The Vancouver Canucks are parting ways with a productive winger.
Pending unrestricted free agent Kiefer Sherwood was traded to the San Jose Sharks for two second-round picks (2026 and 2027) and defenceman Cole Clayton, the teams announced on Monday.
Sherwood, 30, has 17 goals this season through 44 games, just two off his career high of 19 set last season with the Canucks.
He is in the final year of a two-year, $3-million contract he signed with the Canucks, but has been out of the lineup since Jan. 10 due to an undisclosed injury.
The native of Columbus, Ohio, has 60 goals and 61 assists for 121 career points with the Canucks, Nashville Predators, Colorado Avalanche and Anaheim Ducks. He scored 36 of those goals with Vancouver, his most with any of the four teams.
The undrafted Sherwood broke into the NHL with the Ducks in 2018 after playing NCAA hockey at Miami University in Ohio.
Clayton, 25, spent the 2025-26 season with the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda. He’s logged two goals and three assists for a minus-five through 33 appearances.
Vancouver has spiralled this season and is in the midst of a 10-game skid before hosting the New York Islanders on Monday (Sportsnet, Sportsnet+, 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT). The Canucks own a 16-27-5 record, and with a league-worst .385 win percentage, sit eighth in the Pacific Division.
All of which appears to have led to somewhat of a fire sale as the franchise looks to reset for the future. A transition that began with the trading away of cornerstone defenceman Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild in December.
