{"id":68509,"date":"2020-02-13T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T13:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=68509"},"modified":"2020-12-21T14:58:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:58:46","slug":"nhl-rumours-canucks-senators-coyotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/02\/13\/nhl-rumours-canucks-senators-coyotes\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Vancouver Canucks, Ottawa Senators, Arizona Coyotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to the Last Word on Hockey daily NHL Rumours<\/a> series. Each one of our rumours posts is dedicated toward bringing you the latest and greatest from around the NHL. As the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline is only days away, our posts ramp up to give you the most comprehensive coverage. Today, that coverage includes the Vancouver Canucks<\/a>, Ottawa Senators<\/a>, and Arizona Coyotes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n

Vancouver Canucks<\/h3>\n

Rumour: <\/em>The Athletic’s Thomas Drance mentions in a breakdown of the Canucks trade deadline strategy<\/a> that\u00a0Troy Stecher<\/a> <\/strong>becomes expendable if the Canucks become sellers.<\/p>\n

Analysis:\u00a0<\/em>The Canucks have a surplus of strong defensive prospects, making Stecher an interesting name to watch. While the Vancouver-area native isn’t putting up his best offensive numbers (only 10 points in 57 games), he’s a solid two-way force that could help out a lot of playoff teams. His cap hit is par-for-the-course for defencemen of his calibre; $2.325 million sounds about right.<\/p>\n

The trade would be a tough departure for Stecher, however. While going undrafted, the mobile d-man had 24 points in his impressive rookie season. While the Canucks are still one of the top teams in the Pacific Division, they’ve hit a bit of a rough patch as of late. Excluding last night’s game, they’d gone 1-3-1 in their past five outings. If Vancouver continues to slide, they may fall down to the status of ‘seller’ in the very close Pacific Division.<\/p>\n

Ottawa Senators<\/h3>\n

Rumour: <\/em>In Elliotte Friedman’s latest edition of the famed 31 Thoughts podcast<\/a>, he mentions that the Senators are making talented prospect\u00a0Max Veronneau<\/a> <\/strong>available for trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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31 Thoughts, enjoy: https:\/\/t.co\/H54md8xzv2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) February 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n