'I don’t think there was a lot of quality players available.'
The Vancouver Canucks were active on trade deadline day. In general manager Patrik Allvin’s own words, they were “involved in most of the players that were available.” They just didn’t consummate a single deal.
Allvin suggested that the trade market wasn’t that deep, even as it appeared to be a buyer’s market, with players moved for seemingly cheap prices."We already parted ways with a lot of draft picks." The issue for the Canucks wasn’t just the acquisition cost. Theoretically, yes, the Canucks could have offered second and third-round picks for Toffoli or bettered the Predators offer for Zucker. They even could have offered up better prospects to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Guentzel.
So yes, the Canucks could have traded their third-round pick in 2024 and second-round pick in 2025 — the exact package that the Jets used to get Toffoli — but it would mean having just a fourth, two sixths, and a seventh in the 2024 draft and no second or third-round picks in the 2025 draft. Beyond just limiting their ability to find future stars in the draft, it would have further depleted their draft and prospect capital, hindering their ability to make deals in the future.
“There were a couple of intriguing players available and we were in those discussions and, for whatever reason, they didn’t end up here,” said Allvin. “But we also weren’t willing to part ways with future assets or the young players that we have that we believe can come in and help us here over the next couple of years.”
Either one of those would have significantly increased the asking price in a trade, adding more picks and prospects that the Canucks either didn’t have or didn’t want to part with. “We always try to be ahead of things,” said Allvin, “even getting players in earlier, so they have a chance to adjust.”
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