Jim Benning

Canucks quietly improve at Trade Deadline

[caption id="attachment_1057" align="alignnone" width="1291"] Cory Conacher, pictured here at the 2012 AHL All-Star game, was one of the Canucks' two pickups at this year's trade deadline. Image courtesy of TheAHL (Flickr).[/caption] The Canucks had a quiet trade deadline, with the exception of two new acquisitions: Cory Conacher from the New York Islanders and Sven Baertschi from the Calgary Flames. And that’s good. Though the two players they traded for are primarily filling needs for the Canucks’ AHL affiliate — the Utica Comets — they both have NHL potential. Baertschi was initially a first-round pick by the Flames (13th overall), and…

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