NHL Rumors yesterday had the Anaheim Ducks and Vancouver Canucks discussing a Jake Virtanen for Danton Heinen trade. It appears both teams can’t get the finances to work as Virtanen has a cap hit of $2.55 million next year but his salary owed is $3.4 million.
The Ducks are going into rebuild mode and have let teams know Heinen, Adam Henrique, Jacob Silfverberg and Rickard Rakell are players the Ducks are willing to take trade calls on.
The Fourth Period is reporting the Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers are among the teams that have interest in a player like Rakell, if they can make the money work.
Rakell has a cap hit of $3.8 million which makes him an appealing reclamation project for a team in need of a second-line boost.
As reported earlier, another player that could be traded this coming off-season is John Gibson. He has a desire to be on a contending team.
