Team: 2023-24 Vancouver Canucks

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 25, 2024

Published: Jan. 29, 2024

LTIR Enabled: Yes

Season Days: 192

Days Remaining: 84

Season Remaining: 44%

Projected Cap Hit Prior To Days Remaining : $86,909,805

Reviewed trade deadlines for the past few seasons and these seem to align with the acquisition cost.

1. Kuzmenko to CHI: supposed that VAN got its 2nd back in the deal. Obviously CHI is hurting for offense - 6 goals in the last 6 games (4 of those in a single game). Send Kuzmenko to CHI to help them be respectable on the scoreboard. Also has value in his contract is only through 24-25 when he becomes a UFA. CHI can build him back up and use him as trade leverage next season (or extend if he finds new chemistry with a player like Bedard or a likely top 3 pick in this summer's draft.)

2. Basically creating the equivalent of the Hronek deal. VAN sends a 1st and 2nd to BUF and gets a player on a RFA deal that expires after the 24-25 season. Mittlestadt fills a 2C option for VAN, or can rotate to the wing in the event that Tocchet wants to split up the Lotto line.

3. Reacquiring Tanev with a deal that is structured similarly to the Chiarot acquisition by FLA in 22 - a B prospect, a 1st and I've upped the ante to a 3rd (instead of a 4th).

Overall this doesn't fully address the "needs a scoring winger" option, unless you operate on the presumption that Mittlestadt can shift to the wing when the Lotto Line is not loaded up. Does help shore up the PK with the acquisition of Tanev and give flexibility to pair Hughes with Hronek when looking for offense, or for Hughes-Tanev if you want to split up your puck movers. Team still has admirable depth on D, allowing for Cole to shift in and out with Zadorov (or Soucy if he can't stay healthy - knock on wood).

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