Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet: The Vancouver Canucks have shopped forward Jake Virtanen before. Right now Canucks GM Jim Benning wouldn’t be dealing Virtanen from a position of strength.
Elliotte Friedman reported that the Canucks are also listening to calls on forward Adam Gaudette. Both Virtanen and Gaudette are 24-years old and were scratched over the weekend.
If Benning had received an offer he like before the draft this past offseason, Virtanen likely would have already been moved. The cap crunch and teams wanting to hold on to draft picks lowered the offers.