Canucks face a thin second-line center market and tight cap space, making a blockbuster unlikely. The talk centers on internal development as the most viable path, with external options like Rossi, Roslovic, and McTavish debated but constrained by cost and teams’ willingness to move. Broader NHL chatter links Eichel, the Hughes brothers, Karlsson, and Zacha to the center market, underscoring how scarce top pivots remain and why Vancouver may lean on its own pipeline for the foreseeable future.