Overview
- Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports Vancouver has told teams it will listen on veteran players in an effort to get younger.
- Captain Quinn Hughes is not being shopped at this time, and Filip Hronek is also not expected to be made available.
- Pending UFAs identified as potential trade chips include Evander Kane, Kiefer Sherwood, Teddy Blueger, David Kämpf, and Derek Forbort.
- Trade options are constrained by no‑move or no‑trade clauses held by key players such as Elias Pettersson, Brock Boeser, Jake DeBrusk, Marcus Pettersson, and Tyler Myers.
- The stance comes with Vancouver near the bottom of the standings and leading the NHL in goals against, with injuries to Thatcher Demko, Filip Chytil, Teddy Blueger, and Nils Höglander.