<p>The Vancouver Canucks could be gearing up to make their big splash soon.</p>
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<p>On Wednesday morning&#8217;s edition of <a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/650/halford-brough-morning/">Sportsnet 650&#8217;s Halford and Brough</a>, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/">Daily Faceoff&#8217;s Frank Seravalli</a> shared the latest he&#8217;s hearing about the Canucks&#8217; activity on the trade market ahead of the NHL roster freeze at midnight ET on Thursday night.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Canucks are one team that I have my eye on between now and the trade freeze on Thursday night at midnight Eastern. I do think that they&#8217;ve been pretty active here in the last few days, trying to go after a defenceman to fulfill some of the needs that we&#8217;ve talked about all season long, that efficient puck mover. I haven&#8217;t been able to put my finger on exactly what they&#8217;re looking at or who they&#8217;re talking to. I know everyone wants to immediately draw the line to Buffalo and mention Bowen Byram, but when I look at the league, I think there&#8217;s way more pieces on the chessboard than just Buffalo&#8230; I&#8217;m told it&#8217;s something more substantial [than moving Vincent Desharnais]. They&#8217;re looking for that top four defenceman addition that they&#8217;re trying to make. And I&#8217;m not saying it&#8217;s going to happen by Thursday by any stretch of the imagination, just that talks had picked up on that front there&#8217;s some sense that they might have gotten closer.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/vancouver-canucks-calling-teams-acquiring-top-four-defenceman-winger-reports">Recent reports have suggested</a> that the Canucks would like to add both a winger and a top four defenceman ahead of the March 7th NHL Trade Deadline. Additionally, it&#8217;s believed that the Canucks are looking to deal away Vincent Desharnais, as the hulking defenceman&#8217;s Canucks tenure has gotten off to a poor start after signing a two-year deal with the club this past offseason.</p>
<p><a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/rutherford-says-vancouver-canucks-need-add-couple-players-order-contend">Jim Rutherford&#8217;s comments</a> over the weekend that the Canucks would need a &#8220;couple&#8221; of players in order to contend certainly caught everyone&#8217;s interest, and learning that the Canucks are getting active in the trade market ahead of Thursday&#8217;s roster freeze comes as little surprise.</p>
<p>More to come.</p>
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The Vancouver Canucks could be gearing up to make their big splash soon.
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On Wednesday morning's edition of <a href="https://www.sportsnet.ca/650/halford-brough-morning/">Sportsnet 650's Halford and Brough</a>, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/">Daily Faceoff's Frank Seravalli</a> shared the latest he's hearing about the Canucks' activity on the trade market ahead of the NHL roster freeze at midnight ET on Thursday night.
<blockquote>"The Canucks are one team that I have my eye on between now and the trade freeze on Thursday night at midnight Eastern. I do think that they've been pretty active here in the last few days, trying to go after a defenceman to fulfill some of the needs that we've talked about all season long, that efficient puck mover. I haven't been able to put my finger on exactly what they're looking at or who they're talking to. I know everyone wants to immediately draw the line to Buffalo and mention Bowen Byram, but when I look at the league, I think there's way more pieces on the chessboard than just Buffalo... I'm told it's something more substantial [than moving Vincent Desharnais]. They're looking for that top four defenceman addition that they're trying to make. And I'm not saying it's going to happen by Thursday by any stretch of the imagination, just that talks had picked up on that front there's some sense that they might have gotten closer."</blockquote>
<a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/vancouver-canucks-calling-teams-acquiring-top-four-defenceman-winger-reports">Recent reports have suggested</a> that the Canucks would like to add both a winger and a top four defenceman ahead of the March 7th NHL Trade Deadline. Additionally, it's believed that the Canucks are looking to deal away Vincent Desharnais, as the hulking defenceman's Canucks tenure has gotten off to a poor start after signing a two-year deal with the club this past offseason.

<a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/rutherford-says-vancouver-canucks-need-add-couple-players-order-contend">Jim Rutherford's comments</a> over the weekend that the Canucks would need a "couple" of players in order to contend certainly caught everyone's interest, and learning that the Canucks are getting active in the trade market ahead of Thursday's roster freeze comes as little surprise.

More to come.

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