{"id":58979,"date":"2025-08-10T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/58979\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T11:05:09","slug":"new-development-links-vancouver-canucks-to-columbus-blue-jackets-winger-as-top-trade-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/58979\/","title":{"rendered":"New Development Links Vancouver Canucks to Columbus Blue Jackets Winger as Top Trade Target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/586151.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Columbus Blue Jackets forward Dmitri Voronkov.\" title=\"Columbus Blue Jackets forward Dmitri Voronkov.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: NHL<\/p>\n<p>A Columbus Blue Jackets winger who is fresh off a breakout season in the National Hockey League was recently named as a possible trade target for the Vancouver Canucks.<\/p>\n<p>The second month of the National Hockey League&#8217;s offseason is in full swing and it&#8217;s remained very quiet so far, which comes as a bit of a surprise given how many teams are still searching for another piece to add to their respective rosters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It may be mid-summer, but #Canucks management isn&#8217;t &#8220;off to the cottage&#8221; just yet.<\/p>\n<p>Hear the club is monitoring a couple of the UFA options still on the market. No surprise given their recent history.<\/p>\n<p>VAN needs to move out cap dollars first, + they&#8217;re actively working to do so.&#8221; Drance said in the middle of July.<\/p>\n<p>Columbus Blue Jackets forward named as possible trade target for Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n<p>Adding another piece to the roster before training camp is something that the Canucks would love to do, however the cost to acquire an impact player, whether it be a centerman or winger, is reportedly still very high.<\/p>\n<p>As Patrik Allvin and the team&#8217;s management group continue to evaluate their options, Trevor Beggs of Daily Hive has suggested some potential young trade targets that the club should consider.<\/p>\n<p>One name mentioned is Dmitri Voronkov of the Columbus Blue Jackets, who is coming off a solid year in Ohio and signed a two-year deal worth $4.175 million annually with the club in early July.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dmitri Voronkov is big and can score, but his Russian counterpart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Kirill-Marchenko-58078\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Kirill Marchenko profile and hockey stats\">Kirill Marchenko<\/a> emerged as the core piece for Columbus last season, which could make Voronkov expendable.&#8221; Beggs said.<\/p>\n<p>The Angarsk, Russia native had an impressive second season in the National Hockey League, registering 47 points (23 goals, 24 assists), along with 55 penalty minutes and was a plus-17 in 73 games for Columbus.<\/p>\n<p>Voronkov would be a great addition to the Vancouver Canucks&#8217; lineup, likely in a second line role, but the cost to acquire him would be a lot, potentially an unprotected first round pick, along with a high-end prospect, which could be more than Patrik Allvin is willing to pay.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on CanucksDaily<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo credit: NHL A Columbus Blue Jackets winger who is fresh off a breakout season in the National&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,11815,38793,448,7951,82,452,4669,38792],"class_list":["post-58979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-dmitri-voronkov","tag-dmitri-voronkov-canucks","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-trade-rumors","tag-sports","tag-vancouver-canucks","tag-vancouver-canucks-news","tag-vancouver-canucks-trade-target"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58979","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=58979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}