Overview

• Senior club sources told The Athletic the Canucks have cooled significantly on signing UFA Jack Roslovic.
• Management now prioritizes acquiring a credible middle-six center via trade and would make a deal immediately for the right fit, even a defensively tilted one.
• The team’s short-term calculus leans on a healthy Filip Chytil and Aatu Räty’s progress, with Räty coming off 40 points in 43 AHL games and late-season NHL action.
• Vancouver holds just over $3 million in cap space and may wait until closer to Canadian Thanksgiving before adding reinforcements.
• Roslovic remains unsigned with multiple teams interested, and early summer projections of a multi-year $4 million-plus AAV have given way to the possibility of a shorter one-year deal.