The rebuild rebrand continues in Vancouver.
In that same conversation with Sportsnet’s Iain MacIntyre in which he said “the fact of the matter is we’re in a rebuild,” Rutherford also mentioned that “I would suggest that we listen to teams when they call — about anybody.” And that’s a change in the plan, as presented, too.
Previously, it was assumed that when the Canucks talked about moving veterans, they were primarily talking about their crop of pending UFAs, like Kiefer Sherwood, Evander Kane, and David Kämpf. But as Rutherford and Allvin seemed to hint in their interviews, and as Thomas Drance of The Athletic later confirmed, “The Canucks are now comfortable noting both publicly and in trade talks with…