Pavel Burrows Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Canucks still shopping Edler July 3, 2013 Even though his no-trade clause kicked in July 1, the Vancouver Canucks are still dangling defenseman Alexander Edler as trade bait. Edler, 27, will likely need to sign off on any trade the Canucks try to complete, but that hasn't stopped Canucks GM Mike Gillis from shopping him. With roughly $5 million in available salary cap space, which includes the buyout of defenseman Keith Ballard, the Canucks are looking to create more room to re-sign some of their own players and lure free agents to town. Canucks GM Mike Gillis and his staff have been fielding calls for All-Star rearguard Alexander Edler, whose no-trade clause kicked in on July 1. Teams are still speaking to Vancouver about Edler, such as Detroit, Tampa Bay, Montreal and Carolina, but it's unclear if anything is imminent. The Canucks want to add a young center to man their third line. If they deal Edler, they'd want a young defenseman as part of a package in return The Detroit Red Wings, Carolina Hurricanes and Montreal Canadiens are among the teams interested in Edler. A source close to the situation told TFP the Red Wings had offered a package that included young defenseman Brendan Smith in exchange for Edler, but that offer was rejected. Canucks looking for young third line center and young Defenseman! http://www.thefourthperiod.com/news/van130703.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeanBeef Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 lol wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 We can't say whether MG declining a RUMOURED trade offer was a bad idea unless we know what the whole package actually was. And chances are we'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJamIam Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Canucks still shopping Edler Even though his no-trade clause kicked in July 1, the Vancouver Canucks are still dangling defenseman Alexander Edler as trade bait. Edler, 27, will likely need to sign off on any trade the Canucks try to complete, but that hasn't stopped Canucks GM Mike Gillis from shopping him. With roughly $8 million in available salary cap space, which includes the buyout of defenseman Keith Ballard, the Canucks are looking to create more room to re-sign some of their own players and lure free agents to town. According to the Vancouver Province, the Canucks are looking for a young center to man the team's third-line and some top young talent in exchange for Edler. The Detroit Red Wings, Carolina Hurricanes and Montreal Canadiens are among the teams interested in Edler. A source close to the situation told TFP the Red Wings had offered a package that included young defenseman Brendan Smith in exchange for Edler, but that offer was rejected. http://www.topsite.c...ourthperiod.com Canucks looking for young third line center and some top young talent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ferguson Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Interesting, but I think we need a top 6 forward rather then a third line centre now, we're gonna give it to either Richardson or a young guy (probs schroeder) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yete Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 BREAKING NEWS MIKE GILLIS HAS TRADED EDLER AWAY FOR A DRAFT PICK ....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavel Burrows Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 If Brenden smith was just part of the package then I would have done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabatoge95 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I hope we don't trade him to Detroit because Ken Holland would rape Gillis in a trade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavel Burrows Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 Hold up guys. This guy just travelled from the past to tell us about a story that's no longer valid because of our cap situation. We should listen to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Smith was included? Nyquist and Smith maybe? Maybe a pick included as well? I probably would've taken that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jab316 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Let's see how he does under Torts. If he's under-achieving by early Dec, that's when you trade him. As long as Torts can get him to shoot more, he should be just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 thefourthperiod=invalid source. bunch of scrub writers. I'd trust botchford before these clowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckRow Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 So tired of management looking for a third line centre! Way too fixated on a problem we don't even have, while we have many options for that position. What this team needs is an addition to the non existent 2nd that we've had for two years. Very frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueberries Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 8 million in cap this is from July 5th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavel Burrows Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 ^ I agree! We need a 2nd line Playmaker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totes McGoats Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Yeah, we don't have 8 million in Cap space, and TFP is one of the worst non-sources on the internet. I think I'm going to make a god-damned hockey website and invite all the best posters from CDC to write it with me.. it would have more cred that that pile of crap, or any other hockey rumor site on the internet for that matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Doughty Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I don't get why everyone wants to trade a top 2 defencemen. I thought we wanted to win now. If we trade edler, we might as well trade the Sedins and Kesler as well and go in a full rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Yeah, we don't have 8 million in Cap space, and TFP is one of the worst non-sources on the internet. I think I'm going to make a god-damned hockey website and invite all the best posters from CDC to write it with me.. it would have more cred that that pile of crap, or any other hockey rumor site on the internet for that matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LindenBurrows Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 BREAKING NEWS MIKE GILLIS HAS TRADED EDLER AWAY FOR A DRAFT PICK ....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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