Saw this in an Athletic article from Jason Brough today, apologies if it’s been discussed already:
I dearly hope this is accurate.
That being said, I did speak to Trevor Linden on Friday, so here’s what I can pass on from Vancouver’s president of hockey operations:
“The speculation has gotten a life of its own,” said Linden, who admitted to rolling his eyes after seeing the seventh overall pick on TSN.ca’s Trade Bait board.
- There’s a very, very strong possibility that the Canucks are going to make the pick.
- To trade it, they’d have to get their doors blown off with a young player that they like, plus something else.
- And that, if you’ve been paying attention, would seem to quash those Noah Hanifin-for-the-seventh rumours that had the Canucks sweetening the pot to make a deal, not the Hurricanes.
I dearly hope this is accurate.