Starting before the 2016 trade deadline, the Vancouver Canucks were constantly part of trade rumors that included right-shot defensemen. First Travis Hamonic, then Tyson Barrie and P.K. Subban, then Jacob Trouba. While Hamonic and Barrie are of the market — or were never really available in the first place — and Subban got traded to the Nashville Predators, trade talks about Trouba are just getting real.
As I pointed out in a post earlier this morning, the Canucks don’t exactly have the assets to acquire a player like Trouba. Unless they want to part ways with young star Bo Horvat, there aren’t many players that could make sense for a one-for-one swap.