5 trade packages for Vancouver Canucks’ Conor Garland
#1. Garland returns to the desert
And the feel-good full-circle moment we’ve all been waiting for…
Not really.
But, with the Canucks finally parting ways with Oliver Ekman-Larsson (who they paid a first-round pick for), they may find a way to get some closure from this ordeal.
The Coyotes have plenty of cap space to take Garland’s contract on; they have $21 million tied up with Bryan Little, Shea Weber, and Jakub Voracek, but their playing days are over and none got placed on LTIR. During his time in the desert, Garland built an extensive rapport with star forwards Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz.
The Canucks of course are a very needy team on the back end, and current Arizona defenseman Troy Stecher played some of the best hockey of his career in Vancouver. The 29-year-old is a cheap, effective option to bring some stability to a very uncertain defense corps.
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If a deal so happens to be reached, the Coyotes continue to build a squad that truthfully isn’t as bad as people think, though they need help defensively themselves. Offensively though, they can shoot off fireworks with the help of the Canucks.