NHL Rumors: San Jose Sharks, New Jersey Devils and the Vancouver Canucks

The San Jose Sharks are looking to make some changes on their blueline

David Pagnotta: The San Jose Sharks have made their blueline a priority. The Sharks want to buy and sell. They are listening to their upcoming UFA defenseman and are looking for a young NHL-caliber defenseman. Believe they have some interest in New York Rangers defenseman Braden Schneider.

Will Luke Hughes’ injury change the Devils’ plans for Dougie Hamilton?

Taj: New Jersey Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton’s agent JP Barry on Hamilton’s future yesterday on Donnie and Dhali: “That’s probably my next call today to find out what New Jersey thinks. To see where we stand with the teams that called and to see if Luke Hughes’ injury changes their approach to him.”

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Vancouver Canucks Trading Levels

Thomas Dance of The Athletic: The Vancouver Canucks have already traded Quinn Hughes and Kiefer Sherwood, with more moves to come before the March 6 NHL trade deadline. Looking at Canucks trading levels.

Non-moving rank – Thatcher Demko, Filip Hronek, Kevin Lankinen, Filip Chytil, Marco Rossi, Tyler Myers, Zeev Buium, Tom Willander, Liam Ohgren and Elias Pettersson (defender).

Probably not moving, but… level – Brock Boeser (NMC – six years remaining, $7.25 million cap hit), Marcus Pettersson (NMC – five years remaining, $5.5 million cap hit), Aatu Räty, Linus Karlsson and Max Sasson.

Tough decisions – Nils Höglander (two more years, $3 million cap hit) and Drew O’Connor (modified NTC – one more year, $2.5 million cap hit).

The “we are aggressively rebuilding now” level – Elias Pettersson, center (NMC – six years remaining, $11.6 million cap hit), Jake DeBrusk (NMC – five years remaining, $5.25 million cap hit) and Conor Garland (six years remaining, $6 million cap hit).

At the block level – Evander Kane (modified NTC – UFA this summer, $5.125 million cap hit), Teddy Blueger (UFA this summer, $1.8 million cap hit) and David Kämpf (UFA this summer, $1.1 million cap hit).

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