{"id":111684,"date":"2025-09-01T21:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/111684\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:37:09","slug":"nhl-news-elias-petterssons-key-canucks-teammate-makes-bold-business-decision-ahead-of-contract-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/111684\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL News: Elias Pettersson’s key Canucks teammate makes bold business decision ahead of\u00a0contract\u00a0year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many believe contract seasons aren\u2019t the best time to try out new things. That isn\u2019t the case for one teammate of Elias Pettersson<\/a> on the Vancouver Canucks, who has made a big change ahead of the 2025-26 NHL campaign.<\/p>\n

Kiefer Sherwood is set to become an unrestricted free agent once the upcoming NHL<\/a> season comes to an end. Entering the final season of his two-year, $3 million contract with the Canucks<\/a>, it\u2019s still unclear if Vancouver will re-sign him or let him become an UFA.<\/p>\n

Whichever path the Canucks take on this important teammate of Pettersson and company, they will be dealing with a new agent. As it\u2019s been reported, Sherwood has switched his representation team ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n

\u201cRich Evans and Judd Moldaver of Wasserman have added Kiefer Sherwood (an impending UFA) as a client,\u201d insider Rick Dhaliwal reported on his X, formerly Twitter account.<\/p>\n

\"Kiefer<\/p>\n

Kiefer Sherwood #44 of the Vancouver Canucks against the Los Angeles Kings.<\/p>\n

Familiar face<\/p>\n

Sherwood had previously been represented by Allain Roy of RSG Hockey. With Roy as his agent, Sherwood signed his current deal with the Canucks. Moreover, Roy is a familiar face around Vancouver, as he represents three other Canucks. In addition to Sherwood\u2019s contract, he had been involved in the signings of Nils Hoglander, Sawyer Mynio (entry level contract), and Joe Labate.<\/p>\n

\"NHL<\/p>\n

see also<\/p>\n

NHL News: Elias Pettersson\u2019s Canucks reportedly face urgent center upgrade challenge before training camp<\/p>\n

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Now, Sherwood is switching agents, hoping to cash in after a contract year in Vancouver. Sherwood is coming off a career-high 40-point season (19 G, 21 A). Hoping there\u2019s more from where that came from, the 30-year-old skater made a bold business decision.<\/p>\n

Big bucks<\/p>\n

On the other hand, if the name Moldaver rings a bell, there\u2019s one very big reason\u2014well, two, actually. Judd Moldaver was the agent who handled Auston Matthews\u2019 and Connor McDavid\u2019s extensions with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers, respectively. <\/p>\n

SurveyWill Sherwood improve his production after last season’s 40-point tally?<\/p>\n

Will Sherwood improve his production after last season’s 40-point tally?<\/p>\n

While such a deal can\u2019t be expected for Sherwood, the winger can\u2019t help but be excited about what his new agent might negotiate for his next NHL contract. Moldaver has also been involved in contracts for other household names, including Zach Werenski and Roman Josi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Many believe contract seasons aren\u2019t the best time to try out new things. That isn\u2019t the case for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,2369,575,85,2371],"class_list":["post-111684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-elias-pettersson","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-vancouver-canucks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}