It was a busy day for the Vancouver Canucks. First, they traded J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers; then they added depth to their roster with Marcus Pettersson and Drew O’Connor. Nonetheless, the large query now could be, will the Canucks nonetheless commerce Elias Pettersson?
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NHL Hockey Insider Elliotte Friedman was on Sportsnet on Friday night time breaking down the J.T. Miller commerce. He was requested by the host if this meant Elias Pettersson was nonetheless available on the market. Friedman didn’t assume the Canucks could be keen to commerce him now and predicted that Vancouver was not completed dealing.
NHLRumors.com Transcriptions
Faizel Khamisa: “All proper, so the eventualities in Vancouver have been commerce one in every of J.T. Miller and Elias Pettersson. Commerce, each, or commerce, one. Commerce none. One has now been dealt. So, is it your perception that Vancouver will proceed to have conversations round Pettersson, or is he now prone to keep by the March commerce deadline? What’s the deal sort of going ahead there?”
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Elliotte Friedman: “Faizell, I wish to hear what the Canucks say about this primary. I feel lots has modified at the moment and there’s a few issues right here. I wish to hear what both Jim Rutherford or Patrik Allvin, whoever speaks to the media, says. Primary, I don’t assume the Canucks are completed dealing (They made one other commerce Friday night time as nicely buying and selling for Marcus Pettersson and Drew O’Connor). If you happen to’ll keep in mind a pair years in the past once they dealt Bo Horvat, they took the decide they received from it, they usually turned it into (Filip) Hronek. And I do assume that’s one thing that they’ll think about right here, too, when it comes to, do they use the Rangers decide to exit and get one other asset (which the Canucks finally did).
I additionally assume that in Pettersson’s case I had some individuals say to me, perhaps they let him play slightly bit, let him fly. See what it’s like now that Miller’s traded. Do they provide him a shot and say, okay, he’ll rediscover his kind? And the opposite factor that occurred at the moment Faizel is that the wage cap got here in for the subsequent three years, and it’s huge. And Pettersson, the factor about him, he’s at $11.6. If he rediscovers his kind, that’s rather more palpable.
Such as you at all times keen to pay nice gamers, however 11.6 appears a lot much less daunting and far much less of an issue on, say, a $104 million cap and a $113.5 million greenback cap than it does on an 88 cap or a 95 cap, proper? So, like that was the one factor that folks stated to me at the moment was the bottom shifted within the NHL at the moment.
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A few of these contracts that look tight, they aren’t that tight, and so I feel Pettersson is doubtlessly a type of. I wish to hear what the Canucks say as a result of I’m curious. I don’t assume they’re completed dealing, however I’m curious to see in the event that they’re going to present Pettersson a little bit of a runway right here.”
NHLRumors.com Observe: Friedman was proper about one factor on this state of affairs. The Canucks weren’t completed dealing. President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford and GM Patrik Allvin continued their pattern of getting offers completed earlier than the deadline. Vancouver acquired defenseman Marcus Pettersson and ahead Drew O’Connor for the Rangers’ 2025 first-round decide (conditional), ahead Danton Heinen, defenseman Vincent Desharnais, and 2024 third-round decide Melvin Fernstrom.
That is precisely what Vancouver did once they acquired Hronek. They used that decide from the Islanders to get him. Now the Canucks added depth to their protection with Pettersson and depth on the ahead place. Vancouver was not profitable a J.T. Miller or an Elias Pettersson commerce. Nonetheless, now they’ve property much like what the Winnipeg Jets received for Pierre-Luc Dubois to stay aggressive within the Western Convention playoff race.
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