Several Vancouver Canucks are in the rumor mill, and Kiefer Sherwood knows he’s one of them
Iain MacIntyre of Sportsnet: Vancouver Canucks pending UFA forward Kiefer Sherwood knows that his name is in the rumor mill.
“You know, I love it here and I love this group here, and I just want to continue to take it day by day,” Sherwood told us. “I guess it’s just part of the gig. You’ve got to be professional and you have a job to go play. You try to have a good mindset through it all.”
Canucks president of hockey ops Jim Rutherford said this week that they need to get younger and that he’ll listen to calls on their pending UFAs – Sherwood, Evander Kane, Teddy Blueger and Derek Forbort – but he’s not looking to trade everybody.
Defenseman Quinn Hughes will be eligible to sign a contract extension this offseason, so he’ll need to decide if he wants to remain in Vancouver or work his way to New Jersey to play with his brothers.
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NHL Trade Tiers
Matt Larkin of Daily Faceoff: Tiering off some potential trade targets heading into the U.S. Thanksgiving.
Tier 1: Obvious Trade Candidates
- Rasmus Andersson – D – Calgary Flames – $4.5 million cap hit – Pending UFA – Six-team no-trade clause
- Brayden Schenn – C – St. Louis Blues – $6.5 million cap hit through 2027-28 – 15-team no-trade list
- Steven Stamkos – C – Nashville Predators – $8 million cap hit through 2027-28 – No-movement clause
- Ryan O’Reilly – C – Nashville Predators – $4.5 million cap hit through 2026-27
- Justin Faulk – D – St. Louis Blues – $6.5 million cap hit through 2026-27 – 15-team no-trade list
- Jonathan Marchessault – RW – Nashville Predators – $5.5 million cap hit through 2028-29 – 15-team no-trade list
- Brandon Carlo – D – Toronto Maple Leafs – $4.1 million cap hit through 2026-27 – Eight-team no-trade list
- Blake Coleman – LW – Calgary Flames – $4.9 million cap hit through 2026-27 – 10-team trade list
- Pavel Mintyukov – D – Anaheim Ducks – $918,333 cap hit – Pending RFA
- Brad Lambert – C – Winnipeg Jets – $886,667 cap hit through 2026-27
- Nazem Kadri – C – Calgary Flames – $7 million cap hit through 2028-29 – 13-team no-trade list
- Yegor Chinakhov – RW – Columbus Blue Jackets – $2.1 million cap hit – Pending RFA
- Mario Ferraro – D – San Jose Sharks – $3.25 million cap hit – Pending UFA
- Michael Bunting – LW – Nashville Predators $4.5 million cap hit- Pending UFA
- Lukas Reichel – LW – Vancouver Canucks – $1.2 million cap hit through 2025-26 – Pending RFA
- Emil Andrae – D – Philadelphia Flyers – $903,333 cap hit through 2025-26 – Pending RFA
TIER 2: Names to keep an eye on
- Alex Tuch – RW – Buffalo Sabres – $4.75 million cap hit – Pending UFA – Five-team no-trade list
- Kiefer Sherwood – RW – Vancouver Canucks – $1.5 million cap hit pending UFA
- Andrei Svechnikov – LW – Carolina Hurricanes – $7.75 million cap hit through 2028-29 – 10-team no-trade list
- Anders Lee – LW – New York Islanders – $7 million cap hit – Pending UFA – 15-team no-trade list
- Boone Jenner – C – Columbus Blue Jackets $3.75 million cap hit – Pending UFA – Eight-team no-trade clause
- Jordan Kyrou – RW – St. Louis Blues – $8.125 million cap hit through 2030-31 – No-trade clause
- Owen Tippett – RW – Philadelphia Flyers – $6.2 million cap hit through 2031-32
- Ryan Hartman – C – Minnesota Wild – $4 million cap hit through 2026-27 – 15-team no-trade clause
- Jean-Gabriel Pageau – C – New York Islanders – $5 million cap hit – Pending UFA – 16-team no-trade list
- Nick Robertson – RW – Toronto Maple Leafs – $1.825 million cap hit – Pending RFA
- Stuart Skinner – G – Edmonton Oilers – $2.6 million cap hit – Pending UFA
- Cam Talbot – G – Detroit Red Wings – $2.5 million cap hit – Pending UFA
- Marco Rossi – C – Minnesota Wild – $5 million cap hit through 2027-28
- Rasmus Ristolainen – D – Philadelphia Flyers – $5.1 million cap hit through 2026
TIER 3: Big names, blockbuster potential, but too soon
- Tage Thompson – C – Buffalo Sabres
- Artemi Panarin – LW – New York Rangers
- Erik Karlsson – D – Pittsburgh Penguins
- Morgan Rielly – D – Toronto Maple Leafs
- Quinn Hughes – D – Vancouver Canuck
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TIER 4: Theoretical trade chips if their teams fall out of contention
- Jaden Schwartz – LW – Seattle Kraken
- Nick Schmaltz – RW – Utah Mammoth
- Erik Haula – C – Nashville Predators
- Mason Marchment – LW – Seattle Kraken
- Connor Murphy – D – Chicago Blackhawks
- Scott Laughton – C – Toronto Maple Leafs
- Jamie Oleksiak – D – Seattle Kraken
- Evander Kane – LW – Vancouver Canucks
- John Klingberg – D – San Jose Sharks
- Teddy Blueger – C – Vancouver Canucks
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