{"id":517995,"date":"2026-03-06T10:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517995\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T10:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:59:21","slug":"canucks-trade-conor-garland-to-blue-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/517995\/","title":{"rendered":"Canucks trade Conor Garland to Blue Jackets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The team <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Canucks\/status\/2029789514223210914?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a> Friday that they&#8217;ll receive a second-round pick in the 2028 draft and a third-round selection this year in exchange for the 29-year-old forward.<\/p>\n<p>Garland has seven goals and 26 points over 50 games this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The feisty forward from Scituate, Mass., signed a six-year, US$36-million extension with the Canucks last July \u2014 a contract that doesn\u2019t kick in until the 2026-27 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garland is in the final year of a five-year deal that&#8217;s worth $4.95 million, annually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really appreciate all that Conor has done for the hockey club and want to thank him for his five years in Vancouver,\u201d Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA play driver and strong competitor, he was a key contributor on the ice. Collecting two more draft picks aligns really well with our vision moving forward and will help us in our rebuild.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bet365_Gradient_Background_RGB-640x360.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sportsnet and bet365\"\/>Sportsnet and bet365<\/p>\n<p>At bet365, you can watch thousands of live games, build your own bet, and can even make a bet while the game\u2019s still being played. 19+. Play responsibly. Ontario only.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/on.bet365.ca\/olp\/nhl?affiliate=365_03996978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">More information<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally selected by Arizona in the fifth round of the 2015 draft, he has 129 goals and 317 points across 535 regular-season games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver acquired Garland and defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson from the Coyotes in July 2021. The deal saw the Canucks send Jay Beagle, Loui Eriksson, Antoine Roussel and first-, second-, and seventh-round draft picks to Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Conor is a versatile player who brings great energy to the lineup every night and we couldn&#8217;t be more excited to welcome he and his family to Columbus,&#8221; Blue Jackets general manager Don Waddell said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has tremendous character, plays a reliable two-way game and will be an important part of our club now and in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The deal is the latest move for a rebuilding Canucks (18-36-7) team that sits at the bottom of the NHL standings.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 With files from Sportsnet Staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The team announced Friday that they&#8217;ll receive a second-round pick in the 2028 draft and a third-round selection&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-517995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517995","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=517995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}