{"id":83948,"date":"2025-08-20T15:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/83948\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T15:11:12","slug":"vancouver-canucks-could-be-ready-to-pull-the-trigger-on-a-kirby-dach-trade-as-of-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/83948\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks Could Be Ready to Pull the Trigger on a Kirby Dach Trade as of Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/588964.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Photo of Canucks and Canadiens\" title=\"Photo of Canucks and Canadiens\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: NHL<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver journalist Thomas Drance reported some interesting information regarding the Canucks and their activity on the trade market.<\/p>\n<p>According to what he has learned, the Canucks are extremely active on the market right now, and he even adds that they are ready to accept a trade as soon as today, &#8220;if they are offered a big second- or third-line center.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Kirby-Dach-52327\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Kirby Dach profile and hockey stats\">Kirby Dach<\/a> is linked to the Vancouver Canucks<\/p>\n<p>They are desperately searching for a second- or third-line center, so they are clearly ready to pay.<\/p>\n<p>Should the Habs trade Kirby Dach?<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I really think it depends on what we get in return, but yes, I would be willing to do it for the right offer.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Drance: Re Canucks: &#8220;The club is actively kicking tires and exploring its options. Vancouver would execute a trade today if the deal returned a credible middle-six centre&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two players who could be looking for fresh starts may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Alex-Newhook-54772\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Alex Newhook profile and hockey stats\">Alex Newhook<\/a> and Kirby Dach. Both can play centre and be physical, but both have taken a step back with the Habs. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markerzone.com\/hockey\/stats\/nhl\/player\/Ivan-Demidov-69097\" class=\"lien_marqueur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Ivan Demidov profile and hockey stats\">Ivan Demidov<\/a> now in Montreal, along with the acquisition of Zach Bolduc, it&#8217;s conceivable that Newhook or Dach could be dealt.&#8221; &#8211; Trevor Beggs<\/p>\n<p>Kirby Dach fits that description.<\/p>\n<p>Dach, 24 years old, is a big center at 6-foot-4 and 221 pounds who was the third overall pick of the Chicago Blackhawks in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He collected 22 points in 57 games last season, 2 points in 2 games in 2023-2024, as well as 38 points in 58 games in 2022-2023.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on HabsFanatics<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>1 HOUR AGO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0278 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Vancouver Canucks Could Be Ready to Pull the Trigger on a Kirby Dach Trade as of Today<\/p>\n<p>Would you trade Kirby Dach for 2nd- and 3rd-round picks?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo credit: NHL Vancouver journalist Thomas Drance reported some interesting information regarding the Canucks and their activity on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,8467,13886,743,448,13673,82,1215,452],"class_list":["post-83948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kent-hughes","tag-kirby-dach","tag-montreal-canadiens","tag-nhl","tag-rumor","tag-sports","tag-trade","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83948","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=83948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}