Were the Canucks interested in Jesse Puljujarvi?



Oilers forward Jesse Puljujarvi and Dallas defenceman Julius Honka both had a deadline yesterday, Dec. 1 — the date by which NHL RFAs needed to be signed in order to be eligible to play in the league this season.



Neither was traded or signed.



Did the Canucks have interest in either player, both former first-round draft picks?



My sources say Vancouver wasn’t interested in Honka, a defenceman who played in the WHL when Travis Green was coaching the Portland Winterhawks.



Puljujarvi is a name that always pops up in Vancouver — a fourth overall pick in the 2016 NHL Draft, one pick before the Canucks took Olli Juolevi.



None of my sources are saying that the Canucks ever showed serious interest in the Oilers forward.



Puljujarvi and Juolevi have the same agent, Markus Lehto.



Lehto has been dealing with Vancouver GM Jim Benning the last two weeks because of...