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Canucks have quite a mess to get a handle of this summer

Mike Gillis

Vancouver Canucks President and General Manager Mike Gillis takes questions from the media in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday, May 9, 2013. The Canucks were eliminated from the NHL hockey 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs series in four games by the San Jose Sharks. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)

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Vancouver’s offseason is almost certainly going to be a fascinating one to watch. The team has cap worries next season and they could deal Roberto Luongo and buy out either Keith Ballard or David Booth for added space.

As Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun shares, one thing they’ll have to contend with are players with no-trade clauses. They have six players currently with one and three more due to get them on July 1 when their extensions begin. GM Mike Gillis says that won’t be easy to do.

“In order to get players to play for less than market value, you have to give them something they can rely upon,” Gillis explained. “I think if a player was unhappy here, he’d waive his no-trade. If we were unhappy with him, it would be obvious and he would waive his no-trade. But that’s not a path we’re looking to right now. I think we need to supplement our core group of players that are here as best we can, and then look at possibilities down the road.”

Drama in Vancouver won’t be lacking with so many things needed to happen and that’s not even going into what could happen with coach Alain Vigneault. Canucks fans might want to buckle up because the summer could get rough.