Canucks improve but take on risk with Ekman-Larsson, Garland additions Elliotte Friedman joined Tim to talk about the blockbuster trade between the Coyotes and Canucks, sending Oliver Ekman-Larsson north of the border, and why that could be exactly what the star defenceman needs. | July 23, 2021, 6:53 PM July 23, 2021, 6:53 PM VANCOUVER – After years of trying to manage their increasing salary-cap pain, the Vancouver Canucks opted for major surgery on Friday and amputated their spending mistakes in a blockbuster trade with the Arizona Coyotes. They added a first-pairing defenceman in Oliver Ekman-Larsson and top-six winger in Conor Garland without surrendering a significant player from their roster, instead bundling the final season of bad contracts general manager Jim Benning had given years earlier to Loui Eriksson, Antoine Roussel and Jay Beagle and dumping them on Arizona.