Thanksgiving in the US has become an unofficial benchmark on the NHL calendar for teams to assess their chances of making the postseason. With that, there start to be internal conversations about how to plan for potential adding or subtracting before the NHL’s trade deadline.
This year’s NHL trade deadline is unique. For the first time in more than a decade, NHL players will be participating in the Winter Olympics — which means there are three dead weeks in the NHL in February. That could accelerate some trading around the league as teams look to begin positioning themselves.
The other big factor in the league this year is the amount of parity in the league, and teams like the Blackhawks, Sharks and Ducks ascending sooner than maybe some anticipated. Some older teams (cough, Toronto) have struggled early but may feel they need to make some changes sooner than later to help get back on track. And the usual likely sellers might not be looking to move veterans as easily as they have in the past.
Two teams have hit the rumor mill hard this week. So let’s dig into their situations, and circle back to our previous discussions about the Blackhawks in the short term.
Vancouver For Sale
Lots of buzz this week out of Vancouver that there could be a fire sale soon. The Canucks are disappointing — again. They’ve already made it known that they’re open to moving former Blackhawks forward Lukas Reichel. And it appears maybe, just maybe, someone in the front office has finally realized that maybe the parade of head coaches hasn’t been the problem.
Elliotte Friedman reported on Monday that there’s a list of veterans who will become available, and Thomas Drance at The Athletic followed-up that report with some additional thoughts.
From Drance:
Now Canucks hockey operations leadership isn’t going to wave a white flag on the season, nor are they likely to publicly brand their overall approach as dramatically as describing it as a “rebuild.” Don’t get stuck on the definitional label, however, because just 23 games into the season, it seems that management has seen enough to be skeptical of this group’s urgency and will to win on a consistent basis.
From Friedman: ““They’ve made it clear (trading [Quinn Hughes]) is not their priority right now,” one executive said. (Filip Hronek is another player teams feel is unlikely to go anywhere.)
The Canucks have some guys early in long-term contracts, so it could be tricky for them to make bigger moves.
Drance wrote the Canucks will want “at least a second-round pick” if they decide to move winger Kiefer Sherwood. He also mentions two expiring contracts — Evander Kane (good luck!) and Teddy Blueger — among the players who are likely to be on the block He also mentions defenseman Tyler Myers, but notes he has a no-trade clause and another year remaining on his contract that could complicate things.
Sources: Canucks make "veterans" available, but not Hughes at this time t.co/HAPShtJW6B
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) November 25, 2025Nashville’s Veteran Nightmare
The Nashville Predators visit the Blackhawks on Friday evening, and they’re a dumpster fire. Entering Tuesday’s games, Nashville is in the Gavin McKenna driver’s seat — they have the worst record in the entire NHL.
Greg Wyshynski at ESPN wrote about the buzzards circling Barry Trotz and already asking about the availability of veterans like Steven Stamkos.
“You hear this from a lot of teams: ‘We’re looking for a top-six [forward].’ You know, I have a couple of top sixes,” Trotz told ESPN on Monday. “I’ve talked to their agents. I just want to get a feel for [things]. If we get this turned around, it’ll be fine. If we don’t, then maybe they want to say, ‘Hey, I’m getting a little older, I want another crack at it. Can we do something?'”
Among the players Nashville has under contract for at least two more years after the 2025-26 season: forwards Stamkos, Filip Forsberg, Jonathan Marchessault, defensemen Roman Josi, Nicolas Hague, Brady Skjei and netminder Juuse Saros. That’s a long list of long-term obligations to consider when things aren’t working well.
Blackhawks Buying?
A little more than a week ago, when there was some buzz online about the Blackhawks potentially buying, I wrote about the factors we need to consider when thinking about veteran additions during the 2025-26 season — and, potentially, beyond. In that exercise, I focused the comments on a potential Stamkos deal. But the consideration set I outlined in that piece remains true if we’re talking about Stamkos or some of the veterans in Vancouver like Brock Boeser, Jake DeBrusk or others.
Is the player a fit with the current/future trajectory Blackhawks? Is the player actually available? What’s the cost of acquisition? How does the addition fit into the Blackhawks’ financial situation?With the stockpile of picks and prospects the Blackhawks already own, they’re uniquely positioned to potentially make a bigger move. But, as we’ve talked about a lot here, general manager Kyle Davidson has remained steadfast on his building plan. He wants to see his vision for the team come to fruition at the NHL level, and this is just the first year in which we’re starting to see some of the talent he’s accumulated begin to impact the NHL roster.
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