Rick Dhaliwal and Thomas Drance: Again, the Tanner Pearson talk persists. Hot streak or no hot streak, the Vancouver Canucks are entertaining options — even with Pearson. With a couple of waiver-wire moves, it is likely that Vancouver will sell some expiring deals, etc. at the trade deadline.
It is why the Pearson chatter becomes interesting. There is that lateral move with Jake Virtanen for Danton Heinen. So, basically, the Vancouver Canucks expect to sell with an eye towards peaking at the trade market. One cannot usually have both but this trade deadline expects to feature a little of everything.