Thank you for tuning into Last Word on Hockey. In this edition of NHL Rumours, the discussion will focus on the Vancouver Canucks efforts to keep an impending unrestricted free agent in town. While the chatter has centred on a trade, Vancouver could be looking to change course.<\/p>\n
NHL Rumours: Vancouver Canucks Made Offer to Kiefer Sherwood, but Sides Remain Apart<\/p>\n
Rumour: During the January 3 edition of Saturday Headlines<\/a>, insider Elliotte Friedman discussed the offer the Canucks made to impending UFA Kiefer Sherwood. However, the offer was well below Sherwood\u2019s camp\u2019s expectations, leaving both sides still far apart.<\/p>\n Analysis: NHL rumours suggesting the Canucks want to keep<\/a> Sherwood are somewhat surprising. The chatter for the last couple of months has been the team\u2019s plans to move out all impending UFAs.<\/p>\n So, the sudden change of heart seems surprising. But then again, the Canucks may believe that Sherwood\u2019s season is not an outlier amid a rash of injuries<\/a>. That\u2019s why the club could be keen on keeping the 30-year-old in the fold beyond this season.<\/p>\n Unfortunately for Vancouver, it seems NHL rumours surrounding Sherwood\u2019s potential trade will remain churning, based on Friedman\u2019s comments:<\/p>\n \u201cThe Canucks did make a new offer to Sherwood this week. I still think there\u2019s a sizeable gap here. I don\u2019t have a timeline for when anything\u2019s going to occur in terms of a trade or anything like that. But both sides did talk this week. I still think, however, there\u2019s a gap in where Sherwood would like to be and what the Canucks are willing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n So, it seems that NHL rumours involving a Kiefer Sherwood trade are not going away anytime soon. The Canucks\u2019 last-ditch effort to keep Sherwood in the fold may ultimately prove unsuccessful, prompting a trade.<\/p>\n Price Reportedly High on Sherwood<\/p>\n