On the Vancouver Canucks …
Grady Sas: The Canucks have been getting calls on multiple defensemen including Chris Tanev and Alex Edler.
Grady Sas: Seems that teams are currently sending the Canucks lowball offers for Tanev. The Canucks can hope that somehow they are able to create a bidding war for him.
On the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs …
Rick Dhaliwal: Source is saying that Canucks defenseman Chris Tanev is definitely in play. The Maple Leafs are still interested. The trade offers for Tanev haven’t been great but they could improve at the draft.
Jason Brough: Chris Tanev Trade Power Rankings 1. Maple Leafs 2. Lightning 3. NY Islanders. The Maple Leafs still make the most sense.
On the Calgary Flames …
Eric Francis of Sportsnet: The Flames don’t draft until the fourth-round. It may not be as easy for Brad Treliving to make a splash at the draft. In the past three years he’s acquired Travis Hamonic, Mike Smith and Dougie Hamilton.
Some people are expecting Treliving to trade a roster player or two.
“I don’t know – I can’t predict,” said Treliving, exhaling deeply when asked if he’d leave Dallas with some new roster players in tow.
“You can’t just do something for the sake of doing it. It needs to fit. If we don’t, then we keep working. We don’t play until October. Once the draft is over it doesn’t mean stuff is going to end.
“The goal is not to come here and create a headline. In the past it was to fill specific holes, which we think we did.”
Speculation has them possibly trading defensmen T.J. Brodie or Hamilton for a top-six forward.
The Flames have around $12 million in salary cap space, but they have to keep in mind that Matthew Tkachuk will need a new after next season.
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