{"id":138338,"date":"2023-06-16T08:47:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T12:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=138338"},"modified":"2023-06-15T21:18:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T01:18:05","slug":"nhl-rumours-canucks-and-flyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/16\/nhl-rumours-canucks-and-flyers\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Vancouver Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for some more NHL rumours. We&#8217;re now into the off-season and we&#8217;ve got plenty to sift through. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/14\/the-2023-vegas-golden-knights-playoff-run-a-journey-of-resilience-and-redemption\/\" target=\"_self\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> are the Stanley Cup champions, but the other teams want that championship. There&#8217;s plenty of chatter surrounding the 31 other teams that didn&#8217;t hoist the Cup. Teams are trying to figure out their respective futures and see if they&#8217;re championship contenders or rebuilding. Today&#8217;s NHL rumours look at the latest surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/14\/ethan-bear-undergoes-shoulder-surgery\/\" target=\"_self\">Vancouver Canucks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/12\/nhl-rumours-philadelphia-flyers-may-trade-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL Rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Vancouver Canucks<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour: The Athletic&#8217;s Harman Dayal looked at the <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/4608739\/2023\/06\/15\/nhl-offseason-trades-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 biggest offseason questions<\/a>. One of those was about the future of Canucks forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/petteel01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elias Pettersson<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NHL\u2019s 10 biggest offseason questions \u2014 Elias Pettersson\u2019s big decision, Leafs changes, potential star trades and more:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LIGneu7XJo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/LIGneu7XJo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Harman Dayal (@harmandayal2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harmandayal2\/status\/1669366653568598016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Swedish sniper can sign an extension after July 1, but there are questions on if he&#8217;ll commit to the team long-term. Both Pettersson and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/matthau01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Auston Matthews<\/a> will become free agents at the end of the next season. However, the cases are a little different.<\/p>\n<p>Matthews will be an unrestricted free agent if he hits the open market. Pettersson will be a restricted free agent and the Canucks will have a little more control over the player. However, he would only be a year away from becoming a UFA. He could do what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachma01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a> did by forcing a trade if he says he won&#8217;t return.<\/p>\n<p>Petterson&#8217;s agent is J.P. Barry, who got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pastrda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Pastrnak<\/a> that massive contract. Pastrnak waited until the middle of the season in order to sign his mega-deal and Pettersson could do the same. The Canucks star could wait to see the team&#8217;s direction before committing long-term. Vancouver is hoping Pettersson will sign a long-term deal, but a mid-range deal might be in the offing.<\/p>\n<h3>Philadelphia Flyers<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour: Elliotte Friedman stated that the Flyers are listening to offers for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/laughsc01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scott Laughton<\/a>. This was during the Headlines segment on Hockey Night in Canada during Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Analysis: Friedman said that teams have asked about the Oakville, Ontario native as the Flyers are going into a massive rebuild. New general manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brierda01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daniel Briere<\/a> has already traded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/provoiv01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivan Provorov<\/a> this off-season. However, Briere may not be done making moves. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/14\/nhl-rumours-sabres-and-wild\/\" target=\"_self\">Earlier NHL rumours pieces<\/a> this week had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hartca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carter Hart<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/konectr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Travis Konecny<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/12\/nhl-rumours-philadelphia-flyers-may-trade-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">possible trade candidates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Fourth Period&#8217;s Anthony Di Marco reported that the Flyers have turned down offers of late first-round picks for Laughton. Philadelphia values the 29-year-old centre very highly. Laughton may get traded eventually, but it looks like the Flyers will get plenty in return.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for some more NHL rumours. We&#8217;re now into the off-season and we&#8217;ve got plenty to sift through. The Vegas Golden Knights are the Stanley Cup champions, but the other teams want that championship. There&#8217;s plenty of chatter surrounding the 31 other teams that didn&#8217;t hoist the Cup. Teams are trying to figure out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":138340,"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":[4321,4547,4548,16,26],"tags":[932,6265,605,6227],"class_list":["post-138338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rumours","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-flyers","category-canucks","tag-elias-pettersson","tag-philadelphia-flyers-rumours","tag-scott-laughton","tag-vancouver-canucks-rumours"],"modified_by":"Noah Foster, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138338","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\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}