October 23, 2025 | 1:57pm ET
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CANUCKS EXPLORING CENTRE MARKET

Canucks GM Patrik Allvin

The Vancouver Canucks are being riddled with injury in the early portion of the season, with four players already in injured reserve or worse.

Forwards Filip Chytil and Jonathan Lekkerimaki and defenceman Derek Forbort are on the IR, and winger Nils Hoglander is on LTIR.

As the club remains at a 4-3-0 record, management has been exploring the market for help up front, specifically at the centre position.

According to various reports, the Canucks have inquired on the availability of San Jose Sharks centre Alex Wennberg, who is in the final year of his contract and comes with a $5 million cap hit.

While a move is not yet believed to be imminent, Canucks GM Patrik Allvin is scouring the market for help at the dot and Wennberg is considered at option, though he is not the only player the Canucks are believed to have checked in on.

The Boston Bruins are open to the possibility of trading either Pavel Zacha or Casey Mittelstadt, according to TFP’s David Pagnotta, and both players have another year remaining on their contracts after this season – Zacha has an eight-team no-trade list and a $4.75 million cap hit, while Mittelstadt owns a $5.75 million cap hit and does no have any no-trade protection this season.

Either player could be an option for the Canucks, if Allvin opts to go after a legitimate second-line centre signed beyond this season. The Canucks have been linked to Zacha in the past.

Chatter in Vancouver recently suggested the Canucks may also inquire about New York Islanders centre Jean-Gabriel Pageau, who is playing on an expiring contract, but the Isles do not seem to be eager to move him, just yet.