Quick Hits from around the league: Brendan Guance reached an agreement with the Vancouver Canucks on a three-year, entry-level deal, according to the Vancouver Canucks official site. The 26th overall pick in the 2012 draft had 68 points and 68 penalty minutes in the Ontario Hockey League last season. Terms of the deal were not released. [...]

Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal was answering a reader’s emails and proposed The Edmonton Oilers may try to snag a young defenseman from the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Ales Hemsky ahead of the deadline: Matheson says “the Oilers need a puck-moving Kris Letang-type defender. I suspect they’ll be trying to get a blue-liner should they decide not to re-sign Ales Hemsky, [...]