[Patrick Johnston] On Boeser at the TDL: "Florida’s interest waned once they discovered they could get Brad Marchand for just a conditional first round pick" and "Carolina was after one of Vancouver’s [prospects]"
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On Florida
Florida’s interest waned once they discovered they could get Brad Marchand for just a conditional first round pick — it becomes a second rounder if the currently injured Marchand plays in less than 50 per cent of Florida’s playoff games. Obviously Vancouver was after a first-round pick in the deal; one assumes they’d have used the first rounder to trade for a different player, perhaps a centre?
On Carolina:
Carolina, a source said, had been trying to move Jesperi Kotkaniemi for some time. And obviously adding a centre like Logan Stankoven made Kotkaniemi even more tradable. We know he’s been offered to Vancouver before and Vancouver does need to improve its centre depth after the departure of J.T. Miller. He was involved in this offer, as was a first-round pick.
The hang up it would seem may have come down to a prospect. Carolina was after one of Vancouver’s, even though Canucks have a mountain of their own. And whoever it was, it seems like Vancouver didn’t want to part with him.