{"id":392253,"date":"2026-01-06T18:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392253\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T18:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T18:25:10","slug":"nhl-rumor-mill-january-6-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/392253\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumor Mill \u2013 January 6, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today\u2019s NHL Rumor Mill, the latest on Canucks forwards Kiefer Sherwood<\/a> and Jake DeBrusk<\/a>, plus an update on the trade rumors swirling about Oilers winger Andrew Mangiapane<\/a>.<\/p>\n

THE LATEST CANUCKS SPECULATION<\/p>\n

THE PROVINCE: Ben Kuzma<\/a> and Patrick Johnston<\/a> are skeptical that the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> will re-sign Kiefer Sherwood<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Both pundits took note of Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman\u2019s report on Saturday about the Canucks making another contract offer to the Sherwood camp. The 30-year-old winger is on pace for a career-best season. He\u2019s eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.<\/p>\n

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Vancouver Canucks forward Kiefer Sherwood (NHL Images).<\/p>\n

Kuzma stated the prospect of the Canucks re-signing Sherwood is \u201chighly unlikely,\u201d claiming there\u2019s not much appetite on their part to triple his $1.5 million salary. He also suggested that Sherwood could fetch a good return for the rebuilding Canucks, pointing to the Dallas Stars<\/a> and Boston Bruins<\/a> as possible suitors.<\/p>\n

Johnson didn\u2019t rule out the possibility of the Canucks re-signing Sherwood. However, he doesn\u2019t consider it likely after checking with his sources. Like Kuzma, he believes Sherwood will have more value to the Canucks as a trade chip.<\/p>\n

SPECTOR\u2019S NOTE: The Canucks set in motion their rebuilding plans when they traded Quinn Hughes<\/a> to the Minnesota Wild<\/a> last month. That made it all but certain that Sherwood will be moved before the March 6 trade deadline.<\/p>\n

SPORTSNET:<\/a> Michael Amato believes a playoff contender should attempt to acquire Jake DeBrusk<\/a> from the Canucks.<\/p>\n

DeBrusk is struggling in his second season in Vancouver, but the 29-year-old winger\u2019s playoff experience would make him a good middle-six option for a contender seeking scoring depth. He also carries a reasonable annual average value of $5.5 million over the next five seasons.<\/p>\n

SPECTOR\u2019S NOTE: DeBrusk has a full no-movement clause until 2027, but he might waive it for an opportunity to go to a contender. He hasn\u2019t surfaced in the rumor mill yet, but the Canucks might be willing to listen to offers, especially if it involves young NHL players or high draft picks.<\/p>\n

NO DEAL YET FOR ANDREW MANGIAPANE<\/p>\n

EDMONTON JOURNAL<\/a>: NHL insider Frank Seravalli told Oilers Now host Bob Stauffer that he felt the Oilers aren\u2019t close to getting a trade done for Andrew Mangiapane<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Seravalli believes the Oilers have been in contact with a couple of teams. He thinks the second year of Mangiapane\u2019s contract is a detriment, but they\u2019re trying to work through that.<\/p>\n

Mangiapane carries an AAV of $3.6 million on a two-year contract. He also has a full no-trade clause this season, but is reportedly willing to waive it to join a club where he\u2019ll get more playing time.<\/p>\n

Seravalli felt the Winnipeg Jets<\/a> and New Jersey Devils<\/a> are two clubs that need scoring depth. Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman said Saturday that the Anaheim Ducks<\/a> had been poking around a bit.<\/p>\n

SPECTOR\u2019S NOTE: The Journal\u2019s David Staples believes it could take several weeks to get a trade worked out for Mangiapane. He wondered if there could be a swap with the Ducks for center Ryan Strome<\/a> if the Ducks were willing to retain half of his $5 million cap hit through 2026-27.<\/p>\n

I proposed the same thing last week, but that was spitballing on my part. If it were that simple, it would\u2019ve been done by now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In today\u2019s NHL Rumor Mill, the latest on Canucks forwards Kiefer Sherwood and Jake DeBrusk, plus an update…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,448,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-392253","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nhl","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}