The Vancouver Canucks may not have played on Friday night, but it's easy to feel like they came out of it as losers. In one of the biggest trades of the decade, the Carolina Hurricanes acquired Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall from the Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks,

NHL insider Elliotte Friedman revealed during Sportsnet's "Saturday Headlines" segment that the Canucks were in fact close to trading star forward Elias Pettersson to the Hurricanes. “There was a time (Friday) I thought that Pettersson was going to be a Carolina Hurricane,” Friedman said. “Obviously, it didn’t happen.

On Friday, the Carolina Hurricanes made a blockbuster move, sending center Martin Nečas to the Colorado Avalanche. After details of the trade started leaking, a report from Rick Dhaliwal of "Donnie and Dhali" indicated that the Vancouver Canucks called the Hurricanes to see if a Nečas deal was possible.