Vancouver Canucks' Ongoing Desperate Search for a Centre Gets a Significant Update

As the Vancouver Canucks continue to keep their heads above water in a very competitive Pacific Division this season, it's clear that the club has been in need of some external help, partly due to their current injury situation.

Among those on the sidelines right now include Filip Chytil include Filip Chytil, Teddy Blueger, Derek Forbort, Thatcher Demko and most recently, Conor Garland, who is day-to-day after "tweaking something" during a fight with Darren Raddysh on Sunday.

Patrik Allvin has been able to make some additions to the team's roster within the last month, including the signing of free agent forward David Kampf on Saturday, but according to one insider, the Canucks aren't expected to slow down their search for center help anytime soon.

During an appearance on Donnie & Dhali on Monday, Sportsnet insider Elliotte Friedman revealed that the Vancouver Canucks are expected to remain active in the trade market for center help despite signing David Kampf over the weekend.

While the trade market has been quiet lately, action is expected to pick up in the coming weeks and could lead to a fairly busy December before the NHL's holiday roster freeze takes effect on December 20th and runs through the 27th.

It's hard to pinpoint who the Vancouver Canucks could potentially target leading up to the trade deadline on Friday, March 6th as when they're at full health, something the club hopes will happen at some point next month, they don't really need any more center help.

Elias Pettersson, Teddy Blueger, Filip Chytil, Lukas Reichel, David Kampf and Aatu Raty all have roster spots locked down when the team's at full health, so perhaps Patrik Allvin could turn his attention to someone who can play primarily on the wing but also at center in a pinch and one player that could be a fit is Steven Stamkos of the Nashville Predators.