, David Kampf and Teddy Blueger, along with forward Elias Pettersson and veteran defenseman Tyler Myers.
Of the six players, Kiefer Sherwood is the most likely to be on the move, with the team’s leading goal scorer already garnering interest from several teams around the National Hockey League and despite dealing with an undisclosed injury at the moment, things are reportedly “heating up” involving the Columbus, Ohio native.
Reports indicated lately that the Vancouver Canucks offered Kane back to the Edmonton Oilers recently, but they declined and as Patrick Johnston pointed out in his article, they’re going to have a tough time trying to find a trade partner for the 34-year-old.
“The fact the Oilers apparently said «no thanks» could mean a lot of things, but most simply, shipping Kane onward won’t be as easy as perhaps the Canucks thought. When they acquired Kane, Canucks management felt he wouldn’t be too hard to move again if he didn’t work out, since there were a handful of other teams they claimed had also talked to the Oilers about the veteran winger. Presumably, the Canucks figured, some of those teams would remain interested.” Johnston said.
The next seven weeks are going to be very interesting for the Vancouver Canucks and hopefully for the sake of the fan base, they’re able to get some deals done and acquire assets that’ll be able to help them in the future as the club appears to be in for a long rebuild.
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