Just Days Into Free Agency, the Vancouver Canucks Are Hit With Brutal News That Changes Everything
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The Vancouver Canucks have received some pretty unfortunate news about their pursuit and need to add another bonified star center to help reinforce their top-6 forward group.
Even after general manager Patrik Allvin and president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford traded for Evander Kane, and managed to re-sign Brock Boeser to a long-term deal, the Canucks are finding it more difficult find a true replacement for J.T. Miller down the middle.
Vancouver Canucks will not be adding a star center to roster ahead of the star of 2025-26 NHL season
Now, according to a recent report, the Canucks and their hopes to find a true number one/two center to put them over the hump will not come before the season commences on October 7th, 2025.
With Miller gone and break out star Pius Suter too far off in contract negotiations with Vancouver, leading him to test the market in free agency, it leaves a glaring hole down tot he middle for the Nucks that is not easily fixed.
As it stands right now, Vancouver has Elias Pettersson, Filip Chytil, Aatu Raty, and Teddy Blueger penciled in to be the teams centermen, and management is certainly aware that's a less than ideal situation.
With that being said, Canucks reporter Rick Dhaliwal of CHEK, does not believe there is anybody on the open market, nor available for a trade that will be suitable upgrade before the season begins.
«This might be the team that you see day one of training camp,» Dhaliwal said on Halford & Brough in the Morning. «Looks like Pettersson, Chytil, Raty, and Blueger could be your centres. One team told me last night, there's not many centres available. There's too many teams looking for centers. That's an issue right now for the Canucks.»
For a team that is hoping to a major bounce back and make the NHL playoffs in 2025-26, it is an extremely disappointing reality check that we have to come to terms with, especially for the fact the Canucks only have $800k in available cap space..
«Canuck fans, I love them for this, they want Mason McTavish,» Dhaliwal said. «Well, the Cancuks couldn't even land Marco Rossi, and McTavish is ten times better. The price on McTavish would be insane. I understand how fandom works, but if you can't even land Marco Rossi, how the heck in the world are you going to land Mason McTavish.»
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