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In the first edition of Trade Deadline Matchmaker, Mike Futa and Kris Versteeg each pick a player they believe would be the ‘perfect match’ for all four ‘buyers’ in the Canadian North division ahead of the trade deadline. | April 10, 2021, 8:22 AM
April 10, 2021, 8:22 AM
A quick mix of the things we gleaned from the week of hockey, serious and less so, and rolling four lines deep. We re under 60 hours till deadline. LTIR you ready?
1. “It’s all on the table for us at this point,” Kyle Dubas declared during a Maple Leafs TV broadcast last week.
Don’t expect the Vancouver Canucks to be busy ahead of Monday’s NHL trade deadline.
Given where the Canucks sit in the standings eight points back of the final playoff spot with just 19 games left in a normal year, they would be deadline sellers. They would be expected to trade players on expiring contracts for draft picks, gearing up for next season.
But of course, this year is anything but normal, and that’s especially true for the Canucks in particular.
Ten days after discovering that COVID-19 had infiltrated their team, 25 members of the team have tested positive for the virus. They still have 19 players on the NHL’s COVID protocol list.
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