Sharks reportedly had interest in Canucks forward before trade to Blackhawks

LAS VEGAS – The San Jose Sharks reportedly had some interest in bringing in Ilya Mikheyev from the Vancouver Canucks, who were eager to shed the winger’s bloated contract and begin re-signing some of their other players.

On Wednesday, Mikheyev was ultimately traded to the Chicago Blackhawks, waiving the modified no-trade clause in his contract to help complete the transaction.

In the deal, the Canucks retained $712,000 of Mikheyev’s $4.750 million cap hit for the next two years and...