{"id":495029,"date":"2026-03-09T16:49:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/495029\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:49:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:49:19","slug":"shocking-reason-why-canucks-didnt-trade-kane-or-blueger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/495029\/","title":{"rendered":"Shocking Reason Why Canucks Didn&#8217;t Trade Kane or Blueger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj0nfpajm6EbGrunqVN8x-zNgprOguQPU4eBICLKaUyPQSj9bCHjpb3TkJy4Z2Gr8is2fbA5Gp6Y9qUZgHvE9DVgFXOTdbscxMRbvZL6qNnvnuubmDHINnJVnvwlV0Tv8QuN15rdgk7gEMET8clVMDUqpGtyTIu7WVx3UGz1qh5SxYkdOScijK96Jjn90ht\/s4548\/USATSI_28384357.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vancouver Canucks forward Evander Kane reacts before 2026 game.\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"3032\" data-original-width=\"4548\" height=\"266\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/USATSI_28384357.jpg\" title=\"Vancouver Canucks forward Evander Kane reacts before 2026 game.\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhltraderumors.me\/search\/label\/Vancouver%20Canucks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> made a handful of moves at the NHL trade deadline, but two names many expected to be dealt never moved: Evander Kane and Teddy Blueger.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Vancouver traded players like David Kampf and Lukas Reichel for late-round picks, the veteran forwards surprisingly remained on the roster.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"908\" data-start=\"625\">The reason, according to general manager Patrik Allvin, was pretty simple and unexpected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"908\" data-start=\"625\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ThomasDrance\/status\/2030026139276824739\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Athletic&#8217;s Thomas Drance<\/a>, the Canucks never received a single formal trade offer for either player.<\/p>\n<p>Canucks Received No Offers for Kane or Blueger<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1143\" data-start=\"961\">Speaking after the deadline, Allvin described the trade market as \u201cvery unpredictable\u201d and admitted he was surprised the two pending unrestricted free agents drew no concrete offers.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1283\" data-start=\"1145\">\u201cI didn\u2019t get any offers,\u201d Allvin explained. \u201cSo I was a little bit surprised there. Those two guys have been playing really well for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Patrik Allvin claims that the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Canucks<\/a> didn\u2019t get any formal offers on Teddy Blueger or Evander Kane.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Drance (@ThomasDrance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThomasDrance\/status\/2030026139276824739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 6, 2026<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1553\" data-start=\"1285\">The situation stood out even more because several comparable depth players around the league were moved before the deadline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1553\" data-start=\"1285\">Bottom-six centers and veteran forwards were traded for mid-to-late round picks, which made the lack of offers for Blueger especially puzzling.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1553\" data-start=\"1285\">The 34-year-old Kane has recorded 11 goals, 27 points, 102 hits, and 78 penalty minutes across 61 games played this season.<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Could Still Keep Teddy Blueger<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1841\" data-start=\"1600\">While Evander Kane is widely expected to test free agency this summer, Blueger\u2019s situation may be different. Reports indicate the Canucks could explore signing the two-way center to a contract extension instead of losing him for nothing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Chris Johnston: The Canucks are willing to retain salary on Evander Kane, and they\u2019d likely take back a third-round pick as compensation &#8211; The Athletic (2\/11)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NHL Rumour Report (@NHLRumourReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLRumourReport\/status\/2022490989013668162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 16 games this season, Blueger has six goals, 11 points, and a +1 plus\/minus rating. Across three seasons in Vancouver, Blueger has 65 points in 166 games played, along with a solid 50.8 faceoff percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit:\u00a0Bob Frid-Imagn Images\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vancouver Canucks made a handful of moves at the NHL trade deadline, but two names many expected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5128],"tags":[894,5,181,4,465,550,106,60,107,549,548,546,547,893,27,5313],"class_list":{"0":"post-495029","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-vancouver-canucks","8":"tag-canucks","9":"tag-hockey","10":"tag-hockey-news","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-nhl-draft","13":"tag-nhl-free-agency","14":"tag-nhl-news","15":"tag-nhl-playoffs","16":"tag-nhl-rumors","17":"tag-nhl-teams","18":"tag-nhl-trade-deadline","19":"tag-nhl-trade-rumors","20":"tag-nhl-trades","21":"tag-vancouver","22":"tag-vancouver-canucks","23":"tag-vancouvercanucks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116200248522283873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}