Canucks Trade Sherwood to Sharks for Picks, Prospect

The Vancouver Canucks traded forward Kiefer Sherwood to the San Jose Sharks on Monday, acquiring two second-round draft picks and minor-league defenseman Cole Clayton in return as part of their ongoing rebuild efforts.

The deal sends the 30-year-old Sherwood, a pending unrestricted free agent, to San Jose in exchange for the club's second-round selections in the 2026 and 2027 NHL Drafts, along with Clayton, a 25-year-old defenseman currently playing in the American Hockey League. Sherwood, who has not played since January 10 due to an undisclosed injury, led the Canucks with 17 goals and added six assists in 44 games this season. Those totals marked a strong follow-up to his career-high performance last year, when he recorded 19 goals, 21 assists and 40 points for Vancouver. Over his NHL career with the Anaheim Ducks, Colorado Avalanche, Nashville Predators and Canucks, the undrafted forward from Columbus, Ohio, has tallied 121 points in 309 games. He is in the final season of a two-year, $3 million contract signed with Vancouver as a free agent on July 1, 2024.

For the Canucks, who sit at the bottom of the league standings with a 16-27-5 record and a 10-game winless streak...