Vancouver Canucks could explore bold trades for Charlie Coyle, Jared McCann to solve center crisis: Report 

The Vancouver Canucks are looking to avoid a repeat of the 2024-25 season.

After entering the year with high expectations, drama, underperforming stars, and just overall dysfunction caused the Canucks to miss the playoffs altogether.

With J.T. Miller being dealt to the New York Rangers midseason, Vancouver took a major hit down the middle of the ice. Filip Chytil had some moments, but his health was once again a concern down the stretch.

If the Canucks want to satisfy captain Quinn Hughes, whose future looms large, and return to the postseason, they must add a centerman this summer.

On "Donnie and Dhali," insider Rick Dhaliwal dove into some names he's heard could be available for Vancouver to target via trade in the coming weeks.

"Charlie Coyle is a guy a lot of teams are calling on. He's got one year left in Colorado. I don't know if the Avalanche are going to trade him, but if you're a center-starved, hungry team like the Canucks, you're calling Colorado and asking about Coyle.

"Jared McCann, this is interesting to me. Seattle's got an overabundance of centers right now. They had to move McCann to the wing. They've got Matty Beniers, Shane Wright, and Chandler Stephenson up the middle of the ice. That's a player I wouldn't be surprised if the Canucks looked at."

Dhaliwal added that the Minnesota Wild's Marco Rossi and the Buffalo Sabres' JJ Peterka are two other options Vancouver could consider.

Vancouver has just over $12 million in cap space entering the offseason, with Brock Boeser and Pius Suter as notable UFAs.

It's unlikely that the Canucks trade Elias Pettersson

After a disastrous year and a half coming on the heels of a massive contract extension, Elias Pettersson has found himself in plenty of trade rumors.

The 26-year-old had the worst season of his career in 2024-25, though it appears Vancouver would only move him for a specific offer, as per NHL insider Elliotte Friedman.

"The Canucks aren't trading Elias Pettersson unless they're getting a good center back," Friedman said on "102.5 The Game."

Moving Elias Pettersson would only further decimate Vancouver at the center ice position, so a trade feels quite unlikely at this point in time.

Who Jim Rutherford and Patrik Allvin add to bolster the forward group remains to be seen, though we could find out in the next several days and weeks with activity ramping up around the league.