In this edition of the Vancouver Canucks News & Rumors, the Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators have shown interest in Tyler Myers. Meanwhile, the Columbus Blue Jackets have shown interest in Bo Horvat. Also, Luke Schenn is another player who the Canucks should receive a lot of trade calls for.
Maple Leafs & Senators Interested in Myers
Canucks defenceman Myers has emerged as a trade candidate for the club. Ottawa Sun writer Bruce Garrioch noted the Maple Leafs are interested in the 6-foot-8 defender (from ‘GARRIOCH: Erik Karlsson will return to his home in Ottawa, but not the Senators’ lineup,’ Ottawa Sun, Nov. 17, 2022).
“There’s also been talk the Vancouver Canucks are willing to move defenceman Tyler Myers and the Leafs have been among the teams kicking tires there.”
The Maple Leafs are likely interested in adding Myers, as they’ll be without defenceman Jake Muzzin. Toronto placed Muzzin on injured reserve, and he should be out of the lineup until March. The Maple Leafs aren’t the only team rumoured to be interested in Myers, as the Senators showed interest in the blueliner.
On 32 Thoughts: The Podcast, Jeff Marek noted he wouldn’t be surprised if the Senators were in talks with the Canucks. Elliott Friedman added Myers is a name that most think the Senators are interested in, but he has a partial no-trade, with a 10-team no-trade list. However, Rick Dhaliwal confirmed Myers or any other Canucks player has not rejected a trade between the Canucks and Senators, although a deal has not been close between the two clubs.
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A deal involving Myers would relieve the Canucks of the last two years of his five-year, $30 million deal. The organization will likely retain a sum of his salary to complete a trade.
Columbus is Interested in Horvat
Friedman mentioned the Blue Jackets as a team that might be interested in Horvat. The captain is in the final year of his deal and is slated to become an unrestricted free agent. After a hot start to the season, Horvat’s asking price is likely a lot higher. President Jim Rutherford noted re-signing Horvat is the club’s number one priority, but if the team can’t, they’ll hope for a good return.
“I give him a lot of credit. He could lose his focus here and be thinking about what’s going to happen with his contract and whatnot, but he came in…
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