Personally I don't think there's anything to it, just reporters making up a story for the sake of it. It's not that different from in the 80's when not-too-sharp hockey fans would say things like "we should trade for Gretzky, he's good" when they had little to offer in return. I doubt this is on KA's radar, although there have been comments from people like Friedman (who didn't really have much to offer, doubt he's heard anything).
Here's the likely source of the initial chit chat https://canucksarmy.com/news/should-vancouver-canucks-trade-sabres-defenceman-bowen-byram