Brendan Batchelor: Vancouver Canucks GM Jim Benning on extending head coach Travis Green and his staff: “There’s nothing to report on that. Our intention is to work (with the coaching staff) to bring them back.”
Vancouver Canucks: Benning on contract talks with pending RFAs Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes.
“We’ve started preliminary talks with their agents. I don’t comment on how negotiations are going but as soon as we’re done the contracts, we’ll be excited to let everybody know.”
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Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic: The sense that the Chicago Blackhawks could still take on some money.