Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet: The Vancouver Canucks have pending UFAs in Evander Kane and Teddy Blueger they will move. With term, Elias Pettersson and Jake DeBrusk would wish to waive their no-movement clauses.
The Carolina Hurricanes, Detroit Red Wings, and Los Angeles Kings could have interest in Pettersson. The Canucks would wish a middle to return back in a package. They need someone to play there now in the event that they move Pettersson. Could Jesperi Kotkaniemi be a placeholder for now?
DeBrusk has five years left at a $5.5 million cap hit and might play anywhere in the highest nine.
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Is it getting near the time when Mika Zibanejad wonders about his future with the Recent York Rangers?
The Sheet with Jeff Marek: Vince Z. Cogliano wonders if Recent York Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad will get to the purpose where he’d be okay with a change of scenery.
“At 33 years old, does Mika go searching and say, ‘You realize what, winning is very important to me at this stage of my profession, and going some other place will give me a greater opportunity to try this?’
I’d not be shocked. I’ll just say that. I even have not asked Mika this direct query, so I don’t wish to speak on his behalf at this moment, but that could be a guy who I could see it getting there. Is the best way that I’d put it.
And he’s having a significantly better season. Plenty of guys on this team are having bad seasons right away, but he, he last 12 months was a very difficult one for him. He’s been playing fairly well. He’s one in every of the few guys I’d point to and say that.
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So I feel the worth has probably been propped up a bit of bit for him with the season that he’s having as well. So, I ponder if that’s a road the Rangers attempt to go down. Probably not now, more likely in the summertime.”
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