Canucks are taking calls on more than 5 players ahead of deadline

The Vancouver Canucks are fighting hard to stay in the playoff picture, however now with captain Bo Horvat and Brandon Sutter day-to-day with injuries, their chances could be in jeopardy and might force them to be seller at the trade deadline. 

And then NHL insider Elliotte Friedman revealed in his latest 31 Thoughts column on Sportsnet on Tuesday that the Canucks have been taking calls from interested teams about several players. See what he said: 

“The math is not good for the Canucks, but they want to compete for as long as they can before a possible deadline sell-off. They’ve taken calls on their unrestricted defenders: Jordie Benn (five-team no-trade), Alexander Edler (no-move clause) and Travis Hamonic (no-move clause). There’s also Tanner Pearson (injured) and Sutter (we’ll see), along with continuing discussions about Jake Virtanen. A lot of moving pieces. The Canucks wanted to see where their surge took them, but aren’t ruling out anything.”

This could mean that a trade could be coming soon to Vancouver, especially if American teams are in the mix and a quarantine is needed. 

We better keep an eye on this…