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Well, really, who wouldn’t want to add a 20 goal scorer to their lineup?

With his team struggling to score, TSN’s Pierre Lebrun reports Canucks GM Jim Benning is after a scoring winger. Even after their early big-money splash signing of Loui Eriksson, the Canucks spent much of the summer hoping to land another scorer.

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The Canucks don’t really have many trade chips. They’ve got their prize prospect trio of Thatcher Demko, Brock Boeser and Olli Juolevi, though it’s hard to imagine the team moving any of them, given how bare the cupboard is otherwise.

There’s also defenceman Chris Tanev, who’s well-rated around the league. The emergence of Troy Stecher means the Canucks are again in a nine-man pickle on defence. Tanev looks ready to return to action, so a move is expected; can they really send Stecher back to the AHL after his strong first week in the NHL? The team has been reluctant to expose Alex Biega to waivers, and Nikita Tryamkin can choose to return to the KHL instead of a minor league demotion, something we know he’s opposed to. The team is committed to Luca Sbisa and Philip Larsen so it’s hard to see them going anywhere either.