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Vancouver Canucks Acquire Filip Hronek

Trey Daubert / NHL / March 1, 2023

Vancouver Canucks Acquire Filip Hronek

Don’t tell the Canucks they’re trying to tank! It’s a re-tool damn! Anywho… Vancouver continues to be weird and pulled what is maybe the strangest deal of NHL trade deadline season. Filip Hronek is on his way to Vancouver after the Canucks have agreed to a trade with Detroit.

BOTH teams reported the deal right away in total lockstep. Same exact time stamp too.

UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today acquired a 1st round pick (NYI) and a 2nd round pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for defenseman Filip Hronek and a 2023 4th round pick. pic.twitter.com/hKVavLT9uW
— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) March 1, 2023

GM Patrik Allvin announced today that the Canucks have acquired D Filip Hronek and Detroit's 2023 4th rd pick in exchange for the conditional 1st rd draft pick acquired in the Bo Horvat trade with the New York Islanders and Vancouver’s 2nd rd pick in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. pic.twitter.com/fm1IqhLByB
— X – Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) March 1, 2023

Where do I even start? When will the trades end? This is madness! This is March!

Fascinating stuff right here. For starters, the Wings just got an extension hammered out with homegrown star, Dylan Larkin. Once that happened, it felt like anything was on the table for Detroit. The Wings may have found an opportunity to keep their core in tact while selling high on a player that was having a career season.

Hronek, 25, has 38 points in 60 games which already matches his total from a year ago. Hronek has cooled off as of late but that’s only because he’s been playing with cancer, Ben Chiarot. Still, the Wings were able to secure a first round pick for Hronek when that likely wouldn’t have been the case a year ago. His stock has been on the rise and his player card indicates just that.

A curious thing about Hronek is that even in this season where his impacts are quite strong, his microstats aren't super special at all at 5v5. Much prefers to exit the zone by carrying the puck than by making a break-out pass. #Canucks pic.twitter.com/6habZhK8nS
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) March 1, 2023

Detroit basically receives the pick the Canucks got for Bo Horvat. That Islanders pick could be pretty high up in the draft. Would you swap Horvat for Hronek? I don’t think I would but I guess you can make the argument given the fact that there is more control. Hronek is under contract through next year and carries a $4.4 million AAV. Vancouver also need defense help in the worst way. Outside of Quinn Hughes, it’s a total wasteland on the blue line.

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