Maybe Columbus does that, but only if they can't find a deal that is just dealing out Peeke or Boqvist for a pick. Personally, I think they'd rather keep Peeke since they have so many offensively capable dmen, i.e. Werenski, Severson, Bean, Jiricek, Mateychuk, Svozil, Blankenburg. Peeke is a good fill-in and can replace Gudbranson in the next year or two whenever it makes sense to buy him out.

Not sure why the Canucks pay to take on a bad contract with term (Peeke). Peeke is really only an option in a Garland trade, where they save cap over time. A bottom six winger also holds the same attraction (none) for the Canucks. Adding cap, term and truly insignificant players is probably not something any team wants to do, let alone pay for the privilege.