Confirmed Trade: [VAN/PIT] Marcus Pettersson, Drew O’Connor for Danton Heinen, Vincent Desharnais, Melvin Fernstrom, NYR's c. 2025 1st (top 13 protected)

[canuckslover10]

Im surprised people think this is a bad trade IMO if we re-sign Pettersson this trade is quite fair for a 6 foot 5 top 4 defensemen.

 

[Turin]

Van fans: DOC is gonna piss you off. He can look like he should be a star power fwd 2 weeks every season. Then he’s a 4th liner the rest of the time.

 

[The don godfather]

Man nucks you did so well with that chytll trade with that 1st round pick attached. I'm flabbergasted why trade that 1st which could be unprotected next year. So confused.

 

[DekeyPete]

The volume widget makes it look unprofessional

Thank god I'm just a dude on a hockey forum then lol

 

[eviohh26]

Van fans: DOC is gonna piss you off. He can look like he should be a star power fwd 2 weeks every season. Then he’s a 4th liner the rest of the time.

Pretty sure we expect him to play around the 4th line.

 

[Cloned]

inb4 Pittsburgh gets their fourth (fifth depending on who you ask) generational player with this pick next year.

 

[ijuka]

Why are Canucks doing this? Someone smarter than me please explain.

If they're going for it, why trade away JT Miller? If they're not going for it, why trade away a first round pick?

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

I like Desharnais coming back actually. We need some edge on our blueline. Petts, Letang and Karlsson play the game like a bunch of marshmallows.

I am fine taking Heinen and Desharnais back. We need contributing players now. Petts was a rollercoaster this season, sometimes our best defenseman, sometimes our worst. 1st round pick was the key.

...Desharnais is the Ultimate Warrior of the NHL...

...blows his load on the way to the ice and then is useless for the rest of the night...

 

[Jee]

How many Petterssons do they need lmao?

 

[S E P H]

As an Oiler fan, I absolutely love what the Canucks are doing today

They got the two best players in the entire deal though...

 

[Schennanigans]

Lol I thought this was the other one getting traded from Vancouver. Safe to say EP stays put now.

 

[BrickNHL]

They got the two best players in the entire deal though...

For that 1st rounder, I would hope so bro

 

[ryan callahan]

This post is so bad that I actually believe you are really Ryan Callahan.

Hit a nerve uh? Crosby staying with the joke that is the current edition of the Pens is actively hurting his legacy. If he stays he doesn't finish his career strong and just racks up a couple of meaningless 70-80 pts yrs on a team trying desperately to delay the rebuild with 0 assets whatsoever.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

The fact that the Penguins got back that milquetoast wanker Heinen, proves Mike Sullivan's the GM.

 

[The don godfather]

Not a huge fan of trading that 1st so quickly but that’s only because I was hoping it would end up bumping to next year when realistically it will probably be around a 14-20 pick this season.

Pettersson is a good pickup though and I’m assuming they’ll get him re-signed.

Trading that 1st was first dumb by rags and now nucks. That's some sweet currency being dumped around.

 

[Peter Griffin]

So Miller, Heinen, Desharnais, Brannstrom, Fernstrom, and Dorrington for Pettersson, Chytil, O’Connor and Mancini.

Dorrington is a low-end prospect filler so let’s take him out. Brannstrom had already been waived. Heinen and Desharnais are depth bodies each with an additional year. I don’t view them as heavily negative assets but I do view their “loss” as flexibility creators.

Mancini and Fernstrom are both solid prospects. Mancini will help more immediately but Fernstrom is a guy to watch down the road…as I said before he’s still 18 and an SHL regular which is trending up for a guy who just got picked in the 3rd round. But let’s call that a wash form a pure asset value standpoint.

The meat of the deal in total is Miller for Pettersson, Chytil and O’Connor - with a presumption that some of the cap flexibility created will be used to help resign Pettersson (and maybe O’Connor).

So that’s an ultra solid #3 type defenseman with great size, a talented but often injured middle six center who has some theoretical top six upside and an interesting third line winger who occasionally can pop in a more middle six role for a very talented (and unhappy) first line star forward with a bajillion years left on his deal (albeit at a good AAV).

No judgements…just how I would break it down.

Just have to say, I wish more posters would take a level headed approach to evaluating trades like you have rather than just “lol canucks suck!”. Good job!

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

The Canucks never do anything right.

 

[tiny103]

How many Petterssons do they need lmao?

all of them of course

 

[Vitto79]

Im surprised people think this is a bad trade IMO if we re-sign Pettersson this trade is quite fair for a 6 foot 5 top 4 defensemen.

Yup IF
Could be flipping him in a month otherwise

 

[NinjaKick]

Can a Canucks fan explain why I'm seeing so many comments celebrating getting rid of the bad Desharnais and Heinen contracts and paying a premium to do so? It doesn't look like they really need to shed cap. If they were both buried, they'd be under $2M combined, and the team looks to have a substantial amount of room. What am I missing?

not a Canucks fan but your missing that they also received Marcus Pettersson and Drew O'Connor... two effective players... it's more than a cap dump trade

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[Silky mitts]

The last time Vancouver traded for a 1st they traded it immediately too with the Horvat/Hronek deals

 

[The don godfather]

Why are Canucks doing this? Someone smarter than me please explain.

If they're going for it, why trade away JT Miller? If they're not going for it, why trade away a first round pick?

Bingo I loved the chytll trade not this one. Should have stopped right there.

 

[arttk]

Van fans: DOC is gonna piss you off. He can look like he should be a star power fwd 2 weeks every season. Then he’s a 4th liner the rest of the time.

It’s ok, that sounds better than heinen

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

At the cost of a 1st that could be unprotected next year

The rangers first

they not gonna enter lottery, MSG wont allow them after extending Igor

 

[Zanon]

Im surprised people think this is a bad trade IMO if we re-sign Pettersson this trade is quite fair for a 6 foot 5 top 4 defensemen.

It’s decent. No more Desharnais and Heinen is a win.