With a murky salary cap situation and a glut of forwards ready and able to play in the NHL next season, the Vancouver Canucks shouldn’t be considered done with their lineup tweaking heading into training camp this September. Patrick Johnston of The Province AGREES with that account, indicating that the Cancuks seem to be forced to transfer a winger before the start of the season.
Considering the possible return ahead Tanner Pearson, Johnston argued that Vancouver has five wings set to fill three spots in the lineup. With Pearson, the Canucks have Vasily Podkolzin, Conor Garland, Brock Boeserand Nils Hoglander positioned to fill three open wing spots for Vancouver. The team has little flexibility with Pearson, however; if he’s not ready for the NHL minutes after the end of training camp, the team can waive him and assign him to the AHL, since it’s unlikely that another team will place a claim.
It’s never a problem to have too much depth in the NHL, and the Canucks may wait until training camp before making a significant move to reduce their roster, but they put themselves in a territory to move regardless . Boeser has been a name frequently mentioned in trade rumors over the past few years, as has Garland more recently, but both could provide tremendous value on-ice in Vancouver. to make them seriously consider a business far in advance. at the trade deadline.
Other notes:
- This summer, the Washington Capitals and their General Manager, Brian McLellan, which is solid about adding some forward depth to the lineup. With this in mind, Sammi Silber of The Hockey News expressed that the Capitals should entertain the idea of ​​bringing in the free agent Jesse Puljujarvi in a professional tryout for training camp. Throughout his NHL career, Puljujarvi went undrafted as the fourth overall pick in the 2016 NHL Draft. However, as Silber points out in his article, the Capitals’ new head coach, Spencer Carberyhas excelled throughout his career in making the most of up-and-coming players and may be exactly what Puljujarvi needs to get his career back on track.
- Mark Scheig of The Hockey Writers is the report who was hired by the Pittsburgh Penguins Cam Charron as a Hockey Research and Development Analyst. Charron previously held the same title with the Toronto Maple Leafs for the past eight seasons and will join the new President of Hockey Operations, Kyle Dubaswhen he moved to Pittsburgh.