The Vancouver Canucks simply won’t make the playoffs in 2019 unless they make drastic changes to their blue line, but that’s easier said than done for general manager Jim Benning.
There was hope that top blueliner Alexander Edler would sign a new extension without much of an issue. But on the 31 Thoughts Podcast, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported what practiclaly no Canucks fan wants to here.
Friedman said there’s “a feeling this has gone off the rails,” and said that term has been an “issue” in negotiations. The Canucks would like the 33-year-old to be available in the expansion draft, per Friedman, but Edler “doesn’t want to be.