The 27-year-old boasts a wide array of creative offensive tools. He’s a shifty, agile skater and has silky-smooth hands with the puck which allow him to excel as a puck transporter. He led Nashville Predators forwards at creating offensive zone entries with possession last season, according to Corey Sznajder’s tracking.

Despite a whirlwind 2024-25 NHL campaign, the Vancouver Canucks are still expected to be a playoff team come mid-April.

The Vancouver Canucks do like their Friday trades, making another move today. The team has shipped defenseman Mark Friedman to the Nashville Predators in return for future considerations. Many fans and pundits believe that Vancouver is making room for a bigger transaction later on ahead of the March 7 deadline.

According to Elite Prospects Cam Robinson, the Vancouver Canucks have officially pulled forward Elias Pettersson off of the trade market as the NHL embarks on the inaugural 4 Nations Face-off tournament.

When the 4 Nations Face-Off rosters were announced in early February, a total of four Vancouver Canucks were announced as participants. Now, it’s down to two.

There’s no question that this will be a huge blow for Team USA ahead of the Four Nations Face-Off. On Sunday evening, National Hockey League insider Elliotte Friedman revealed that Vancouver Canucks star defenseman Quinn Hughes would be pulling himself out of the Four Nations Face-Off tournament due to an injury.