Athanasiou is in a weird position.
Came off of three straight years where he increased his point totals and cracked the 30 goal mark. He's only 25, you think that as he's approaching RFA status he'd have an even better year now since he's trying his hardest to pump up his value since he's due for a new contract...but in 13 games he has 0 goals and only 5 points. Very odd indeed.
Teams will be hesitant to trade for him in case that 30 goal season was a fluke, on the other hand, if he's just stuck on a poor team (no offense ) (and no pun intended on the "no offense"), then maybe he'll breakout and next year will pot another 30 goals and 60 points... its really hard to say.
As a Canucks fan, looking for a more solidified version of top 6 winger for Horvat, i'd consider moving ONE of Madden / Dipietro but it would be hard coughing up two nice assets for a him... tough call for sure. Athanasiou has speed and size, two factors that together, bode well for players in today's NHL.
The Canucks don't have the cap space anyways... Maybe if Detroit was willing to take on Erikssons contract (the bulk of) then they could score both Madden and Dipietro in a swap for Athanasiou. But i'm not sure if Detroit has the cap space either
anyways, i hope Athanasious either finds a home or starts producing, he's fun to watch.