NHL Rumors: Don’t Get Caught in the Tongue About the Vancouver Canucks and Kiefer Sherwood

Don’t get caught up in the language … Kiefer Sherwood may be traded

Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Matthew Schaefer’s Impact On Long Island episode, on the Vancouver Canucks and pending UFA forward Kiefer Sherwood. The Canucks have been trying to get him for a team-friendly number, but there is a good chance he will be traded. Don’t get caught up in the language.

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Friedman: “I have a few things I want to talk about. I want to talk about this Sherwood thing. So I have to tell you, okay, you know what drives me crazy? People who get..”

Kyle Bukauskas: “I’m sure there are many things.”

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Friedman: “… There are many things. But you know what drives me crazy? Are people convicted of language? All right. Don’t get caught up in language. Don’t swim in semantics.

I get a text. I don’t get up early on Sundays. I don’t like getting up early in the morning in general, but I don’t like getting up early on Sunday, that’s okay. I woke up to my phone ringing. I got like, three texts from people, ‘Yeah, you got the story wrong on Saturday night, no donation made to Sherwood.’ You know what? Shut up about that. That’s right.

As it is, don’t get caught up in semantics. Don’t get caught up in the language. They talked to him. They went up and down. They throw the numbers out there. Like I said, it was out of place, like they didn’t insult him. They didn’t give him a minimum wage or anything like that, but they promised him. It was like that, or they, if you don’t like the word gift, threw some numbers. That’s right.

They weren’t where the people of Sherwood saw the market, but they weren’t rude. Do I think Vancouver was looking and saying, can we get them maybe for less than market value? It didn’t work. Still, like I said, it’s a big gap. It is unlikely that it will happen.

I also don’t understand people who swear, ‘I can’t believe they made a promise. I thought they were rebuilding.’ Like I said, don’t get caught up in the language. They were just trying to see if they could get good money. I don’t know if they thought it would happen. But it is clear that there is still a gap.

I don’t know where this is going from here. A few people on Sunday asked me, ‘Like, when do you think it’s going to be dealt with since this isn’t going to happen? What do you think the timeline is?’ I honestly don’t know. I can’t hear it well.

There had certainly been a lot of noise around him these past few days. But now I think, look, everybody’s in Minnesota at the World Juniors. GMs are there. The scouts are there. People are talking.

I think, you know, I think the fact that they were talking to Sherwood had some people saying, OK, if they’re not going to sign Sherwood, maybe they’re going to work here while everybody else is here. I don’t know that. That is, it is difficult to find a timeline.

But don’t get caught up in the language. They talked. They took the bullet and watched. It just didn’t, it didn’t close the gap. So we’ll see where it goes. I don’t understand people. I just don’t understand people, that’s all.”

Bukauskas: “Well, even in protecting people, you obviously see these things in a very different way and in a lot more detail than most. I just wondered, like, the lesson here is that things like that maybe go on a little bit more than we think. Because I was like in the same boat when I was like, What do you mean they’re just talking about even the idea of ​​withdrawing?

Because of all the places they’re hoping to go, and you’re looking at players who can command good value, you think Sherwood is a guy who can find something that can help Vancouver down the line.

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So, you know, it’s amazing that they would even consider holding on to him. I think he is a good player. He can continue to help you in Vancouver. But could that be slower than we realize?”

Friedman: “Yeah, that happens. Kyle, no question, it happens.”

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