Can the Canucks land another first-round pick?
David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period: Will the Vancouver Canucks be able to get another first-round pick by trading pending UFA forward Kiefer Sherwood? By the deadline, the Canucks will look to add more assets by moving Evander Kane, Drew O’Connor and Teddy Blueger.
Laurent Brossoit should generate some interest
Ken Wiebe: Would assume there would be some interest in Winnipeg Jets goaltender Laurent Brossoit. He carries a $3.3 million cap hit but only a $2.3 million salary. He’s a pending UFA.
The Minnesota Wild should push all in this year and next to show Quinn Hughes they can contend
Daily Faceoff: Tyler Yaremchuk thinks the Minnesota Wild should go all in this year and next to give Quinn Hughes some extra incentive to extend with them.
“But if I’m Bill Guerin, this can’t be it for me. You have a year and a half to prove to Quinn Hughes and really prove to everybody that, like, no, no, we are a legitimate Stanley Cup contender. We are capable of going on deep, long runs.
Because you know what, if you make the third round, if you make the Stanley Cup Final once in these next two years. It probably does get easier to keep Hughes in the mix.
So if you’re Bill Guerin, one, you have a lot of blue liners. And if you need to free up some cap space, looking to move a guy like Jacob Middleton, that, that could be a piece that right now. He’s making $4.3 million, and he’s going to be on your third pair when he’s healthy.
Like, they have pieces they can move for some help up front, and that’s where they got a zero in. Like I wouldn’t be holding on to any future assets, any prospect, any draft pick, whatever it is, this team now needs to add an impact forward and really, really push all their chips into the middle.
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