Sportsnet: Frank Seravalli on the Halford and Brough Present on the Vancouver Canucks seeking to make a transfer forward of the Vacation Roster freeze. They’re seeking to make a giant transfer.
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Seravalli: “I do have to share that the Canucks are one staff that I’ve my eye on between now and the commerce freeze on Thursday evening at midnight Japanese.
I do suppose that they’ve been fairly energetic right here in the previous few days, attempting to go after a defenseman to meet a number of the, you recognize, the wants that we’ve talked about all season lengthy. That environment friendly puck mover. I haven’t been capable of put my finger on precisely what they’re taking a look at or who they’re speaking to.
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, I do know everybody needs to instantly draw the road to Buffalo and point out Bowen Byram. However you recognize, once I have a look at the league, I feel there’s far more items on the chess board than simply Buffalo.
Host: “My query, the query that got here to thoughts for me listening to you say that’s, we’ve heard so many various issues that the Canucks could be keen on doing, proper? Wherever from I imply, you recognize, Elliotte Friedman throws out the large (Elias) Pettersson concept proper to Buffalo.
However from there all the way down to, you recognize, looking for a taker for Vincent Desharnais. And clearly, puck-moving defenseman is within the combine there. There’s been reviews that they’re in search of possibly some wing assist as nicely.
Do you’ve gotten, did you’ve gotten any sense of, like, the magnitude of the kind of deal they could be engaged on this week, proper? Is it so simple as, ‘hey, we’re attempting to get Vincent Desharnais a brand new house and release some cap area’ or, or may or not it’s one thing extra substantial?
Seravalli: “No, I’m, I’m instructed it’s one thing extra substantial that they’re engaged on. That they’re in search of, that top-four defenseman addition that they’re attempting to make.
And I’m not saying it’s going to occur by Thursday, by any stretch of the creativeness. Simply that talks had picked up on that entrance. There’s some sense that they could have gotten nearer.
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And it’s, you recognize, all these different issues are good, type of ancillary strikes on the chessboard which can be good to haves, however not must have. And I feel even going again to the top of coaching camp and the beginning of this season, that has been by far the primary, you recognize factor on everybody’s want listing in Vancouver’s entrance workplace and training employees has been, get a top0four version if we are able to that’s, that’s extra environment friendly, transferring the pocket.
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