As expected, the veteran defenceman and former Canuck Chris Tanev is a right handed Defenseman that's been garnering lots of interest accross the NHL. The current belief is that his price of acquisition lies somewhere in the range of a 2nd Round Draft Selection.
Today, on the 32 Thoughts Podcast, Eliotte Friedman made an intriguing revelation and pointed out that two team's had been very aggressive and showed a strong will to acquire the veteran.
However, acquiring Tanev possibly means trading away Tyler Myers and it's probably where things are getting complicated for the Canucks. Acquiring Tanev would possibly allow Tocchet to split Filip Hronek and Quinn Hughes, meaning the defensive pairing could look something like that: