Rick Dhaliwal of The Athletic: The season started well for Vancouver and now some business needs work. Tanev playing through pain has been commonplace in his tenure as a Canuck. Any deal here requires health to be factored into the numbers. Furthermore, Tanev’s chemistry with Quinn Hughes is a good sign.
The Elias Pettersson cap comparables point to some interesting tidbits. One thing is this. Is this Pettersson’s platform year? He need not be signed right away. Mitch Marner and even Connor McDavid can be used as comparables. This means Pettersson could walk away with $10-12 million AAV on a longer-term
Troy Stecher, according to some sources, was dangled by Vancouver earlier in the season to gauge interest.