<p>While Wednesday&#8217;s <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/what-are-vancouver-canucks-getting-evander-kane">headlines were dominated by the Evander Kane trade</a> in <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/combinations">Vancouver Canucks</a> land, TSN&#8217;s Darren Dreger delivered two juicy nuggets regarding the club&#8217;s goaltending situation.</p>
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<p>First, <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/dreger-progress-been-made-multi-year-extension-between-demko-vancouver-canucks-silovs-could-play">Dreger reported that the Canucks and Thatcher Demko have made progress towards an extension</a>, and that an extension is more likely than a trade at this point in time. What Dreger also mentioned was that Arturs Silovs &#8220;could be in play.&#8221;</p>
<p>And it&#8217;s not just Dreger, either. During his Wednesday afternoon press conference, Canucks GM Patrik Allvin certainly seemed to leave the door open for a Silovs trade. At least, that&#8217;s what this author thinks. We&#8217;ll let you be the judge.</p>
<p>Question: Has Arturs Silovs&#8217; MVP performance changed the way you view either signing Thatcher to an extension or moving Thatcher and having Arty come up here?</p>
<p>Allvin: It was a hell of a performance and I&#8217;m happy for Artie. We know that he&#8217;s a really good goalie, and this is just [reaffirming] that. That being said, we still got a couple of good goalies in the system there, with Tolopilo and Ty Young that are more than ready to play as well. So we&#8217;ll see here over the next couple of days where things go here with Thatcher and we&#8217;ll make decisions after that.&#8221;</p>
<p>One thing that&#8217;s undeniable at this point is that the odds of Silovs being claimed if he were to hit waivers in the fall have greatly increased since he was named the Calder Cup Playoffs MVP. <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/could-arturs-silovs-performance-waiver-status-vancouver-canucks-toward-thatcher-demko-trade">We warned of the possibility of a Silovs claim months ago</a>, and the urgency to not allow that to happen has only increased since then.</p>
<p>So who could be in the market for Silovs if the Canucks are looking to move on from him rather than losing him for nothing on waivers? Let&#8217;s explore.</p>
<h2>San Jose Sharks</h2>
<p>The Sharks basically have Arturs Silovs at home with Georgii Romani. Okay, not really. Romani is two years older than Silovs, and while he is about as unproven as Silovs at the NHL level, he hasn&#8217;t shown the same level of promise of Silovs at the AHL level. And he certainly doesn&#8217;t have 10 Stanley Cup Playoff games under his belt, either.</p>
<p>Yaroslav Askarov is the goalie of the future in San Jose, and without a doubt the Sharks will want him to take a significant step towards being an everyday starter next season.</p>
<p>They&#8217;ll need a goalie, and while they might sign one in free agency, Silovs could be an intriguing and similarly aged goaltender to give Askarov some competition for NHL starts next season.</p>
<h2>Philadelphia Flyers</h2>
<p>Keeping in mind that the Philadelphia Flyers aren&#8217;t <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/philadelphia-flyers/line-combinations">necessarily looking for a bonafide starter,</a> bringing in Silovs to challenge Samuel Ersson for starts seems like a smart move for a Flyers team that bled chances last season and is hoping to shore up defensively with Rick Tocchet at the helm.</p>
<p>Things have not worked out with Ivan Fedotov since signing with the Flyers out of the KHL, and if they can&#8217;t move his contract (he&#8217;s owed $3.275 million this season), they almost certainly don&#8217;t want him being their regular backup this upcoming season. They&#8217;ll have no problem putting him on waivers and getting some cap relief as a result, but make no mistake about it &#8212; they need a goaltender.</p>
<p>If the Flyers don&#8217;t get a goaltender, they&#8217;ll either run Fedotov back out there or rush 23-year-old prospect Aleksei Kolosov to the NHL. Kolosov, a third round pick of the Flyers in 2021, posted an .884 save percentage in the AHL last season and an .867 through 17 NHL games. He almost certainly needs more time in the minors, and Silovs could be an intriguing add for a team that is absolutely going to have to add a goaltender in <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/could-vancouver-canucks-take-advantage-thin-nhl-goalie-market-offseason">what&#8217;s long looked like a thin goalie market this summer</a>.</p>
<h2>Edmonton Oilers</h2>
<p>Edmonton needs goaltending help. Talk about evergreen statements.</p>
<p>The Oilers have been connected to John Gibson for ages, and hey, maybe this is the summer that it finally happens. But if it&#8217;s not, adding an intriguing name like Silovs to their goaltending stable &#8212; if you can even call it that &#8212; can&#8217;t hurt, especially when the cost to do so would be relatively low.</p>
<p>Currently, the Oilers have both Calvin Pickard and Stuart Skinner signed for next season. If Silovs comes into camp and earns a job, would the Oilers really be worried about a team claiming Skinner and his $2.6 million cap hit or Pickard&#8217;s $1 million cap hit? Doubtful.</p>
<p>Now, if you&#8217;re picking the least realistic team of the ones we&#8217;ve listed, the Oilers are probably just that. Trading any player to a divisional rival can be scary. But trading a young goaltender who just accomplished what Silovs did for your farm team? That has potential to be one of the most haunting moves this organization could ever make.</p>
<h2>No longer in the running, but interesting to note: Florida Panthers</h2>
<p>The Florida Panthers traded for Daniil Tarasov on Thursday morning, sending a fifth round pick the Columbus Blue Jackets&#8217; way. That takes them out of the running as a clear team who may have wanted to trade for Silovs (they were featured in the first draft of this article), but it&#8217;s interesting to note nonetheless because of the price Florida paid for Tarasov.</p>
<p>If Tarasov &#8212; who is 26 and has yet to be able to stick in the NHL to this point while being a fairly average AHL goaltender &#8212; can fetch a fifth, what can the Calder Cup Playoffs MVP fetch?</p>
<p>Certainly a fourth, and maybe a third? A third is likely stretching it, but hey, <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/where-does-evander-kane-fit-vancouver-canucks-lineup">fourth round picks get top six wingers these days</a>.</p>
<p>But <em>should</em> the Canucks trade Silovs? For now, we&#8217;ll leave that up to you to decide. Let us know what you think in the comments section below!</p>
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While Wednesday's <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/what-are-vancouver-canucks-getting-evander-kane">headlines were dominated by the Evander Kane trade</a> in <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/combinations">Vancouver Canucks</a> land, TSN's Darren Dreger delivered two juicy nuggets regarding the club's goaltending situation.
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First, <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/dreger-progress-been-made-multi-year-extension-between-demko-vancouver-canucks-silovs-could-play">Dreger reported that the Canucks and Thatcher Demko have made progress towards an extension</a>, and that an extension is more likely than a trade at this point in time. What Dreger also mentioned was that Arturs Silovs "could be in play."

And it's not just Dreger, either. During his Wednesday afternoon press conference, Canucks GM Patrik Allvin certainly seemed to leave the door open for a Silovs trade. At least, that's what this author thinks. We'll let you be the judge.

Question: Has Arturs Silovs' MVP performance changed the way you view either signing Thatcher to an extension or moving Thatcher and having Arty come up here?

Allvin: It was a hell of a performance and I'm happy for Artie. We know that he's a really good goalie, and this is just [reaffirming] that. That being said, we still got a couple of good goalies in the system there, with Tolopilo and Ty Young that are more than ready to play as well. So we'll see here over the next couple of days where things go here with Thatcher and we'll make decisions after that."

One thing that's undeniable at this point is that the odds of Silovs being claimed if he were to hit waivers in the fall have greatly increased since he was named the Calder Cup Playoffs MVP. <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/could-arturs-silovs-performance-waiver-status-vancouver-canucks-toward-thatcher-demko-trade">We warned of the possibility of a Silovs claim months ago</a>, and the urgency to not allow that to happen has only increased since then.

So who could be in the market for Silovs if the Canucks are looking to move on from him rather than losing him for nothing on waivers? Let's explore.
<h2>San Jose Sharks</h2>
The Sharks basically have Arturs Silovs at home with Georgii Romani. Okay, not really. Romani is two years older than Silovs, and while he is about as unproven as Silovs at the NHL level, he hasn't shown the same level of promise of Silovs at the AHL level. And he certainly doesn't have 10 Stanley Cup Playoff games under his belt, either.

Yaroslav Askarov is the goalie of the future in San Jose, and without a doubt the Sharks will want him to take a significant step towards being an everyday starter next season.

They'll need a goalie, and while they might sign one in free agency, Silovs could be an intriguing and similarly aged goaltender to give Askarov some competition for NHL starts next season.
<h2>Philadelphia Flyers</h2>
Keeping in mind that the Philadelphia Flyers aren't <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/philadelphia-flyers/line-combinations">necessarily looking for a bonafide starter,</a> bringing in Silovs to challenge Samuel Ersson for starts seems like a smart move for a Flyers team that bled chances last season and is hoping to shore up defensively with Rick Tocchet at the helm.

Things have not worked out with Ivan Fedotov since signing with the Flyers out of the KHL, and if they can't move his contract (he's owed $3.275 million this season), they almost certainly don't want him being their regular backup this upcoming season. They'll have no problem putting him on waivers and getting some cap relief as a result, but make no mistake about it -- they need a goaltender.

If the Flyers don't get a goaltender, they'll either run Fedotov back out there or rush 23-year-old prospect Aleksei Kolosov to the NHL. Kolosov, a third round pick of the Flyers in 2021, posted an .884 save percentage in the AHL last season and an .867 through 17 NHL games. He almost certainly needs more time in the minors, and Silovs could be an intriguing add for a team that is absolutely going to have to add a goaltender in <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/could-vancouver-canucks-take-advantage-thin-nhl-goalie-market-offseason">what's long looked like a thin goalie market this summer</a>.
<h2>Edmonton Oilers</h2>
Edmonton needs goaltending help. Talk about evergreen statements.

The Oilers have been connected to John Gibson for ages, and hey, maybe this is the summer that it finally happens. But if it's not, adding an intriguing name like Silovs to their goaltending stable -- if you can even call it that -- can't hurt, especially when the cost to do so would be relatively low.

Currently, the Oilers have both Calvin Pickard and Stuart Skinner signed for next season. If Silovs comes into camp and earns a job, would the Oilers really be worried about a team claiming Skinner and his $2.6 million cap hit or Pickard's $1 million cap hit? Doubtful.

Now, if you're picking the least realistic team of the ones we've listed, the Oilers are probably just that. Trading any player to a divisional rival can be scary. But trading a young goaltender who just accomplished what Silovs did for your farm team? That has potential to be one of the most haunting moves this organization could ever make.
<h2>No longer in the running, but interesting to note: Florida Panthers</h2>
The Florida Panthers traded for Daniil Tarasov on Thursday morning, sending a fifth round pick the Columbus Blue Jackets' way. That takes them out of the running as a clear team who may have wanted to trade for Silovs (they were featured in the first draft of this article), but it's interesting to note nonetheless because of the price Florida paid for Tarasov.

If Tarasov -- who is 26 and has yet to be able to stick in the NHL to this point while being a fairly average AHL goaltender -- can fetch a fifth, what can the Calder Cup Playoffs MVP fetch?

Certainly a fourth, and maybe a third? A third is likely stretching it, but hey, <a href="https://canucksarmy.com/news/where-does-evander-kane-fit-vancouver-canucks-lineup">fourth round picks get top six wingers these days</a>.

But <em>should</em> the Canucks trade Silovs? For now, we'll leave that up to you to decide. Let us know what you think in the comments section below!

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