The Vancouver Canucks traded defenseman Tucker Poolman and a fourth-round pick to the Colorado Avalanche for defenseman Erik Brannstrom. The Canucks retained $500,000 of Poolman's $2.5 million cap hit in the deal.
It seemed like it would take some serious shenanigans for the Vancouver Canucks to avoid going into LTIR to start the 2024-25 season.
Instead, general manager Patrik Allvin outright traded Poolman, clearing most of his cap hit in the process. The Canucks have been trying to trade Poolman and his cap hit for over a year, as they had hoped to get out of LTIR last season in order to accrue cap space to make it easier to add a player at the trade deadline. They weren't able to do it then but managed it now, spending their fourth-round pick to get Poolman off the books. The Canucks previously acquired the Ottawa Senators' fourth-round pick from the Edmonton Oilers for Vasily Podkolzin.
If Brannstrom clears waivers, he's an excellent depth option From the perspective of the Avalanche, the trade makes sense as they will likely have to use LTIR anyway, as Gabe Landeskog will still be out long-term to start the season. Once a team is using LTIR, it can be beneficial to go as deeply into LTIR as possible to maximize the amount of cap relief available. Having Poolman on LTIR might actually make it easier to fit Landeskog under the cap if and when he returns.
The 25-year-old defenceman fell out of favour in Ottawa after failing to become the top-pairing play-driver they hoped he would be when they acquired the former 15th-overall pick from the Vegas Golden Knights in the Mark Stone trade. When his contract came up, he didn't receive a qualifying offer from the Senators and became an unrestricted free agent.
Brannstrom even played regular minutes on the Senators' penalty kill, providing some special teams value as well.
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