Will Christian Dvorak’s extension push Kiefer Sherwood talks ahead, or will Sherwood find yourself being traded?
TSN: Chris Johnston notes that as of the top of the vacation, there was a nonetheless a giant hole within the contract extension talks between the Vancouver Canucks and Kiefer Sherwood. The Philadelphia Flyers signed Christian Dvorak to a five-year contract extension with simply over $5 million a season. It’s not an ideal comparable however..
“And whereas it’s not an ideal comparable for Sherwood, one’s a middle, one’s a winger, you recognize, they’re in the identical age band. Sherwood has outscored Dvorak, and there’s some thought perhaps that might push conversations extra in the direction of getting one thing executed. If not, after all, we’ll be speaking about him getting traded in some unspecified time in the future earlier than the commerce deadline.”
The Winnipeg Jets aren’t giving up on the season, and need to add some scoring assist
Judy Owen on TSN: The Winnipeg Jets positive didn’t see this downward spiral coming. GM Kevin Cheveldayoff is in search of methods to show issues round and is speaking to groups. The buying and selling of draft picks over the previous couple of seasons is catching up with them a bit.
“You’re speaking about your personal particular person state of affairs, you’re speaking about everybody else’s conditions, the place they could go,” Cheveldayoff stated.
“You’re having the conversations with different managers to see what their short-term and long-term plans are, and also you cope with it accordingly.”
Coach Scott Arniel stated he’s not serious about his personal job safety proper now.
TSN: The Winnipeg Jets aren’t throwing the towel in on the season, and GM Cheveldayoff is in search of scoring, based on Darren Dreger. Simpler stated than executed.
“However ask any common supervisor within the Nationwide Hockey League, any scoring ahead with time period simply isn’t obtainable. So, Winnipeg is taking a look at all choices. Possibly it’s an unproven younger participant with some upside from a productive perspective that surfaces between now and the March sixth commerce deadline.
However till then, they’ll proceed to kick tires. And there’s additionally uncertainty as to what Winnipeg can be prepared to unload as an asset to amass a bit up entrance. So, there’s nonetheless quite a lot of work forward.”
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