Canucks working with Myers, listening on everyone else<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no mystery that the Vancouver Canucks are open for business. It\u2019s been a disastrous campaign for the Canadian club, and after dealing star defender Quinn Hughes earlier this season, everything else appears to be on the table.<\/p>\n
In the latest episode of\u00a0<\/a>32 Thoughts: The Podcast<\/a>,\u00a0Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman reported that the Canucks are listening on all names aside from young players and veteran defender Filip Hronek. The next domino to fall seems set to be fellow blue-liner Tyler Myers<\/a>, though there\u2019s still much to determine regarding the 36-year-old\u2019s next club.<\/p>\n \u201cMyers found out Tuesday morning that Detroit had an offer for him that Vancouver wanted to consider. Wednesday night, when he sat out the game, I had a couple people tell me that it didn\u2019t look like he was going to accept it,\u201d Friedman said. \u201cI don\u2019t know where that stands as of the time we recorded this, but I do think what it does is, it opens up other possibilities for Myers. Other teams might come into it.\u201d<\/p>\n Hockey fans already know the name, but this is not the blog. From Sportsnet, 32 Thoughts: The Podcast with NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas is a weekly deep dive into the biggest news and interviews from the hockey world.<\/p>\n Latest episode<\/a><\/p>\n Friedman noted that Myers\u2019 full trade protection ends on July 1 \u2014\u00a0the veteran is in Year 2 of a three-year, $9-million deal, with a full no-move clause this season, but a modified clause next season. Meaning, if the Canucks are looking to move him, the blue-liner will have more control over the process now than if he pushes the decision to the off-season.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they\u2019re working together. I think the Canucks understand that he won\u2019t want to rush,\u201d Friedman continued. \u201cOne way or the other, it does look like, whether it\u2019s now or later, Myers knows Vancouver\u2019s prepared to move on. So, I think the effort now is to try to put him into a situation he\u2019s comfortable with.\u201d<\/p>\n Elsewhere in Vancouver, Friedman reported that all seems quiet regarding a potential Elias Pettersson deal at the moment, as the centreman\u2019s contract \u2014\u00a0six more years at $11.6 million per season \u2014\u00a0remains a sticking point.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think the Canucks are eager to retain (salary) \u2014 it\u2019s a long time to retain for,\u201d Friedman said. \u201cI think some teams have tried to ask them if they\u2019d consider it. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s something they\u2019re very interested in doing.\u201d<\/p>\n Prices for Thomas and Co. remain sky high<\/p>\n Another Western club fielding a slew of offers, the St. Louis Blues have been a focal point of the trade chatter for months. A number of Blues names were dotted among Kypreos\u2019s latest trade board: forwards Robert Thomas<\/a>, Jordan Kyrou and Brayden Schenn, defender Justin Faulk,\u00a0and netminder Jordan Binnington. But as Friedman reported, the prices on the Blues\u2019 collection of gems remain steep.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody knows they\u2019ve been out there for a while. But the prices are big,\u201d Friedman said. \u201cThe price for Thomas is very high \u2014\u00a0either another young player who\u2019s a younger player than Thomas, who\u2019s a potential 1C, or a Quinn Hughes-type deal.\u201d<\/p>\n Hughes was dealt by Vancouver to Minnesota in December for a four-piece package that included forward Marco Rossi, promising young defender Zeev Buium, prospect Liam Ohgren and a first-round pick.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the price on Kyrou is high. The price on Faulk, I\u2019ve said before, is the Rasmus Andersson trade,\u201d Friedman continued. Andersson was dealt from Calgary to Vegas for defenceman Zach Whitecloud, blue-line prospect Abram Wiebe, and a pair of picks. \u201cThere\u2019s been talk about Binnington \u2014\u00a0I think they would consider just about anything, but the price is high.\u201d<\/p>\n Wild, Kings, Penguins in on Rangers’ Trocheck<\/p>\n In the East, it\u2019s been another disappointing year for the New York Rangers, who continue their slide from their 2024 Presidents\u2019 Trophy-winning campaign. After dealing away star forward Artemi Panarin earlier this month, the next name in play appears to be centreman Vincent Trocheck<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cTrocheck is the big one,\u201d Friedman said, noting\u00a0the 32-year-old\u2019s play for Team USA at the Olympics added to his value. \u201cIn the biggest moments of that gold-medal game, on a five-on-three, he played unbelievable. He accepted a role that was not going to be the biggest role, and he did it without complaint. That did not go unnoticed.\u201d<\/p>\n A number of clubs appear to be in on the veteran pivot, who has 37 points through 44 games this year. The Pittsburgh native has three years left on a\u00a0seven-year, $39.4-million pact.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody\u2019s tied Minnesota to him \u2014 I think that one\u2019s obvious. I think L.A. really likes him,\u201d Friedman said. \u201cHe\u2019s stated that his preference is the East. \u2026 I know there are teams who suspect Colorado. I just don\u2019t know, after what they did last year to get (Brock) Nelson, Colorado has a lot they can do. Although there\u2019s been some talk about Ross Colton and his fit there.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI heard some teams said that they suspected Pittsburgh could be around Trocheck. He\u2019s obviously from there. I think he\u2019d be a great roster fit there. I just don\u2019t know that the Penguins, where they are, are going to be making the kind of trade it would take to get him. \u2026 I\u2019ve always kept an eye on Detroit, because they tried so hard to get him when he was a UFA a couple years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n Interesting situation brewing between Panthers, Bobrovsky<\/p>\n On Tuesday, veteran insider Kevin Weekes\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that something might be coming with Florida Panthers netminder Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a>. After leading the Cats to two straight Stanley Cups \u2014\u00a0playing a crucial role in both championship runs \u2014\u00a0the 37-year-old remains without a new deal, his pact set to expire at the end of this season.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a complicated situation. Bobrovsky is coming off a monster seven-year, $70-million deal that looked dicey in its early days but seemed to be great value amid the Cats\u2019 recent success. But he\u2019s also mired in one of the worst seasons of his career, the veteran sitting with an .874 save percentage and a 3.23 goals-against average, while the Panthers sit well out of the playoffs. Per Friedman, the recent slate of signings from GM Bill Zito complicates things further.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the challenge there is that Bobrovsky saw a lot of guys get paid last year,\u201d Friedman said. \u201c(Aaron) Ekblad got a big extension \u2014 he\u2019s 30. (Sam) Bennett got a big extension \u2014 he\u2019s 29. But the other guy who got a big extension: (Brad) Marchand at 37. Bobrovsky is 37. And even though he\u2019s had a tough year at times this year, he\u2019s still a future Hall of Famer who was the backbone of a two-time defending Stanley Cup champion. The Panthers, I would suspect they have a limit of where they\u2019re willing to go, but it\u2019s not always easy when a player who\u2019s a key player on a team like that sees other guys get paid \u2014 especially one player who\u2019s right around his age\u00a0\u2014 and they say, \u2018Well, we may not be able to do that for you.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cFlorida gets things done when they want to get things done, they\u2019ve proven that to us. Don\u2019t doubt them. \u2026 But, clearly, they haven\u2019t gotten to a zone yet that Bobrovsky is comfortable with.\u201d<\/p>\n Oilers have real interest in Leafs’ Ekman-Larsson\u00a0<\/p>\n The Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a> sit level with the Florida Panthers at the moment, both clubs well out of the playoff race, with time running out to turn the season around. And although some among the Maple Leafs faithful believe the comeback will come, the belief is that internally the organization has already decided to sell before next week\u2019s deadline, per Friedman. The question now is just how much they lean into that route.<\/p>\n![\"32](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/32THOUGHTS_500X500_ICON_V2-500x360.jpg\"){kind=icon}
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