LeBrun: "Canucks have talked to a lot of teams" about Kassian

Pierre LeBrun was on Vancouver’s TSN 1040 on Tuesday afternoon.

On Zack Kassian:

“Listen, the Canucks have talked to a lot of teams about him over the past month. They obviously haven’t found a suitor. There isn’t a lot of interest right now.

“But I would tell you two things. One is that there’s still 29 days to trade deadline. So a lot of things can happen. And... I suspect one of the reasons the deal hasn’t happened is that what the Canucks have been asking for him in return has been too high, and that there’s plenty of time left to bring down the asking price.

“So I don’t think it’s out of the question for them to find a partner for this guy. At the end of the day, as inconsistent and maybe even as maddening as he is as a player, he still has 14 goals and I think 125 penalty minutes in his last year. There’s something there. And He’s only 23. But a team’s going to have to be willing to work with him to find it in terms of a consistent basis, if ever.

“But I think they can move him. I don’t think you can sit there and say it’s impossible to move him before March 2.”

Source: TSN 1040/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey

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