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Vancouver Canucks & Carolina Hurricanes reportedly to re-engage in talks involving $92.8 million star
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An NHL insider believes that the Vancouver Canucks and Carolina Hurricanes may re-engage in trade talks involving a $92.8 million star leading up to the deadline.
Trade talks involving the Vancouver Canucks are expected to heat up in the weeks and months to come after the organization decided to make their pending unrestricted free agents and veterans available on the market amid their mediocre start to the 2025-26 season.
A lot of the rumors we'll hear in the weeks ahead will be involving pending UFAs Kiefer Sherwood and Evander Kane, along with the potential for Quinn Hughes too, but another name to keep an eye on is Elias Pettersson.
Pettersson has turned things around after a slow start to the 2025-26 season and while he controls his fate given the fact he has a full no-movement clause, there's no doubt he would garner interest if made available by General Manager Patrik Allvin and it appears that an Eastern Conference club could re-enter the picture after trying to acquire him earlier this year.
Insider believes Vancouver Canucks & Carolina Hurricanes may re-engage in Elias Pettersson talks
Earlier this week, Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos released his first trade bait board for the 2025-26 season which included a pair of Vancouver Canucks forwards - Elias Pettersson and Kiefer Sherwood.
Kypreos mentioned the fact that the Carolina Hurricanes had interest in Elias Pettersson last season and he wouldn't be surprised if they've had ongoing dialogue about a potential deal involving the Sundsvall, Sweden native.
While Vancouver would certainly like some help down the middle, especially if they were to trade their 1C in Elias Pettersson, Kypreos points to Russian winger Andrei Svechnikov as a possible target for Patrik Allvin, adding that the Canucks have had interest in him in the past.
"This wouldn't be an imminent move, as the Canucks still need to be convinced that this season has truly been lost. It's believed the Hurricanes and Canucks have had discussions about Pettersson in the past and there's no reason to believe there isn't an ongoing dialogue. Vancouver would have interest in Andrei Svechnikov, but that won't solve their issues down the middle." Kypreos said.
Pettersson, 27, is currently in the second year of an eight-year contract that sees him earn $11.6 million annually and while that, combined with his no-movement clause, makes it very difficult to get a trade done, if he's able to continue his strong play leading into the Olympic break, there's no question we'll see some teams call up Patrik Allvin to make offers.
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