Category Archives: NHL Trade Analysis

Canucks Trade Vasily Podkolzin to the Oilers: A Puzzling Move by Vancouver’s Management

In a move that has caught many Vancouver Canucks fans off guard, the team traded 23-year-old Vasily Podkolzin to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for a 2025 fourth-round pick, originally acquired from the Ottawa Senators. While the Canucks' management under Patrik Allvin and Jim Rutherford has been lauded for making decisive moves based on their … Continue Reading ››

Revisiting the Hurricanes’ Keith Primeau for Rod Brind’Amour Trade

This article was originally published in Sep. 2014. This piece revisits a trade from 2000 that saw two prominent centers trading places between Eastern Conference rivals. The players would play…