The 27-year-old boasts a wide array of creative offensive tools. He’s a shifty, agile skater and has silky-smooth hands with the puck which allow him to excel as a puck transporter. He led Nashville Predators forwards at creating offensive zone entries with possession last season, according to Corey Sznajder’s tracking.

The Vancouver Canucks do like their Friday trades, making another move today. The team has shipped defenseman Mark Friedman to the Nashville Predators in return for future considerations. Many fans and pundits believe that Vancouver is making room for a bigger transaction later on ahead of the March 7 deadline.