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The Vancouver Canucks struck gold last time they traded with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Here’s why the two teams should make another deal.
At last year’s NHL draft, the Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning conducted one of the most mutually beneficial hockey trades in recent memory.
Looking to bolster his top-six, Canucks general manager Jim Benning acquired veteran forward J.T. Miller from the cap-strapped Lightning, who needed the room to extend rising superstar Brayden Point.
In return, Tampa Bay received a conditional first-round pick, goalie Marek Mazanec and a 2019 third-round pick.