NHL Rumors: Vancouver Canucks and NHL Trade Tiers

Several Vancouver Canucks are in the rumor mill and Kiefer Sherwood knows he is one of them

Sportsnet’s Iain MacIntyre: Vancouver Canucks awaiting UFA forward Kiefer Sherwood knows his name is in the rumor mill.

“You know, I love it here and I love this group here, and I just want to keep taking it day by day,” Sherwood told us. “I think it’s just part of the gig. You have to be professional and you have a job to play. You try to have a good mentality about it.”

Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford said this week that they need to get younger and that he will listen to the calls of their pending UFAs — Sherwood, Evander Kane, Teddy Blueger and Derek Forbort — but he has no plans to trade anyone.

Defenseman Quinn Hughes is eligible to sign a contract extension this season, so he will have to decide whether he wants to stay in Vancouver or work his way to New Jersey to play with his brothers.

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NHL Trade Levels

Daily Faceoff’s Matt Larkin: Reducing some potential trade targets heading into the US Thanksgiving.

Level 1: Obvious trade candidates

• Rasmus Andersson – D – Calgary Flames – $4.5 million cap hit – Pending UFA – Six-team no-trade clause
• Brayden Schenn – C – St. Louis Blues – $6.5M cap reached in 2027-2028 – No-trade list of 15 teams
• Steven Stamkos – C – Nashville Predators – $8 Million Cap Through 2027-2028 – No Movement Clause
• Ryan O’Reilly – C – Nashville Predators – $4.5 million cap through 2026-2027
• Justin Faulk – D – St. Louis Blues – $6.5 million cap achieved in 2026-2027 – No-trade list of 15 teams
• Jonathan Marchessault – RW – Nashville Predators – $5.5M cap reached in 2028-2029 – No-trade list of 15 teams
• Brandon Carlo – D – Toronto Maple Leafs – $4.1 million cap hit through 2026-2027 – No-trade list of eight teams
• Blake Coleman – LW – Calgary Flames – $4.9M cap reached in 2026-2027 – 10-team trade list
• Pavel Mintyukov – D – Anaheim Ducks – $918,333 cap hit – Pending RFA
• Brad Lambert – C – Winnipeg Jets – $886,667 cap through 2026-2027
• Nazem Kadri – C – Calgary Flames – $7 million cap reached in 2028-2029 – No-trade list of 13 teams
• Yegor Chinakhov – RW – Columbus Blue Jackets – $2.1 million cap hit – Pending RFA
• Mario Ferraro – D – San Jose Sharks – $3.25M Cap Hit – Pending UFA
• Michael Bunting – LW – Nashville Predators $4.5 million cap hit – Pending UFA
• Lukas Reichel – LW – Vancouver Canucks – $1.2M cap reached through 2025-2026 – Pending RFA
• Emil Andrae – D – Philadelphia Flyers – $903,333 cap reached through 2025-2026 – Pending RFA

LEVEL 2: Names to keep an eye on

• Alex Tuch – RW – Buffalo Sabers – $4.75 million cap hit – Pending UFA – Five-team no-trade list
• Kiefer Sherwood – RW – Vancouver Canucks – $1.5 million cap pending UFA
• Andrei Svechnikov – LW – Carolina Hurricanes – $7.75M cap reached in 2028-2029 – 10-team no-trade list
• Anders Lee – LW – New York Islanders – $7 million cap hit – Pending UFA – No-trade list of 15 teams
• Boone Jenner – C – Columbus Blue Jackets $3.75 million cap hit – Pending UFA – No-trade clause from eight teams
• Jordan Kyrou – RW – St. Louis Blues – $8.125 million cap through 2030-31 – No-trade clause
• Owen Tippett – RW – Philadelphia Flyers – $6.2 million cap through 2031-2032
• Ryan Hartman – C – Minnesota Wild – $4 million cap reached in 2026-2027 – No trade clause for 15 teams
• Jean-Gabriel Pageau – C – New York Islanders – $5 million cap hit – Pending UFA – 16-team no-trade list
• Nick Robertson – RW – Toronto Maple Leafs – $1.825 million cap hit – Pending RFA
• Stuart Skinner – G – Edmonton Oilers – $2.6 million cap hit – Pending UFA
• Cam Talbot – G – Detroit Red Wings – $2.5M Cap Hit – Pending UFA
• Marco Rossi – C – Minnesota Wild – $5 million cap through 2027-2028
• Rasmus Ristolainen – D – Philadelphia Flyers – $5.1 million cap through 2026

TIER 3: Big names, blockbuster potential, but too early

• Tage Thompson – C – Buffalo Sabres
• Artemis as
• Erik Karlsson – D – Pittsburgh Penguins
• Morgan Rielly – D – Toronto Maple Leafs
• Quinn Hughes – D – Vancouver Canuck

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LEVEL 4: Theoretical trade chips if their teams fall out of contention

• Jaden Schwartz – LW – Seattle Kraken
• Nick Schmaltz – RW – Utah Mammoth
• Erik Haula – C – Nashville Predators
• Mason Marchment – ​​​​LW – Seattle Kraken
• Connor Murphy – D – Chicago Blackhawks
• Scott Laughton – C – Toronto Maple Leafs
• Jamie Oleksiak – D – Seattle Kraken
• Evander Kane – LW – Vancouver Canucks
• John Klingberg – D – San Jose Sharks
• Teddy Blueger – C – Vancouver Canucks

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