Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet: The Vancouver Canucks have pending UFAs in Evander Kane and Teddy Blueger they can move. With term, Elias Pettersson and Jake DeBrusk would need to waive their no-movement clauses.
The Carolina Hurricanes, Detroit Red Wings, and Los Angeles Kings could have interest in Pettersson. The Canucks would need a center to come back in a package. They need someone to play there now if they move Pettersson. Could Jesperi Kotkaniemi be a placeholder for now?
DeBrusk has five years left at a $5.5 million cap hit and can play anywhere in the top nine.
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Is it getting close to the time when Mika Zibanejad wonders about his future with the New York Rangers?
The Sheet with Jeff Marek: Vince Z. Cogliano wonders if New York Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad will get to the point where he’d be okay with a change of scenery.
“At 33 years old, does Mika look around and say, ‘You know what, winning is important to me at this stage of my career, and going somewhere else will give me a better opportunity to do that?’
I would not be shocked. I’ll just say that. I have not asked Mika this direct question, so I don’t want to speak on his behalf at this moment, but that is a guy who I could see it getting there. Is the way that I would put it.
And he’s having a much better season. A lot of guys in this team are having bad seasons right now, but he, he last year was a really difficult one for him. He’s been playing fairly well. He’s one of the few guys I would point to and say that.
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So I think the value has probably been propped up a little bit for him with the season that he’s having as well. So, I wonder if that’s a road the Rangers try to go down. Probably not now, more likely in the summer.”
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