Trade partners are starting to emerge for the Vancouver Canucks, and one that has sparked news recently is the Philadelphia Flyers.

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman linked the Philadelphia Flyers – and former Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet – as a team to watch when it comes to Vancouver and their available veteran players on Monday morning’s 32 Thoughts – The Podcast:

“Vancouver has players that Rick Tocchet likes. I don’t know if it’s [Kiefer] Sherwood; it would fit. But, nobody knows the Vancouver players better than Tocchet does, right? A couple people have said to me, ‘You better keep an eye on Philly when it comes to Vancouver’s players.’ And we’re not even talking about [Quinn] Hughes – everyone likes Hughes, and I don’t think anything’s going on there right now. But as the Canucks talk about some of their veterans, the questions you should be asking is: what veterans there, does Tocchet like?”

Canucks President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford sent a memo to the other 31 NHL teams stating that the team made its veteran players available one week ago today. And that has led to no shortage of rumours about who the available players might be.

Kiefer Sherwood, who’s on pace to shatter his career-high in goals and points, has drawn the most buzz around the league. He is in the final year of a two-year, $3 million contract that pays $1.5 million annually, which he signed with the Canucks on July 1 of 2024. RG Media reported that the Boston Bruins have checked in on Sherwood and Conor Garland, with Donnie & Dhali’s Rick Dhaliwal adding that the Minnesota Wild and San Jose Sharks have also checked in on the Columbus, Ohio native.

There has been no official link to Sherwood and the Flyers. But first-year Flyers head coach Rick Tocchet spent the previous two-and-a-half seasons in Vancouver and is familiar with the Canucks roster.

Philadelphia is off to an impressive start to the season. Their 14-7-3 has them in the top Wild Card spot and just three points off the Metropolitan Division lead. They are a team to watch when it comes to some of the reportedly available Canucks players.