Zack Kassian has now become a disappointment in two NHL destinations.
The former first-round pick of the Buffalo Sabres showed promise last season for the Vancouver Canucks but it seems the team and GM Jim Benning has reached the end of the road with Kassian.
Injuries early this year robbed him of games and effectiveness upon his return to the ice, but the immense potential Kassian boasts still remains unfulfilled.
According to a report from TSN's Darren Dreger, Benning is now actively attempting to move Kassian and is calling teams in an effort to drum up interest.
Kassian, now 24, has long been touted as the next great power forward. He flamed out in Buffalo and seems to have reached the end of the road in Vancouver as well.
At 6-foot-3 and 214-pounds Kassian possesses rare physical gifts combined with a nasty attitude when he's on his game.
But injuries combined with surprising ineffectiveness and inconsistency at times has caused him to reach a point where he was said to be at odds with the Canucks coaching staff - this season has been highlighted by stretches of good play punctuated by healthy scratch designations.
His cap hit is a very manageable $1.75 million and with another team giving up on him - and now, reportedly, actively attempting to move him - his price tag most likely won't be major.
He does have nine goals and six assists in only 37 games this season, a testament to his prodigious natural ability, but there also seems to be major red flags and off the ice baggage that comes with his presence.
