Red Wings one of several teams with offer on table for Canucks’ Tyler Myers
Now that the Olympic trade freeze has lifted and NHL general managers are free to wheel and deal to their hearts content ahead March 6th’s trade deadline, the next big name has surfaced as a likely candidate to get moved. To nobody’s great surprise, that name plays for the Vancouver Canucks, who sit dead last in the NHL and have already dealt defenseman Quinn Hughes and forward Kiefer Sherwood.
Defenseman Tyler Myers was held out of Wednesday’s 3-2 overtime loss against the Winnipeg Jets in anticipation of a potential trade. The 36-year-old veteran has played 57 games for Vancouver this season, registering a goal and seven assists for eight points. Standing at 6’8″, Myers is still an imposing presence on the ice, and could be a useful role player for a contending team down the stretch.
On Thursday’s episode of Daily Faceoff LIVE, hosts Tyler Yaremchuk and former NHL goaltender Carter Hutton were joined by The Fourth Period‘s David Pagnotta to discuss which teams are making a play for Myers.
Tyler Yaremchuk: The Tyler Myers situation in Vancouver. What’s the latest, what can you tell us?
David Pagnotta: It’s the Detroit Red Wings that have an offer on the table involving a draft pick for Tyler Myers, a high draft pick. They’re not the only team that has poked around on Tyler Myers recently, and that’s what Myers and his camp are kind of evaluating right now. Is Detroit the way to go? Do we wait to see if another team presents an offer that the Canucks like, and maybe that’s the direction they go in. Things have definitely picked up this week on Tyler Myers’ front, which is why he didn’t play yesterday.
Now it’s just a waiting game to determine what he wants to do. He doesn’t want to rush this decision, and we know that his no-movement clause shifts to a 12-team no-trade clause on July 1st, so he’s going to have considerably less say at that point if the Canucks do explore that option then. He’s being given an opportunity now to decide what he wants to do. If he picks Detroit, then he’ll end up a Red Wing. If he doesn’t, then we’ll see what other teams step up here for his services.
You can catch the full discussion and the rest of Tuesday’s episode here…