Despite being tepidly mentioned in some trade rumors leading up to the deadline, don’t expect much activity from the Vegas Golden Knights this week. Vegas dominated the headlines during last year’s deadline but are taking an increasingly mild-mannered approach to the market this season.
In an interview with Daren Millard and Ryan Wallis of the VGK Insider Show, Golden Knights’ general manager Kelly McCrimmon was quoted saying, “We’ve sort of said from the outset that we don’t anticipate being real busy this week, I still maintain that. That was the position we felt we were in right from the beginning of the season.”
If they maintain that approach through this year’s deadline, it would be a notable deviation from years past. Much to the dismay of many fans around the league, the Golden Knights have infamously acquired Tomáš Hertl, Noah Hanifin, Anthony Mantha, Jonathan Quick, Teddy Blueger, and Ivan Barbashev over the last two deadlines. It would remove a consistent buyer from the market if they’ve preemptively decided to sit this deadline out.
Other trade notes from the Pacific Division:
- Sportsnet’s Iain MacIntyre shared a quote from the general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, Patrik Allvin, saying, “You’re always trying to make the team better. But I think we’re in the position this year where. . . I don’t envision any (rental) pickups like last year. We’re just going to continue to build and get better.” This would have been a confusing quote as recently as a few weeks ago given the Canucks acquired then-rental Marcus Pettersson and Drew O’Connor from the Pittsburgh Penguins. However, Vancouver quickly extended both players. Allvin’s quote doesn’t necessarily mean the Canucks are done trading but it likely indicates most of their heavy lifting is complete.
- According to TSN’s Pierre LeBrun, the Seattle Kraken have indicated they’re willing to retain 50% of Brandon Tanev’s $3.5MM cap hit. If Tanev’s market wasn’t already robust, the news should open up his market to most, if not all, of the contending teams this season. The 10-year veteran would instantly improve any team’s bottom six and should command a second-round pick in a strong seller’s market.
After the deadline, Vancouver may look like an expansion team.
What’s your team usakesler? Just so we can all get some insight
I’m a fan, I watch all 32 teams, I was a Blackhawks fan most of my life, Being from Illinois originally.
Right on. Blackhawks are legit not a lottery team again so keep hating on everyone else….you do you
Jeez buddy, what’s your problem with usakesler? You got something against someone expressing an opinion? Maybe STFU and let people talk hockey, instead of trolling.
The irony of this comment is hilarious. Hang around for a couple days Punny, you’ll see what I mean
I could be pretty happy watching Turbo working for the cup in a Leafs jersey.
I love Turbo, So fun to watch.
Tanev to Dallas would be a nice fit.
Tampa has been one of the reported teams linked to Brandon Tanev & wouldn’t mind them adding him to their bottom-six to give them more additional grit & some secondary scoring.