That's just speculation from you.
“It would be nice to add another Top-6 player to help us in the scoring department,” the GM said. “And we want to look at our defence and if we can make some upgrades on defence, we’d like to do that.”
Canucks searching for defencemen, top-six forward in busy off-season: GM
This was quoted a few days ago, Benning only specified top six forward, he never specified a player style.
Jim Benning pleased with Canucks' depth, unlikely to go after big name free agents - Sportsnet.ca
At 3:30, Benning talks about he is unlikely to go in the direction of a big contract. I think it effectively rules out Duchene and Panarin.
This interview took place in Mid-March.
Recently, he talked about not ruling out non-headline player acquisitions.
I'm not saying we will for sure sign Ferland but you're ruling things out and interpreting things that haven't been stated. Based on this, I feel like a middle six player acquisition is on the way.