Wake With Elias

Wake With Elias: Oliver Ekman-Larsson to... Vancouver?

The discourse of the day surrounded Arizona Coyotes defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson

By Markus Meyer Oct 2, 2020, 6:00am PDT

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NHL: Stanley Cup Playoffs-Arizona Coyotes at Colorado Avalanche

Canucks News

The latest Canucks discussion has centered around Coyotes blue liner Oliver Ekman-Larsson. If you’ve been on Twitter, this of course will not surprise you.

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— TSN Radio Vancouver (@TSN1040) October 1, 2020

Darren Dreger had some news on the same topic:

Boston and Arizona we’re engaged in trade discussions for OEL prior to Bill Armstrong’s arrival. Not an easy transaction. Vancouver, as my colleague @FriedgeHNIC noted is the other team on OEL’s list. Sharpen your pencils Canucks fans and try and make the numbers work on that.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) October 1, 2020

And some related reading on OEL [The Athletic]
New VANcast from Thomas Drance and Jeff Paterson:

️The VANcast with @patersonjeff & and a homeward bound @ThomasDrance discusses patience during free agency & making something happen at the draft for the #Canucks ⬇️@theathleticVAN: https://t.co/terGtRaBh2

Spotify:https://t.co/COSfl2spWI

https://t.co/Kq1Q6CAl3L pic.twitter.com/v88Gm8O8x9
— The Athletic Vancouver (@TheAthleticVAN) October 1, 2020

An off-season status report from Craig Button and Glenn Schiiler [TSN]
And some implications for the upcoming Jacob Markstrom contract talks:

Good thread on Oilers offseason plans.
Doesn’t sound like a pursuit of Markstrom is in cards unless they can move Koskinen’s hefty contract. https://t.co/Crh1NYW05p
— Matthew Sekeres (@mattsekeres) October 1, 2020

NHL News

Pierre LeBrun on how the Lightning are navigating the post-Cup cap crunch [The Athletic]
Throughout the day, the Lightning and their fans demonstrated some very safe behaviour while celebrating. Good thing we are not in a pandemic:

Not only players get to drink from the Cup pic.twitter.com/NYcOk5wLoV
— Diana C. Nearhos (@dianacnearhos) September 30, 2020

Some UFA news and rumours [Sportsnet]
And a Q & A with Leon Draisaitl [CBC]