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Canucks acquire rights to Philip Larsen

Vancouver Canucks' Ryan Kesler, left, and Edmonton Oilers' Philip Larsen, of Denmark, collide during first period NHL hockey action in Vancouver, B.C., on December 13, 2013. Defenceman Philip Larsen was acquired by the Vancouver Canucks in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Edmonton gets a fifth round conditional pick in the 2017 NHL draft in return. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck.
Vancouver Canucks' Ryan Kesler, left, and Edmonton Oilers' Philip Larsen, of Denmark, collide during first period NHL hockey action in Vancouver, B.C., on December 13, 2013. Defenceman Philip Larsen was acquired by the Vancouver Canucks in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Edmonton gets a fifth round conditional pick in the 2017 NHL draft in return. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck.

VANCOUVER – Defenceman Philip Larsen was acquired by the Vancouver Canucks in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night.

Edmonton gets a fifth round conditional pick in the 2017 NHL draft in return.

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The 26-year-old Larsen is currently with Jokerit Helsinki of the Kontinental Hockey League where he has 12 goals, 26 assists and a plus-9 rating in 54 games.

Larsen has eight goals and 23 assists with a minus-1 rating in 125 NHL games split between Edmonton and the Dallas Stars. He last played in the NHL in 2013-14.

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