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Extending Kiefer Sherwood would be a reckless move from the Canucks: Canucks Conversation
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Clarke Corsan
Jan 7, 2026, 16:00 ESTUpdated: Jan 7, 2026, 14:31 EST
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On Tuesday’s episode of Canucks Conversation, David Quadrelli and Harman Dayal discussed why extending Kiefer Sherwood would be a mistake for the Vancouver Canucks, and why turning his breakout season into trade value should be the clear priority.
Quads explained why he views the recent chatter around Sherwood as market-building rather than extension talks.
“My first reaction was the Canucks are calling teams to discuss Sherwood, but they’re not in a rush to trade him because teams know the Canucks are definitely not keeping him,” Quads said. “This is the Canucks creating a market, in my mind. We complained about them not creating a market for Brock Boeser and not being able to get anything for him at the deadline, which was an indictment on management. On the other side of it, they’re trying to build a market for Sherwood.”
Quads added that given how thin the deadline market looks, Vancouver is right to be aggressive with its asking price.
“We’ve heard they have a high asking price, as they should,” he said. “Look at the NHL trade market, there’s not much out there and it doesn’t seem like there will be. Making your asking price high and doing everything you can to get as much as possible, I think this is a part of that.”
Harm agreed that the explanation makes sense, but said it only works if the Canucks actually follow through.
“It’s a logical explanation and it’s one you desperately hope is true,” Harm said. “I love Sherwood as a player; not just the goal scoring, the forechecking, the physicality. The guy has endless heart, hustle, compete level, and I do buy that in general he’d be a great piece for a lot of teams to want to keep long term.”
That’s where the disconnect comes in.
“The issue is it just doesn’t match with the Canucks’ timeline,” Harm said. “Vancouver isn’t going to be contending for anything meaningful anytime soon, so Sherwood, given his age, doesn’t fit, especially when you look at the Canucks’ roster as a whole. This is an issue where the conversations we’d be having about the Canucks, the trade deadline, what they could sell off – it would all be different if they hadn’t re-signed Garland and Demko. Now that they’ve boxed themselves in and don’t have as many options to trade Demko and Garland, you simply don’t have as many valuable trade assets to help your rebuild.”
Because of that, Harm said Sherwood becomes even more important.
“You have to cash in on Sherwood given how valuable he is, how many teams would be in on him not only for who he is as a player but how easy he is to fit into any team’s cap picture,” he said. “The Canucks have to take advantage of it. It’s noteworthy that the Canucks made an effort to proactively lock up Demko and Garland. They didn’t show that same urgency with Kiefer Sherwood. Because of that, I’m still skeptical that they’re going to be the team willing to step up and pay market value on his next contract.”
Quads closed by stressing that even a discounted extension would be a bad bet.
“Sherwood might score 30 goals this year,” Quads said. “What do you think a 30-goal scorer is getting paid in this free agent market? Even if you got him at a massive discount, it’s still reckless.”
For Quads, the bigger issue is repeating past mistakes.
“What are you going to be as a team over those years?” he said. “Sherwood is 30 years old. They’ve already made this mistake with Dakota Joshua, but one thing they seem to be good at is finding the next Dakota Joshua or Kiefer Sherwood. Trust your scouts and instincts.”
He summed it up bluntly.
“You’ve turned Kiefer Sherwood from an afterthought into one of the hottest commodities at the NHL trade deadline in 2026,” Quads said. “The biggest mistake would be to look at that and extend him. Even if he got signed to a deal that’s way below market value, it’s not a good move.”
Sherwood’s value is real – but the smartest play is selling high, not locking in another long-term risk.
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