On the Vancouver Canucks …
Rick Dhaliwal: The Canucks have some injuries to their blue line. An agent asked yesterday if had heard that Canucks are talking to the Tampa Bay Lightning about defenseman Slater Koekkoek.
Rick Dhaliwal: The Lightning are carrying eight defensemen, and Koekkoek is having trouble getting into the lineup.
Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province: There has been some speculation that the Canucks are shopping Ben Hutton. There had been some speculation this week that they would/should look to add another defenseman with the injuries to Alex Edler and Troy Stecher.