Don’t get caught up in the language … Kiefer Sherwood is more likely to be traded
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Matthew Schaefer‘s Impact On Long Island episode, on the Vancouver Canucks and pending UFA forward Kiefer Sherwood. The Canucks have been trying to get him at a team-friendly number, but it’s more likely that he will be traded. Don’t get caught up in the language.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Friedman: “I got a couple things I want to talk about. I want to talk about this Sherwood thing. So I gotta tell you, okay, you know what makes me crazy? People who get..”
Kyle Bukauskas: “I”m sure there’s a lot of things.”
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Friedman: “… There’s a lot of things. But you know what really makes me crazy? Is people who get hung up on language? Okay. Don’t get caught up in the language. Don’t swim in the semantics.
I get a text. I don’t wake up early on Sundays. I don’t like waking up early in general, but I really don’t like waking up early on Sunday, okay. I woke up, my phone’s bigging. I got like, three texts from people, ‘Yeah, you got the story wrong on Saturday night, there was no offer made to Sherwood.’ You know what? Shut up with that. Okay.
Like that’s, don’t get caught in the semantics. Don’t get caught up in the language. They talked to him. They went back and forth. They threw some numbers out there. Like I said, it wasn’t in the area where it was, like they didn’t insult him. They didn’t offer him minimum wage or anything like that, but they made an offer. It was, or they, if you don’t like the word offer, they threw out some numbers. Okay.
They were not where Sherwood’s people see the market, but they weren’t an insult. Do I think Vancouver was looking and saying, can we get them for maybe a little less than market value? Didn’t work out. Still, like I said, a sizable gap. Unlikely that it’s going to happen.
I also don’t understand the people who are freaking out about, ‘I can’t believe they made them an offer. I thought they were rebuilding.’ Like I said, don’t get caught up in language. They were simply trying to see if they could get them at a good deal. I don’t even know if they really thought it was going to even happen. But obviously there’s still a gap.
I don’t know where this is going to go here. Had a couple of people on Sunday asked me, ‘Like, when do you think it’s going to get dealt since this didn’t work out? Like, what do you think the timeline is?’ I honestly don’t know. I don’t have a good feel for it.
There was definitely some increased noise around him over the last few days. But now I think, look, everybody is in Minnesota at the World Juniors. The GMs are there. Scouts are there. People are talking.
I think, you know, I think the fact that they were talking to Sherwood had some people saying, Okay, if they’re not going to sign Sherwood, maybe they’ll deal in here while everybody’s here. I don’t know that. It’s, it’s hard to figure out the timeline.
But don’t get caught up in the language. They talked. They took a shot at it. Just didn’t, didn’t bridge the gap. So we’ll see where it goes. I don’t understand people. I just don’t understand people, that’s all.”
Bukauskas: “Well, and to the people’s defense, you obviously see this stuff in a much different light and in much greater detail than most. I just wondered, like, is the lesson here that stuff like that maybe goes on a little more often than we think. Because I kind of was of the same boat where I’m like, What do you mean they’re talking about just even the idea of of looking at re-signing?
Because this whole where they hope to go, and you’re looking at players that who could command good value, you think Sherwood is the guy to get something back of substance that can help Vancouver down the line.
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So, you know, it’s surprising that they would look at even hanging on to him. I guess he’s a good player. He could continue to help you in Vancouver. But does that maybe go on a little more than we realize?”
Friedman: “Yes, that does happen. Kyle, there’s no question, happens.”
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