{"id":372740,"date":"2025-12-26T09:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/372740\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T09:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:53:08","slug":"edmonton-oilers-scouts-spotted-taking-serious-interest-during-the-vancouver-canucks-latest-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/372740\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton Oilers scouts spotted taking serious interest during the Vancouver Canucks&#8217; latest matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/627525.webp.webp\" style=\"width:100%;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Vancouver Canucks star forward Elias Pettersson linked to the Edmonton Oilers.\" title=\"Vancouver Canucks star forward Elias Pettersson linked to the Edmonton Oilers.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Vancouver is Awesome \/ Global News<\/p>\n<p>As the Vancouver Canucks get ready to resume hockey in just under a week, their last matchup against the Philadelphia Flyers attracted a particular amount of attention as Edmonton Oilers scouts were spotted taking some serious interest in the Canucks players.<\/p>\n<p>Although they got the best return package they could have when they received future superstars Marco Rossi, Zeev Buium, Liam Ohgren and a first-round pick, it appears that general manager Patrik Allvin might not be done making moves.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers scouts at recent Vancouver Canucks game<\/p>\n<p>Now that the team is in a &#8220;hybrid&#8221; rebuild phase, the team is in constant talks with other clubs, and one partner in particular is leading the pack.<\/p>\n<p>Repeated scouting trips suggest Edmonton isn&#8217;t just checking box scores. They&#8217;re watching which players get used in what situations, and how they do. Who&#8217;s out there at the end of close games? Who&#8217;s good at pressuring the other team? Who can handle the speed when things get intense? You can only really see that stuff in person, and it matters a lot when you&#8217;re thinking about how someone will do in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>One name that clearly stands out as a sensible target is Kiefer Sherwood, who has been in constant trade rumours since the year began.<\/p>\n<p>Sherwood doesn&#8217;t generate headlines, but he checks several boxes the Oilers have quietly prioritized in recent seasons. He plays with pace, isn&#8217;t afraid of contact, and can contribute offense without needing prime power-play minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Previously on Vancouver Hockey Daily<\/p>\n<p>POLL<\/p>\n<p>5 HOURS AGO\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0245 ANSWERS<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Oilers scouts spotted taking serious interest during the Vancouver Canucks&#8217; latest matchup<\/p>\n<p>Do you think the Vancouver Canucks will make a trade with the Edmonton Oilers before the season ends?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo credit: Vancouver is Awesome \/ Global News As the Vancouver Canucks get ready to resume hockey in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,3927,3275,2369,575,14690,85,2371],"class_list":{"0":"post-372740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-canucks","11":"tag-edmonton-oilers","12":"tag-elias-pettersson","13":"tag-nhl","14":"tag-oilers","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-vancouver-canucks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372740","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=372740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}