For the first time in years, the Vancouver Canucks were in a clear selling position at the trade deadline. Fans of the club, eager for change to a team that has been woefully inconsistent this season, gleefully speculated which players would be traded, to whom, and what the return might be.
After all the anticipation of changes to come, fans were treated to a grand total of two trades: prospect forward Hunter Shinkaruk to the Calgary Flames for centre Markus Granlund, and a fifth-round pick to the Edmonton Oilers for defenceman Philip Larsen. Additionally, the Oilers took Adam Cracknell from the Canucks after he was placed on waivers.