{"id":429419,"date":"2026-01-24T03:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/429419\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T03:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T03:32:07","slug":"hroneks-agent-gives-blunt-answer-about-the-defencemans-future-with-vancouver-canucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/429419\/","title":{"rendered":"Hronek’s agent gives blunt answer about the defenceman’s future with Vancouver Canucks"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no question who the Vancouver Canucks MVP has been this season.<\/p>\n

With Quinn Hughes and Kiefer Sherwood both being dealt by the Vancouver Canucks, the best and most consistent player remaining on the roster has been defenceman Filip Hronek.<\/p>\n

The Czech defenceman has been thrust into an even bigger role in the absence of Hughes, matching up against the opposition\u2019s best players, while stepping up as a leader for three regular defencemen in the Canucks lineup under the age of 21.<\/p>\n

With Hronek on the ice this season, the Canucks have outscored the opposition 38-31 at five-on-five. Without him, they\u2019ve been outscored 78-44, good for a -34 goal differential.<\/p>\n

On top of that, with the Canucks reportedly willing to listen on all players<\/a>, they\u2019d be foolish not to think about trading Hronek. He\u2019s their most valuable remaining asset.<\/p>\n

However, Hronek\u2019s agent, Allan Walsh, has now gone on the record<\/a> saying that Hronek wants to stay in Vancouver.<\/p>\n

\u201cTalking about Filip Hronek being traded is wasted air,\u201d Walsh said on his podcast, Agent Provocateur.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to divulge my conversations directly with management, but let\u2019s just say, there\u2019s an understanding that Filip Hronek is going to be part of the solution going forward in Vancouver and not somebody that they\u2019re going to be looking to move.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth sides are basically saying, we\u2019re really happy with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though Hronek has been a rock for the Canucks, and even though he\u2019s signed long-term, it\u2019s fair to wonder if he might want to play for a team that could actually compete for the Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n

Hronek has participated in playoff hockey just once during his eight NHL seasons. If he stays in Vancouver, it seems likely that he won\u2019t be back to the postseason for quite some time.<\/p>\n

But according to Walsh, the fact that the Canucks are entering a rebuild hasn\u2019t swayed Hronek into wanting to play for another NHL team.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, Filip is not happy when Vancouver loses because there is no more competitive guy who hates losing that I know, more than him,\u201d Walsh said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not okay with the losing, but he understands the reality of where Vancouver is right now. he beleives in the organization\u2019s plan moving forward and wants to be part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walsh\u2019s words sounded much more affirmative about Hronek\u2019s future in Vancouver than the recent comments from Pettersson\u2019s agent<\/a>, J.P. Barry.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Barry\u2019s more subdued comments about Pettersson\u2019s future in Vancouver represent good news for Canucks fans, considering that this team needs to heavily consider trading players in their prime for future assets.<\/p>\n

Because if neither Pettersson nor Hronek has the desire to move, their most valuable trade assets remaining are guys like Conor Garland, Marco Rossi, and Marcus Pettersson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is no question who the Vancouver Canucks MVP has been this season. With Quinn Hughes and Kiefer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":["post-429419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}