If Elias Pettersson does in fact get traded from Vancouver this season, fans won't have seen the last of him in a Canucks uniform. The superstar 26-year-old forward will make his return from injured reserve to the Vancouver Canucks per general manager Patrik Allvin.

Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson is a trade candidate this season. This was the case before the Canucks placed him on injured reserve back on January 3. It stems from a reported rift between him and J.

Vancouver forward Elias Pettersson has been activated from the injured reserve after missing the team’s last six games with an undisclosed injury, the team announced on Friday ahead of their game against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Now with general manager Patrik Allvin's hand being forced to consider making a move to change up the locker-room dynamic, Pettersson's name has been used in trade rumor discussions, which is a first in the All-Star's six-and-a-half seasons with the Canucks.

It looks like Elias Pettersson will return to the Vancouver Canucks’ lineup tonight, as the club announced Friday afternoon that they had activated Pettersson from injured reserve (IR).

Over the past week and a half, Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin and director of player personnel Scott Young took in a series of World Junior games in Ottawa, watched Vancouver’s AHL affiliate in Laval and were in attendance together to witness the Canucks’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday.

Pettersson’s speculated rift with teammate J.T. Miller has caused Vancouver to at least start examining the trade market for both players.

More and more buzz continues to grow around the Vancouver Canucks and the futures of Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller. And now, word came out that earlier this season the New York Rangers offered a deal to the Canucks surrounding Mika Zibanejad for J.

The Rangers reportedly tried to land J.T. Miller in a trade with the Canucks, but saw a one-for-one offer rebuffed.

The Vancouver Canucks activated forward Elias Pettersson from injured reserve before their road game against the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.

The Canucks rejected a trade that would have sent J.T. Miller to the New York Rangers in exchange for fellow forward Mika Zibanejad earlier this season, The Athletic’s Josh Yohe reported on Tuesday.