This Is CRAZY... - Insiders Reveal MULTIPLE Canucks Moves Incoming

Multiple insiders have revealed the Vancouver Canucks are actively looking to move on from UFAs at this year's trade deadline, while Elliot Freeman also reveals the Canucks are looking to add a forward and specifically a center. We're going to break all this down on this episode, including the implications for not only this year in the postseason, but going into next year. But before we get into that, if you're enjoying this content, make sure to go down and hit that subscribe button. It's completely free. But Josh, we can hop straight into this today, where we did see Elliot Freeman talking about the Canucks are a team to keep an eye on with their UFAs, and there's been movement. Rick Dolly went in to say, could be Suter, they are far apart in their contract talks. Now we know with Pew Suter, we've seen Elliot Freeman on 32 Thoughts Podcast speak on it too, and I've heard them and Pewter are not close on the extension. I mean, looking at this, Josh, there's so much noise coming out of Vancouver. do you think Suter has an almost big enough market where the Canucks could even flip them for more pieces and make a second trade which we will touch on a little later i mean it wouldn't shock me Suter is one of those guys who i mean since he's coming to the league he's been quite consistent right you're getting about 15 goals from him though he's on pace for closer to 20 this year the cap hit is not egregious you know some people could fill him in and like honestly i think there could be a market for Suter but the thing is like again if a team is trading for him the market for just a pure rental if you know you're gonna have to give up any kind of significant asset for him i'm not sold it's gonna be huge but i think the Canucks are just willing to listen because again it's one of those cases where you know Vancouver does have some cap space they could maybe bring him back or whatever but if they're not close in terms of an extension for him if he wants a lot more of the Canucks are willing to do as you get close to this trade deadline with the amount of space the Canucks have to bring in maybe someone else to replace a guy like Pewter Suter I don't know if you're not going to sign him you might as well give him up instead of just losing him for nothing in the offseason that's often my thought but again you're going to want to get enough back that it helps your playoff push this year I don't know Pewter Suter is one of those weird cases for me Mark where I can see him having some value I just don't know if the value is going to be enough for the Canucks to be willing to part with him prior to this playoff push considering he is like up near the top of the team in terms of goal scoring and I mean, the biggest thing is he wants a significant raise going into this offseason. Besser is someone they need to sign. They have a lot of guys that are going to be UFAs. I mean, Derek Horvitz is probably going to either be moved on from or kept so the names in the market But looking at this, I do think there's a chance they move on from Pewter Suter We've seen LV and Jim Rutherford both come out and say hey, we don't want to lose our own rentals We've seen it happen with the door off the window, and we talk about it constantly seeing these guys walk for nothing in the offseason after giving up a haul for both these guys is not something Canucks want to do but talking about more trade shots I mean we also did get from Elliot Friedman on his 32 Thoughts podcast which we will link down below he said they're looking for another forward I think they like to add another center now just looking at this this is a Canucks team that had a hot start going into the Four Nations we know as soon as they came out they're one and four after that but looking at the Canucks looking to add is that kind of surprising from where they're currently in the standings I mean it's hard to say if it's surprising or not I'm gonna be honest like looking at the Canucks situation it's kind of hard to follow everything that's going on you know you hear oh JT Miller's gonna stay and then he's immediately traded and Elias Pettersson's getting better and now he's registering less than a shot per game over his last little while there's looking at their top six you know even their top nine it's hard to say that they maybe couldn't use an upgrade depending on who's available so i do think it makes sense that vancouver would want to add specifically a center moving forward but if vancouver is going to do that in my mind that needs to be a center that comes with term or is at least controllable by the team because there is no point in bringing in another UFA like Brock Nelson for example i mean there's a few other guys on this list like even Ryan Donato is having a great year but is vancouver really the spot for him hey he could bolster their center core but like i don't know to me vancouver if they want a center it's probably going to be someone with term simply because they're somewhat committed to what they have right now like unless they're willing to blow it all up which is something that Alvin then look all the management have said like that's not that's not something they really want to do if they can help it a center makes sense but in terms of the guys available there's only a certain handful of guys and i think we're going to get into a couple of them just here in a second because the biggest thing is we've seen them go out pick up Philip Tittle to come in as good as he's been and a good play driver i think he's more better on a third line center especially if they do move on from Suter in this trade deadline they could use Tittle as that third line center but going out to acquire a new second line center I mean we've seen them flip assets to go and use those assets to bring another piece as we've seen with Marcus Pedersen coming from Pittsburgh after they got the first from the Rangers so I wouldn't be surprised if they moved on from Suter and used it but Josh some of these guys the first team on the list we'd like to talk about is Dylan Cousins I mean the biggest thing listen with Dylan Cousins he is having a very down year we've seen him sign his extension and I know Canucks fans want to stay away from a guy that's not producing on his new contract but Dylan Cousins 24 years old he's been on this Buffalo team that's not a very good team let's be honest here maybe he unlocked something but I would not want to move on from Elias Pettersson for Dylan Cousins especially with the fact that Cousins is not living up to his expectations either looking at this do you think the assets the Canucks maybe have at the moment it's even enough to get a guy like this I mean it's hard to say because I don't actually know what Dylan Cousins trade value is I don't know what other teams are willing to offer him and I'm sure there's been a lot of teams calling over to Buffalo to see if they can pry him away from them the thing is like Dylan Cousins is making seven million dollars a year 7.1 million dollars for another five years after this so it's like you know like you said the history of the Vancouver has with certain contracts and players not living up to them it's just something you want to stay away from if you can help it can he develop into a 2c i still believe he can i mean that can he's just two seasons removed from that 31 goal season that near point per game year but what was near point per game he was close enough but right now there's more proof that he's a middle six level producer than there is a top six level producer a guy who was projected to be a two-way one c after that 22 23 season is now 24 years old and is showing signs of regression so as much as he looks like he could be good in the right fit and he does fit that guy who could be a 2c for the Canucks going forward as you know a guy who they have under their control I am not sold on him coming to Vancouver I would not make this move at all I think there's some other options even on shorter term deals that the Canucks could aim for but hey that kind of age range with that kind of control does fit I just I'm just not sold that Cousins is that final puzzle piece you know because i mean Alvin said they want to go out and pick up centers that's in the early to mid 20s i mean he does fit that with 24 years old we've seen him have a successful season with 31 goals with 68 points like you said in 22 but the biggest thing with Cousins is they're going to ask for a haul a young center that has the potential on a team control for the next seven seasons or five seasons i should say but looking at this i would not move any sniffing of pieces Tom Wilson i wouldn't touch a Weegar, Mackie, DPD i wouldn't want to move these guys out if you could buy low on them yes take the chance have them as a 2C but Josh kind of looking at the list there are a lot of guys like you said that do not make sense on the list there's older guys like Brock Nelson maybe the Canucks were looking to add like last season yes pick up a guy like this but someone that is very intriguing and with the fact that Minnesota wants to add a guy like Brock Besser what's your thoughts on Marco Rossi a guy that's going to be an RFA at the end of the season still only 23 years old in the midst of a breakout season is this a piece that if the Canucks could acquire in say a Brock Besser trade or for other assets would you pull this trigger as the Canucks management if I if I'm Canucks management and I'm floated Marco Rossi for anything other than like a drastic overpay I think that's the exact kind of move you'd want to do like again he's small and so you know there's always that concern of a guy playing center but again this guy was a former 120 point player he was probably the best player in the OHL that year he's had some health concerns throughout his career but his comeback story has been amazing 21 goals 51 points in 61 games playing the 1C role producing like a 1C while he's been there and he just has such a bright future ahead of him so for right now this is the exact kind of guy that i'd be sold on taking a swing on like if it doesn't cost anything ridiculous the production backs up everything for him the AHL production into the NHL production every single year is getting better all the signs were there the only issue is his height is that someone that you want to bring into the Canucks i think it could still work especially if you don't have to give up anything drastic for him again his name has been reportedly floated by the Wild if i'm Minnesota I don't understand trading him for Brock Besser type because Rossi will fit your long-term goals better unless you're concerned that you won't be able to pay everyone that you need to on the team but Faber's gonna ask for something huge but hey look if you can move on from Faber you can move on from maybe something else as well and you can bring in a budding young star in Rossi I think he fits the bill pretty much exactly for what the Canucks are looking for again minus maybe the size because I mean the biggest thing is like you said the size being 5'9 is center 23 years old it does fit the mold when it comes to the position the age with the production on a breakout season but the biggest thing is getting him out of Minnesota like you've said if Faber a one for one yes make this trade I love Brock Faber I think he's a huge part for this Canucks team but looking at the contract talks the fact that they're not close to an extension we've seen one rejected early season talks are quiet if they're going to lose Besser for nothing make this trade Even if you have an extension in place, I think this is a trade you almost need to make. This is a team that clearly needs to retool a bit, and I think Rossi would be a major piece. Having PD, Rossi, and Hedley as your three centers, yes, you're not going to have the most physical centers, but you have Kieser Sherwood. Garland plays a lot bigger than he actually is, but what's your guys' thoughts on this? What's your thoughts on going out and maybe acquiring a guy like Marco Rossi? What's your thoughts on Q Suter maybe getting moved? Let us know down below. while you're down there just leave a comment make sure to go subscribe we love reading your comments but i've been your host mark by with my co-host josh goss and take care