Linden: Canucks will keep Edler

The Vancouver Province reports the Detroit Red Wings have renewed interest in Canucks defenceman Alex Edler. The Florida Panthers may also want him.

The Canucks aren't planning to ask Edler to waive his no-trade clause.

“He’s got all the tools to be a dominant No. 1 defenceman,” Canucks hockey operations president Trevor Linden said Tuesday.

“He’d be the first to admit he didn’t have a good year, and part of our job is to recapture the Alex Edler that we all know he can be. He has the skill-set that every team wants and we just have to get him back where he should be.

“There isn’t a team in the league that wouldn’t have its hand up for the opportunity to have an Alex Edler. It’s not in our consideration. We want to work with Alex; we have to get his game back, and I know he’s committed to doing that.”

Source: Ben Kuzma, Vancouver Province