Pears

Honestly, I've kind of thought that sort of swap would make a lot of sense. Gives Pettersson some time to adjust to the NHL, he's an offensive minded centreman (who is currently being usurped in the TBL lineup by the younger/cheaper Yanni Gourde), he's localish (Johnson is from Spokane), and TBL needs to dump a contract soon as they start re-signing there young guys... Plus, he's 27. So he's just young enough to grow with this new core but just old enough to be a bit of an "NHL veteran". Question is -- will TBL want more from the Canucks to do this. I think this deal is possible for both sides. I guess the other question would be -- who in the Canucks depth chart would replace Tanev?

TBL offer prob be like Koekoek and a 4th

It makes a lot of sense. But Tampa should add. They are the ones operating under a deadline (Johnson has a full NTC that starts July 1st).