The Calgary Flames and Vancouver Canucks are engaging in intensified trade talks about forward Elias Lindholm, reports Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.

Andrei Kuzmenko could be part of the package being sent the other way, according to ESPN's Kevin Weekes.

Lindholm is a pending unrestricted free agent carrying a cap hit of $4.85 million.

The 29-year-old center has produced 32 points in 49 games this season. His best season came in 2021-22 when he tallied 42 goals and 40 assists in 82 games while finishing as the Selke Trophy runner up for his defensive efforts.

Lindholm would give the Canucks added depth down the middle of the ice. Elias Pettersson, J.T. Miller, Pius Suter, Teddy Blueger, and Nils Aman are Vancouver's current center options, although Pettersson and Miller have occasionally played on the same line.

Kuzmenko, 27, recorded 39 goals and 74 points in his rookie campaign last year, but he's struggling in 2023-24 with just eight goals and 13 assists in 43 contests. He's in the first season of a two-year deal carrying a $5.5-million cap hit.

Canucks general manger Patrik Allvin and Flames GM Craig Conroy already made one trade with each other this season when Nikita Zadorov was sent from Calgary to Vancouver.

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