interview with Bob Stauffer on CHED in Edmonton<\/a>, CHEK\u2019s Rick Dhaliwal mentioned a pair of players that have been involved in trade talks.<\/p>\n\u201cThe Canucks do like Shane Wright. They\u2019ve approached Seattle about him, but the ask was very high,\u201d said Dhaliwal, who suggested Seattle would want players like Zeev Buium or Tom Willander in return.<\/p>\n
Wright was the fourth overall draft pick in 2022, but has failed to live up to the hype. The 22-year-old posted 44 points (19-25-44) in 79 games in 2024-25, but saw his numbers drop last season, scoring just 27 points (12-15-27) in 74 games.<\/p>\n
As a buy-low option, Wright could make sense for the Canucks, but it doesn\u2019t sound like Seattle is ready to give up on him completely.<\/p>\n
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Will Frank Vatrano be on the move? (Sergei Belski\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n
The other player Dhaliwal mentioned was Frank Vatrano, a 32-year-old forward with the Anaheim Ducks. Vatrano is coming off the worst season of his career, scoring just nine points (5-4-9) in 50 games. And with two years left on a contract that carries a $4.57-million cap hit, his value is at an all-time low.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnaheim\u2019s going to have to attach some sweeteners to get rid of guys like Frank Vatrano,\u201d Dhaliwal said. \u201cSomeone told me today the Ducks did call Vancouver to see if they\u2019d take Vatrano off their hands.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vatrano is just two years removed from a 37-goal, 60-point season in Anaheim, and the Massachusetts native scored 45 points (21-24-45) in 2024-25. He suffered a fractured shoulder last season, causing him to miss 22 games.<\/p>\n
Rebuilding teams like the Canucks have picked up distressed assets like Vatrano in the past, when they come with a draft pick. The best-case scenario is when a player like Vatrano rebuilds his value and recoups additional value in a trade.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ll see if Canucks GM Ryan Johnson gives that a shot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s been a busy offseason for the Vancouver Canucks. They have a pair of new presidents, a new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-794129","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\/794129","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=794129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}