Lastly for a few players, the threat of COVID lockdowns in Canada has prevented quite a few players from coming to Canadian markets and actually brought some players like Jeff Petry to want to leave them.
One of these might be the case for defenceman Jake McCabe who is in the second year of a 4 year deal with the Chicago Blackhawks who wants to be moved to a contender. Currently he has a 7 team no-trade-clause as part of his contract, and per this NHL Insider, all 7 of those teams could be the Canadian teams.