With playoff hopes dim, Canucks look to the future at trade deadline
VANCOUVER — With their hopes of making this year’s playoffs hovering between slim and none, the Vancouver Canucks have turned their focus to the future by trading two of their veteran players for prospects.
In the days leading up to Wednesday’s NHL trade deadline the Canucks dealt left winger Alex Burrows to the Ottawa Senators for 19-year-old centre Jonathan Dahlen and right winger Jannik Hansen to the San Jose Sharks for winger Nikolay Goldobin, 21, and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2017.
On Wednesday Vancouver claimed forward Joseph Cramarossa, 24, off waivers from the Anaheim Ducks.
“We’re in a transition period,” said general manager Jim Benning. “We want to get younger, get faster, get more skilled.