VANCOUVER, BC - FEBRUARY 19: Goalie Laurent Brossoit #30 of the Winnipeg Jets stops a redirected puck off the stick of Bo Horvat #53 of the Vancouver Canucks during NHL hockey action at Rogers Arena on February 19, 2021 in Vancouver, Canada. The Jets defeated the Canucks 2-0. (Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images)
The Vancouver Canucks are now in the market for a back-up netminder.
On Tuesday morning, the team confirmed that they were placing Braden Holtby on unconditional waivers for the purposes of a buyout. The former Washington Capital, who was one of the juiciest pieces of conversation for Canucks Twitter over the past few weeks, had one year left on his current deal at an AAV of $4.