The Vancouver Canucks had many chances to trade defenceman Chris Tanev, but general manager Jim Benning took the risk and chose to retain the effective but oft-injured veteran up until now, at least.
Tanev is only signed through next season at a $4.45 million cap hit, per CapFriendly. The Canucks simply need to decide soon if they want to extend Tanev or trade him, because holding onto the 29-year-old until next year’s trade deadline is too risky. What if he endures another down year? What if he’s injured at that point?
The Canucks should probably trade Tanev this offseason, rather than lose him for nothing in 2020 free agency.