LATEST | Massive pay raise looming for pending Canucks UFA?

The Vancouver Canucks have a plethora of players on expiring contracts — Tyler Myers, Nikita Zadorov, Teddy Blueger, Casey DeSmith (not to mention pending RFAs Elias Pettersson and Filip Hronek). However, the most intriguing may be a player many were not expecting — and that's forward Dakota Joshua.

Joshua, 27, currently has 10 goals (T-4th on the team) and 19 points in just 38 games, while averaging only 13 minutes of ice time per game. He has more points than the likes of Andrei Kuzmenko, Conor Garland, and Nils Hoglander. With his current level of production, he is surely due for a raise from his current $800,00 AAV salary.

Reporter Rick Dhaliwhal, on the Donnie & Dhaliwhal Podcast, suggests he may be looking to at minimum double his current salary on his next contract. He also reports that teams are «starting to notice» the young forward.

Joshua has 13 points in his last 14 games, including 6 goals in his last 10 games. His 19 points are only four behind his career high of 23, set last season with Vancouver, in 79 games.