According to insider Rick Dhaliwal, Vancouver Canucks insider, player agent Dan Milstein has been given authorization to arrange a trade for forward Ilya Mikheyev.
Mikheyev, 29, has two years remaining on a four-year, $4.75 million contract he signed as a free agent with the Canucks in the 2022 offseason. Although he had a productive first season with the team, it was brief. However, he struggled to secure a permanent roster spot this past season, scoring 13 goals and 28 points in just 46 games during the injury-riddled 2022-23 season, and 11 goals and 31 points in 78 games this season.
It seems the Mikheyev era in Vancouver is nearing its conclusion, as the Canucks aim to utilize his cap space to potentially sign pending unrestricted free agents like Nikita Zadorov and/or Elias Lindholm. Additionally, there's considerable speculation that the Canucks will aggressively pursue pending free agent Jake Guentzel.
