Vancouver Canucks reportedly looking to trade forward Ilya Mikheyev
The Vancouver Canucks could face a cap crunch this summer as they try to re-sign some pending UFAs and it looks like they're actively shopping forward Ilya Mikheyev.
According to Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff, the Vancouver Canucks are working to move Ilya Mikheyev and even made him available to teams at the trade deadline back in March.
Seravalli added that the Canucks are unable to pursue multiple free agents until they're able to get a more clear picture of what their salary cap situation looks like.
"The Canucks have been working to move Mikheyev since shortly after their playoff run concluded. They also offered him to teams around the trade deadline. After a tough playoff, Mikheyev's contract is gumming up the works on Vancouver's offseason. They can't more aggressively pursue multiple pending free agents (Nikita Zadorov, Elias Lindholm, Filip Hronek) until they can get clearer view of their cap picture." Seravalli said. In trade talks, other Seravalli is reporting that other teams are asking the Patrik Allvin and the Vancouver Canucks to add an asset to the deal in order for them to take on Ilya Mikheyev's contract. So far, the Canucks aren't really wanting to attach an asset with Mikheyev in any trade, but as the weeks go by, we'll see if that changes. The 29-year-old has two years remaining on his contract with an average annual value of $4.75 million.
It's going to be tough for the Canucks to find a team to take on Mikheyev's full salary for the next two seasons, but with the need for cap space, Patrik Allvin may have no choice but to include an asset, such a third-round pick for example, in order to move the Russian forward.
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