Vancouver Canucks' Pavol Demitra Out Indefinitely

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It’s been reported today by TEAM 1040 in Vancouver, that Vancouver Canucks Pavol Demitra, who had his shoulder scoped earlier this week, will be out indefinitely.

Does this now bring up a need for GM Mike Gillis to look at the trade route, for that top six forward?

The better question might be, from which team, and who might that be?

With the possible four million dollar cap space that Demitra takes up, it opens up the door for a positive addition that could help this team right away,what with the injury to Daniel Sedin, who is still about a month away from returning.

You can speculate all you want by looking at the teams up against the cap space, but would you want Philadelphia’s Daniel Briere’s $6.5M hit or Washington’s Michael Nylander’s $4.8M? Nylander by the way, is currently on a conditioning assignment with the Caps AHL team.

Maybe it’s promoting from within the system like Sergei Shirokov, currently with the Nucks farm team Manitoba Moose. Shirokov just happens to be leading the Moose with three goals and six assists in eight games played.

Will Michael Grabner, who had his best NHL game against the Chicago Blackhawks, with his first goal, five shots and three hits, be able to fill that vacant spot? Because now he has a tremendous opportunity.

Speaking of the Blackhawks, they are really up against the cap space ($0.835M) but I don’t see this conference opponent willing to make that trade with the Canucks.

The Nucks are not exactly lighting the scoreboard up these days, so what type of player will they be on the lookout for?

We shall see, after the game tomorrow night, against the winless Toronto Maple Leafs.

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