The Vancouver Canucks had media and Jim Rutherford answered some questions about Elias Pettersson, Andrei Kuzmenko and the NHL trade deadline. Congrats on an extension to our president of hockey ops!
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Ruthy looks like Deaners great grandpa’s barber
WELL IM WILLING TO GIVE UP HRONEK – MIKAYEV AND KUZMENKO FOR
LUKE AND JACK HUGHES AND NOT PART WITH ANY DRAFT PICKS – PLAY HOCKEY FOR A FEW WEEKS AND IF NEED BE AT TRADE DEADLINE
MOVE A FIRST ROUNDER
LUKE AND JACK ARE KILLING IT ON A STRUGGLING 21ST PLACE DEVILS
BRING THEM HOME AND FREE UP SOME CAP DOING SO
yup
sadly petey does not want to be a canuck my guess is he will go to a big market team la,rangers ,boston or somewhere like that
My guess is that Pettersson wants to see if the Canucks can make it to playoffs, and how far they'll go this Spring. I think those factors maybe influencing his decision whether or not to extend his contract.
He's not reluctant to sign. It's his agent and that's a tactic to get more money.
Kuzmenko hasn't lived up to his 5m contract this year.. like at all. the 3rd line is making him look pretty bad rn. We need two 2nd line forwards right now. If he was cheaper we could bear it a bit better, but at that price, you just expect more.
Kuz trade for some pics or considerations, free up the cap space and just give it all to Pettersson lol
Being open to any trade talks is where every team should be. That doesnt mean you do it, but you always want to entertain different options as they come up. Constantly changing a team is bad for chemistry so you obviously dont want to do that.