Several potential trade candidates emerge for Vancouver Canucks

With the NHL season set to resume on Saturday, the Vancouver Canucks will be on the lookout for further help up front as they look to secure a playoff spot.

The Canucks locked up their most recent forward acquisition on Tuesday, adding to a busy few weeks of transactions for the team.

Vancouver Canucks could look at several low cost forwards

Nobody has been busier on the trade market than the Vancouver Canucks, but there could be more moves ahead.

The team has made it clear they would like to find a new home for defenseman Carson Soucy, and would also like to add some forward depth.

There's a few intriguing options that might not break the bank, as highlighted by CanucksArmy.

Alex Kerfoot - Utah Hockey Club

The BC native is in the last of a two-year deal that pays him $3.5 million per season.

He has scored at around a 40-50 point pace throughout his NHL career, although this year with just 16 points in 56 games, and provides decent defence.

Kerfoot wouldn't be a sexy add, but he'd provide versatile depth at a low acquisition cost, and as a local boy the Canucks could probably have a good shot at resigning him.

Christian Dvorak - Montreal Canadiens

The definition of a buy-low candidate, which is the opposite of what the Canadiens did when sending a first- and second-round pick for him in 2021.

Dvorak has struggled to remain healthy since coming to Montreal, highlighted by last season where he was held to just 30 games played.

He's healthy this season, however, but he hasn't been able to find the offense Montreal hoped he would bring with just 17 points in 56 games in a depth role.

A change of scenery could help spark his offense, but at worst he would add solid defense and faceoff acumen at a cost of next to nothing.

Lawson Crouse - Utah Hockey Club

Ideally, the Canucks would like to add a player with a bit of term on their deal, and that's where Lawson Crouse could come in.

Crouse would add a huge body with three years left at $4.3 million per season, and has been with Arizona/Utah since breaking into the league, scoring 20 goals each of the past three seasons.

With a bevy of young players on the way in Utah and Crouse pacing for less than half of the points he's reached in the last three years, HC might be convinced to move on from the big forward.

But there's some risk for the Canucks here, who would be hoping this poor season is an outlier and not a trend.