{"id":126213,"date":"2022-03-21T15:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T19:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=126213"},"modified":"2022-03-21T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T19:06:13","slug":"vancouver-canucks-move-tyler-motte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/21\/vancouver-canucks-move-tyler-motte\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks Move Tyler Motte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Canucks traded part of their reformed fourth line today, sending <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mottety01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Motte<\/a> to the New York Rangers. Returning to Vancouver is a fourth-round pick in 2023.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hearing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Canucks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Canucks<\/a> have traded Tyler Motte to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYR?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NYR<\/a> for a 2023 4th round pick.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DailyFaceoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@DailyFaceoff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1505981358212005898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Tyler Motte Traded<\/h2>\n<p>One of few Canuck free agents with some value, Motte has been integral to a reasonably effective fourth line for Vancouver. He is fast, forechecks well, is a lively hitter, and has a hint of scoring in his game. Unfortunately, he also has a history of injuries, only once passing 46 games in a season. He has a good chance of reaching that number this year, which his new team is counting on.<\/p>\n<p>Before the 2021-22 season, Motte played 211 NHL games with 28 goals and 47 points. He made one trip to the playoffs with the Canucks in the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/nhl-postseason-bubbles-successful-in-edmonton-toronto\/c-319236934\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edmonton Bubble<\/a>&#8221; and there scored four goals and five points in 17 games there. This year he&#8217;s averaging around 14 minutes per game, having earned the trust of both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/boudrbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bruce Boudreau<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/greentr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travis Green<\/a>. He is versatile enough to play on either wing as needed and can move up beside skilled players in a pinch.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>Trading Motte hurts Vancouver for the rest of the year. He was most likely moved because of his contract coming due. While the cap is $1.225 million, the actual payout is $1.45 million. As useful as he has been, the team needs to drop their payroll considerably between this year and next. Having been burned by expensive bottom-six forwards for several years, they&#8217;re looking to keep that cost in control now. Less expensive, if not younger, players in Vancouver&#8217;s control will get their chances in the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that could be hard to replace for the Canucks is Motte&#8217;s speed. But that is going to be tomorrow&#8217;s problem. For now, his cap space is the team&#8217;s primary return.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"CWS3PQWsQI1mwIoALZvVxA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1239384662\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'CWS3PQWsQI1mwIoALZvVxA',sig:'OphA_DJNSybCx2YpY-jnS3Y4R1IeDGlsESyw9yVVK2A=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1239384662',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vancouver Canucks traded part of their reformed fourth line today, sending Tyler Motte to the New York Rangers. Returning to Vancouver is a fourth-round pick in 2023. Hearing #Canucks have traded Tyler Motte to #NYR for a 2023 4th round pick.@DailyFaceoff \u2014 Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) March 21, 2022 Tyler Motte Traded One of few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3171,"featured_media":127063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4548,4547,14,34,26],"tags":[7139,2009],"class_list":["post-126213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nhl","category-hockey","category-rangers","category-news","category-canucks","tag-2022-trade-deadline","tag-tyler-motte"],"modified_by":"Alex Metzger, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}