Chris Tanev has been rumoured to be on the trade block for the last few weeks, and now it appears there are two clear frontrunners to land him in an upcoming trade. <h2>Elliotte Friedman Reveals the Two Frontrunners for Chris Tanev Trade</h2> It seems as though defensemen are the highly sought-after commodity this year in the NHL, and the Calgary Flames are selling. They already moved Nikita Zadorov, and now have been reported to be shopping Chris Tanev for the last several weeks. Now, Elliotte Friedman has revealed the frontrunners to land Tanev, the Vancouver Canucks and the Toronto Maple Leafs. <q>''Elliotte Friedman says the Leafs & Canucks are really interested in Flames D Chris Tanev.''</q> The Canucks are already used to doing business with the Flames, as they completed the aforementioned trade for Nikita Zadorov earlier this year. <h2>Leafs' GM Brad Treliving Could Have Upper Hand in Trade Negotiations</h2> The Leafs GM could have an advantage in the trade talks, as he was the former GM for the Flames. One of the major factors in a Tanev trade is the fact that his contract expires after this year. Many have touted the fact that Treliving was the one to originally get Tanev's deal signed as a potential advantage for getting him in Toronto. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Tytantinese/status/1737165468371464693'> </a></blockquote></div> As the trade deadline quickly approaches, we will see who lands the Tanev deal. As seen on <a href='https://www.canucksdaily.com/nhl/trades/LATEST-The-two-frontrunners-in-the-Chris-Tanev-sweepstakes-have-emerged' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Canucks Daily</a> - LATEST | The two frontrunners in the Chris Tanev sweepstakes have emerged