According to Elliotte Friedman, the Vancouver Canucks weren’t the only team interested in acquiring Drew O’Connor. While the Canucks did land the forward as part of the trade that brought O’Connor and defenseman Marcus Pettersson in,

The Edmonton Oilers were reportedly close to a deal with the Pittsburgh Penguins to acquire forward Drew O'Connor before the Vancouver Canucks completed their trade.

In case you missed it last week, the Vancouver Canucks completely remade their roster with two blockbuster trades. The biggest trade, of course, came when the Canucks finally, mercifully traded star forward JT Miller to the New York Rangers for Filip Chytil,

Back in September of 2022, the Edmonton Oilers got extremely close on a trade for Carson Soucy. In fact, the Oilers were so confident a deal was nearly done that they had a jersey made up for him in the event they could finalize the trade and get him over to play a game.