July 1, 2026: Schenn is back as Canucks get into action on UFA Day
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What were the first reports about Marcus Pettersson being traded and who confirmed them?
All right, so here's some Price back live here at the Historic Wall Center in the Nation Network studio. It was one hour ago where our colleague David Pignotta of the DFO Insider said, David, on the show, what, yesterday? Yesterday. Yeah. Broke the news that the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks were working on a deal involving defenseman Marcus Pettersson. It has since been followed up on by a number of reporters, including Molly Walker of the New York Post. In the Big Apple, who says she can confirm multiple reports, the Rangers are acquiring Marcus Pedersen from Vancouver. He had to waive his no trade protection to accept this deal. Now, look, we all know that Jake DeBrusque is eager to join a more competitive team.
We thought he might be the first domino to fall amongst the Canucks team. veterans. Turned out it was Nils Hoeglander a couple of days ago to Nashville. The suspicion being that DeBrusque has a pretty wide list of teams he would accept to trade to as he looks to get out of a rebuild in Vancouver. I think you can argue that Marcus Pedersen was probably second on that list in terms of markets available to him. And look, who doesn't waive their trade protection to go to The Big Apple and the New York Rangers, it's attractive.
Swedish players generally aren't chasing the bright lights of the big city like that. And, you know, Marcus Pettersson made a lot of sense to trade, but there was just no smoke. And it was very perplexing to me while we were talking about Elias Pettersson, while we were talking about others ahead of Marcus. He seemed like he came for the exact same reason as Dabrowski. He saw a team on the rise, a team that he thought could contend for the duration of his career, probably. He's over 30, and that's why he signed here. Same thing with Jake DeBrusque. Both of them were foiled in their plans, obviously, with the way that things have unfolded for the Vancouver Canucks. I was very pessimistic that a Marcus Pedersen trade was going to happen.
So it is great that it did. But, Matt, we do have to see what the return is. Right. Because I'm very concerned about this Will Borgen acquisition. The pluses, they're there. And we pointed out the different outs there in the Will Borgen contract. But it is not a slam dunk contract. win if it's just Will Borgen. There has to be more to it.
So we'll wait and see. Yeah. So a reminder, our daily poll question today, you can vote at the Secure Some Price X and YouTube channels. Seeing the paydays today, are you expecting hauls for traded veterans? Yes or no, vote at the S&P X and YouTube channels. Look, clearly there's some sort of delay because I don't even see this trade in the queue at Central Registry of the National Hockey League. And you typically have the details once it gets to Central Registry. Now, a few things at play here. Number one, it's the summer. Guys may not be attached to their phone or even in areas with great cell phone coverage. reception. Number two, it's Canada Day for any Canadian players. There could be festivities, who knows, out on the lake, what have you.
But thirdly, the Rangers have completed a second deal today, or I guess the first deal, because the Pedersen deal is not yet through Central Registry. They trade centerman Vincent Trocek to the Utah Mammoth for defenseman Sean Dursey, prospect Cole Beaudoin, and a draft pick. Now, as soon as we heard that Marcus Pedersen was heading to the Rangers, we knew something had to be up because while the Rangers weren't in a cap crisis, so to speak, showing about $8 million of space, they do have two significant right shot defensemen who are restricted free agents with arbitration rights. who they would need to either resign or account for some other way, that being Braden Schneider, a former first-round pick, and Scott Morrow, once a top prospect with the Carolina Hurricanes, who was involved in the Keandre Miller deal.
So when the Trocek deal went down, we went, oh, OK, that makes some sense. They're moving money out, except they're not.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What were the first reports about Marcus Pettersson being traded and who confirmed them?
0:00–12:14
2
Why did the Rangers acquire Marcus Pettersson and how does it affect their cap situation?
12:14–31:14
3
What did the Canucks get in return for Marcus Pettersson and is a 2030 top‑10 protected pick fair value?
31:14–53:24
4
How will Luke Schenn, Jamie Oleksiak rumors and veteran signings reshape the Canucks blue line?
53:24–1:01:41
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