LeBrun's sense is Canucks want to keep Markstrom over Lack
/Pierre LeBrun was on Vancouver’s TSN 1040 on Tuesday afternoon.
On Jacob Markstrom and Eddie Lack:
“I can tell you, I know of a couple of teams that are kicking themselves they didn’t just take Jacob Markstrom off waivers in September. That’s the one that’s biting everyone now when you look at year he’s having.
“The sense I get, from what I understand, I think the Canucks want to keep Markstrom now, frankly. I think that internally they view him as this sort of late-bloomer, almost Ben Bishop-type guy. So I’m not sure you’re going to see him move, but...”
So you think they’d be more interested in moving Lack?
“I think so. I mean, that’s my sense. Again, obviously Markstrom might fetch you the kind of offer that would supersede anything you get offered on Lack because of Markstrom’s age, his size. He’s starting to show this year in the AHL that’s maybe why Florida took him in the first round, right? It’s just taken awhile. So I don’t know. He’s an intriguing guy. If I was Vancouver, I’d be careful there when it comes to Markstrom.”
Source: TSN 1040/ Transcript: Nichols on Hockey
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