Pittsburgh Penguins Deal Three-Time 30+ Goal Scorer to Vancouver Canucks in Hypothetical Trade Proposal
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A recent trade proposal would see Patrik Allvin and the Vancouver Canucks land a former first rounder & three-time 30+ goal scorer from the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Vancouver Canucks were hoping to be aggressive on the trade front heading into August, but after a quiet month, partly due to asking prices around the league, Patrik Allvin and the team's management staff will continue their search for a second line centerman in September.
If the club isn't able to acquire the piece they desire, it appears that the Canucks are more than okay with starting the season with their current roster and potentially look at an addition later on in the year, when teams get a better idea if they're going to be buyers or sellers ahead of the trade deadline.
However, one team worth monitoring over the next few weeks is the Pittsburgh Penguins, Jim Rutherford & Patrik Allvin's former employer, as they've reportedly been open to making some big changes to their roster and are willing to listen on most players on their roster not named Sidney Crosby.
Trade proposal sees Vancouver Canucks land three-time 30+ goal scorer from Pittsburgh Penguins
The Vancouver Canucks have been linked to a couple of veterans on the Pittsburgh Penguins this summer, including Rickard Rakell, a three-time 30-goal scorer who is coming off the best season of his National Hockey League career, setting new highs in goals (35) and points (70), but it isn't going to be cheap to land him, as Josh Yohe of The Athletic mentioned earlier this summer.
"Kyle Dubas isn't selling Rakell and Rust for peanuts, Still, I keep going back to what several team sources have told me: Dubas wants to go young next season" Yohe said.
He added, "A big trade or two feels likely before training camp. Dubas hasn't received offers that meet his liking yet but he is fully committed to a rebuild"
He added, "A big trade or two feels likely before training camp. Dubas hasn't received offers that meet his liking yet but he is fully committed to a rebuild"
In a recent article for theScore, Josh Wegman shared some trade proposals involving some of those veterans on the Pittsburgh Penguins and one of those would see Vancouver acquire the aforementioned Rickard Rakell.
In Wegman's trade proposal, the Vancouver Canucks would acquire Rickard Rakell in exchange for forward Nils Hoglander, defensive prospect Kirill Kudryavtsev and a top-ten protected 2026 first round pick, which would shift to 2027 if Allvin's group were to be inside the top-ten following the NHL Draft Lottery.
"Why it makes sense for Vancouver: Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford wasn't in Pittsburgh when the team added Rakell, but general manager Patrik Allvin was still with the Penguins organization at the time, so there's some familiarity there." Wegman said.
He added, "While he's not the center the Canucks have been searching for, adding a legitimate top-six winger to a forward group that severely lacks high-end talent outside of Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser would be a good start. Rakell, 32, is a physical two-way winger under contract for three more years with a $5-million cap hit. He'd be a massive upgrade over Hoglander, who scored just eight goals last year and is under contract for three more years at $3 million annually."
He added, "While he's not the center the Canucks have been searching for, adding a legitimate top-six winger to a forward group that severely lacks high-end talent outside of Elias Pettersson and Brock Boeser would be a good start. Rakell, 32, is a physical two-way winger under contract for three more years with a $5-million cap hit. He'd be a massive upgrade over Hoglander, who scored just eight goals last year and is under contract for three more years at $3 million annually."
Rakell, 32, has three years remaining on his contract with a very reasonable cap hit of $5 million USD and would give Adam Foote's group a massive boost offensively in the team's top-six, potentially even in a top line role alongside Elias Pettersson.
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