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The Vancouver Canucks appear to be gearing up to make a trade as close to half of the National Hockey League sent scouts to Rogers Arena on Wednesday night.
The busiest time of the National Hockey League’s calendar is officially upon us and teams are on the clock as the trade deadline for the 2025-26 season is just over a week away.
“General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that D Tyler Myers will not play tonight against the Winnipeg Jets for roster management purposes.” the Canucks said on social media.
Vancouver Canucks gearing up for big move as nearly half the league sends scouts to Rogers Arena
On Wednesday night, the Vancouver Canucks return to action for the first time following their nearly three-week break for the 2026 Winter Olympics and given that the trade deadline is right around the corner, a number of NHL scouts were in attendance.
According to Tyson Cole of Canucks Army, a whopping 15 teams sent scouts to watch the Vancouver Canucks take on the Winnipeg Jets, with the Los Angeles Kings sending two of theirs to the game, which is interesting given that they’ve been linked to forwards Evander Kane and Elias Pettersson in recent weeks amid an injury suffered by Kevin Fiala at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
The majority of the clubs in attendance were from the Eastern Conference, including contenders like the Tampa Bay Lightning, and even some outside of the playoff picture, such as the New York Rangers, who Patrik Allvin has some trade history with, most notably a deal that sent J.T. Miller to The Big Apple last January.
Busy night for scouts in Rogers Arena to watch #Canucks vs. #GoJetsGo:
LAK x2
PHI
COL
NJD
DAL
NYR
VGK
BUF
TB
OTT
MIN
SEA
BOS
NYI
TOR” Tyson Cole shared.
Seeing the amount of scouting in attendance last night doesn’t come as much of a surprise, especially with the Vancouver Canucks having several players on the trade block – Evander Kane, Teddy Blueger, David Kampf, while the aforementioned Tyler Myers is also drawing interest, with a move before March 6th very likely at this point.
As Patrik Allvin and his staff evaluate their options, it wouldn’t come as a shock to anyone if the Vancouver Canucks were to complete the most amount of trade among any NHL club between now and next Friday, as they need to load up on young assets for the rebuild.
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