For Vancouver Canucks veterans like Ryan Miller, Alex Burrows and Jannik Hansen, the 2017 trade deadline could get interesting. If the Canucks fall out of the playoff race, those players will be expandable and should probably be let go.
Although GM Jim Benning has stated other plans in the past.
Deadline Strategy
J.D. Burke (Canucks Army) — Are the Canucks Changing Their Trade Deadline Tune?
Going as far back as December, Canucks General Manager Jim Benning indicated to The Province’s Jason Botchford that he wanted the market aware he has no desire to ask players to waive their no-trade clauses to facilitate trades for the March 1st deadline.