It wouldn’t be a Vancouver Canucks offseason without pundits linking them to bringing home Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane.
The Vancouver native has seen his name pop on in the rumour mill aplenty since the Buffalo Sabres traded for him two years ago. Back in November, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman seemingly shot down the Canucks and Kane speculation once and for all:
“The story is that they did call and there were some conversations and John Weisbrod, the assistant general manager of the Canucks, was on the scouting list on Thursday night in Buffalo, which sent us all to DEFCON one.