By Andrew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter

July 1, 2023

The Vancouver Canucks have limited salary-cap space to fulfill their needs when free agency opens today at 9 am PDT.

They need a third-line centre, some long-term solutions on the right side of defence and more speed, size and skill scattered across the bottom half of the lineup.

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Vancouver has been linked in reports to free-agent defencemen Carson Soucy and Ian Cole, who was a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Stanley Cup-winning teams built by Canucks president Jim Rutherford with help from Allvin.

Scott Mayfield and Connor Clifton are other free-agent defencemen who might help the Canucks without proving exorbitantly expensive. Of course, they could help other teams, too.

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Centers rumored to be on Canucks list of interest:

• Pius Suter
• Lars Eller
• Teddy Blueger
• Tomas Nosek
• Derek Ryan
• Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
• Derick Brassard

Should be an interesting day. Stay tuned.