Overview
- Vancouver sent 25-year-old winger Nils Höglander to the Nashville Predators in exchange for the Colorado Avalanche’s 2029 third-round pick, a trade announced Monday.
- The pick the Canucks received was originally owned by Colorado and will give Vancouver another long-term asset as it rebuilds under Ryan Johnson.
- Höglander is entering year two of a three-year contract that carries a $3 million cap hit, a manageable short-term cost that Nashville took on.
- The move follows Höglander’s sharp production drop from a 24-goal season in 2023–24 to five points in 38 games in 2025–26, a season in which he missed significant time with injury.
- For Nashville this is a low-cost gamble on a player who once showed clear scoring upside, while for Vancouver the trade is the first concrete roster move by GM Johnson to accumulate draft assets.