The 4 Nations Face-Off starts Wednesday, February 12, when Canada takes on Sweden. The game will feature two Canucks as Pettersson will take on Tocchet, who is an assistant coach for Team Canada. Puck drop is scheduled for 5 pm PT and can viewed on Sportsnet.

If the Canucks trade Elias Pettersson, the Sabres should blow them away with this trade offer to finally get their franchise center.

It took the Vancouver Canucks a couple of months to negotiate and finally pull off a trade with one of their feuding stars. As the heat between Elias Pettersson

Boeser has had the most success of his Canucks tenure when riding shotgun with Miller. Miller’s playmaking ability down low was an excellent fit with Boeser’s finishing ability from the inner slot. With Miller gone, the risk and uncertainty around committing a six- or seven-year contract to Boeser increases.

Are the Vancouver Canucks on the verge of trading away yet another star forward in season? Where there’s smoke there’s fire is how the old saying goes and, although no one can spot a fire just yet, there does appear to be an ever increasing amount of smoke around Vancouver Canucks star forward Elias Pettersson.