There’s more than five months left until the NHL trade deadline, but the rumors have started to swirl.

The Canucks need help at center. According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, they’re interested in Bruins forward Pavel Zacha.

According to The Fourth Period’s David Pagnotta, they’re interested in Casey Mittelstadt , too.

“Boston is interesting. Casey Mittelstadt is out there out there again. Pavel Zacha was a player that they explored and took calls on last season,” Pagnotta said. “From the Canucks’ perspective, those are two players that would appeal. There are players they are exploring on and I would imagine that Boston would be a club that Allvin and (President Jim) Rutherford are going to at least poke on to see what the price tag would be for either of those players.”

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