Breaking: Canucks are in Dilemma of yet making another Deals

But if they were to do so, it’s guaranteed to be aligned with another trade with another team to bring in a top-six quality winger, like Guentzel.

The challenge with adding Guentzel is there are a lot of potential suitors — who wouldn’t want a winger with his pedigree — but he’s also got a substantial cap hit and the Canucks, unless they made a concurrent move to clear space, would have to get the Penguins to retain a large portion of his salary.

Of course, if you do look at how president Jim Rutherford has operated in the past, you can’t help but think he’s advised GM Patrik Allvin, who is doing the leg work on the roster, to get his big deals done early, rather than late.