Rick Dhaliwal: Mark Stowe, the agent for Vancouver Canucks pending UFA defenseman Alexander Edler on Sportsnet 650: “We have till July 1 to get a deal so we aren’t in a rush as of now. We continue to move forward and it’s our intent to have a deal done before July 1. Alex wants to stay and he has that right, that’s why he didn’t wave his NTC.”
Ed Willes of the Vancouver Province: A contract extension between the Vancouver Canucks and Alex Edler seems inevitable.
“I’ve talked to Eddy a lot,” said the Canucks’ bench boss.