According to reports on Friday, the Vancouver Canucks and Kiefer Sherwood’s camp are working together to help expedite a trade, despite his recent injury.

Donnie & Dhali’s Rick Dhaliwal provided an update on Sherwood on Friday’s segment:

“Sherwood is one player everyone expects to get moved. Don’t be surprised if something happens sooner than later. I believe Sherwood’s representatives and the Canucks are working together to get this done. Canucks want to move him. I would expect they try to make a deal – and maybe that means not necessarily getting a first-round pick. You can ask for anything you want. Doesn’t mean you’re going to get it.

“Canucks need to be realistic on the return for Sherwood. Sure, they would love a first-rounder, but playoff-bound teams are waiting to use their first-rounders on guys like [Nazem] Kadri, [Artemi] Panarin, Connor Murphy, [Pavel] Zacha, [Robert] Thomas, [Jordan] Kyrou, [Brayden] Schenn and Rasmus Andersson. There’s a lot of guys ahead of Sherwood in terms of teams willing to move a first-round pick for.

“They should still get a very good return. I can see a deal like Seattle got for Marchment – a second and a fourth.

“I was told to keep an eye on San Jose [for] Sherwood; they got the picks, they got the prospects, they got the cap space to get a deal done and maybe an extension as well. San Jose’s got multiple first- and second-round picks this year. San Jose’s in a playoff spot right now. What better way to reward that group than adding a player like Sherwood? I’m not saying Sherwood and San Jose’s done. I’m saying keep an eye on the Sharks. I think they’re a team that would like to swing for the fences and get him.”

Sherwood, 30, is having a career year with 17 goals and 23 points through 44 games this season. Despite missing the previous three games with what Dhaliwal mentioned is an upper-body injury, Sherwood still leads the Canucks in goals and has a 40-hit cushion on New York Rangers forward Will Cuylle for second in hits across the entire NHL.

The Sharks currently hold the final Wild Card spot with 51 points. They are two points up on division rival Los Angeles Kings and are tied with the Seattle Kraken for third in the Pacific Division. Led by Vancouver-native Macklin Celebrini, the Sharks have started to turn the corner out of their rebuild. They are now reportedly looking to add an impactful winger like Sherwood to help them compete to make the playoffs for the first time since their Conference Finals loss to the St. Louis Blues in 2019.