“I was going back and forth with a couple people about [Sherwood’s] situation. It sounds like over the last few days, things have picked up with respect to Kiefer Sherwood and the discussions that are going on out there,» Pagnotta said.

He added, “Two messages I got literally before jumping on here, don’t be surprised if something happens in the first half of January. So over the next week or two, maybe even sooner. But it does seem like the finality of this situation is he will be moved. It’s just a matter of how quickly, and can the Canucks maximize on what their return is going to be?”