TSN: Pierre LeBrun speaking with Jay Onrait concerning the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers trying to find top-four defenseman.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Onrait: “Tuesday’s insider buying and selling, you mentioned the Canucks are searching for a top-four defenseman, and final week on the present, you had simply chatted with Oilers President Jeff Jackson. Jeff Jackson talked about they may be searching for a top-four defenseman.
Pierre, we about to see two Pacific Division arch rivals duke it out over who will get the perfect top-four defenseman?
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LeBrun: “Yeah. I imply, they’re each going to attempt to add on the blue line, Jay, that’s appropriate. What I’d say is I’m feeling extra urgency from the Canucks. My sense from speaking to groups across the league is that Vancouver is poking round and taking a look at top-four D choices. Clearly, the damage to Filip Hronek has actually been impactful. And so I feel there’s just a little extra urgency on the a part of the Canucks.
And second of all, Jim Rutherford, Patrick Allvin, the Rutherford-esque custom has been continued by Allvin, who final 12 months in January, traded for Elias Lindholm. They don’t want to attend till the commerce deadline. We all know that from Jim Rutherford.
Whereas I feel the Oilers hear, I do suppose they find yourself including to their blue line earlier than March seventh, however I don’t really feel the identical stage of urgency. Within the sense that I feel that they really feel their, their protection, which was a lot malignant pre-season due to the losses, has truly been higher than what folks anticipated.
So I don’t suppose they really feel, you recognize, they’re in a scenario the place it has to occur now. However all issues being equal, sure, that’s the place the Oilers are decided to, so as to add earlier than March seventh as nicely.
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