Canucks reveal deadline plans after Mumps outbreak hits team.

The Canucks' playoff dreams are dashed, so now they have to focus on improving this team for the future.

The team had only a 1.3 per cent chance of making the playoffs before Saturday’s 4-1 loss to San Jose, and has dealt with an outbreak of the Mumps this past week. All signs point to the team being bigtime sellers at the deadline on March.1, and names like Alex Burrows, Jannik Hansen and Ryan Miller have been brought up in trade rumors.

In an interview with TSN 1040 on Friday, Canucks' GM Jim Benning admitted he’s asked players with no-trade clauses to submit a list of teams they would accept a trade to ahead of the deadline.

From the Vancouver Sun:

Winger Alex Burrows, a 12-year-Canuck who like Miller is due to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, will draw trade interest but can veto a move with his NTC.

Not so Miller and Hansen, who can limit Benning’s trade field but cannot fully prevent a deal.

Miller, 36, submitted a list of five teams he can be traded to, while Hansen was required to identify eight potential trade destinations.

Benning also admitted that the recent Mumps outbreak likely won't change any of his plans heading into the deadline.

“I don’t know if it will have any effect on that or not,” Benning said in his radio interview.

“This happened to other teams a few years ago and once the players go through the five-day incubation period, they’re fine. And so they can keep playing. I don’t think it will have any effect on that.”

Chances are that the Canucks will be moving and shaking this week, and they will be monitored closely.

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