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Report: Sharks, Canucks discussing trade around Labanc

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Would you trade right wing Kevin Labanc for defenseman Tyler Myers?

NHL insider Frank Seravalli reported Monday that’s what the Sharks and Vancouver Canucks recently were discussing.

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“My understanding was that the deal on the table was Tyler Myers straight up for Kevin Labanc,” Seravalli told Canucks Central.

For the Canucks, Labanc has a $4.725 million AAV for one more year, compared to Myers’s $6 million AAV for one more year.

That’s a $1.275 million savings on the cap for a Vancouver franchise looking to get back into the playoffs.

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