{"id":203226,"date":"2026-03-04T03:18:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/203226\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T03:18:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:18:25","slug":"san-jose-sharks-kiefer-sherwood-unsure-of-future-as-trade-deadline-nears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/203226\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks’ Kiefer Sherwood unsure of future as trade deadline nears"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2013 For those curious about where things stand contract-wise<\/a> between the San Jose Sharks and Kiefer Sherwood, you\u2019re not alone.<\/p>\n

Sherwood is, too.<\/p>\n

With the NHL trade deadline<\/a> just days away, Sherwood said Tuesday morning before San Jose\u2019s home game<\/a> against the Montreal Canadiens that he was \u201cwaiting to hear back\u201d from his agent, Judd Moldaver, about the state of negotiations on a potential new deal<\/a> with the Sharks.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully things will take care of itself sooner than later,\u201d Sherwood told Bay Area News Group. \u201cMy focus has just been on playing, and I trust him. He\u2019s going to take care of everything like that. I\u2019ve got a lot of faith in him for whatever happens.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just focused on playing, and it\u2019s a big game tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sherwood, one of eight pending unrestricted free agents on the Sharks roster, could be, Chris Johnston of TSN<\/a> and The Athletic reported in January, asking for as much as $30 million<\/a> \u2013 presumably spread out over at least five or six years \u2014 in his next contract.<\/p>\n

The Sharks acquired Sherwood from the Vancouver Canucks<\/a> on Jan. 19 for two second-round draft picks, including one this year, and defenseman Cole Clayton. Shortly afterward, it was reported that the gap between the Sharks and Sherwood\u2019s camp about what the winger\u2019s next deal would look like was substantial.<\/p>\n

Tuesday\u2019s game was the Sharks\u2019 last before the trade deadline on Friday at noon (PST). Even if the Sharks don\u2019t have a contract extension in place with Sherwood by then, they can decide to keep him for the stretch run as they seek their first playoff appearance since 2019, and continue to try to work out a new deal. San Jose entered Tuesday three points out of a playoff spot with 24 games to play<\/p>\n

But if the Sharks do not feel they can reach an agreement on a new deal with Sherwood and want to try to recoup at least some of the assets they have spent, they have to trade him before Friday midday.<\/p>\n

\u201cPost trade, we had a quick conversation,\u201d Grier said on Jan. 22 of the contract talks he had with Sherwood\u2019s camp. \u201cBut we were just more focused on how excited we were to add Kiefer to the group, and I think he\u2019s going to love it here. He\u2019s excited. We\u2019re excited to have him, and we think it\u2019s a great fit.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo hopefully down the road at some point, we\u2019ll be able to work something out.\u201d<\/p>\n

With any extension, the Sharks have to keep an eye on the long term.<\/p>\n

While the Sharks have close to\u00a0$55 million in cap space\u00a0available for next season,\u00a0per PuckPedia<\/a>,\u00a0they also have several roster holes to fill with only 11 NHL players under contract.<\/p>\n

Grier also must look ahead and ensure he has the cap space needed to ward off offer sheets for Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith and re-sign them to what will assuredly be pricey extensions, as both players\u2019 entry-level deals expire after the 2026-2027 season. Center Michael Misa and defensemen Sam Dickinson will need new deals after the 2027-28 season.<\/p>\n

With those four players in the fold, there is little question that Sherwood is excited about the Sharks\u2019 future. The next few days will help decide whether he will be a part of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to be grateful for the position I\u2019m in,\u201d Sherwood said. \u201cAnytime that you generate whatever noise, it\u2019s probably a good thing. So I just try to focus on what I can control, being here, being where my feet are, and bringing it every night.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe focus is, truthfully, just trying to get it force our way into the playoffs. We got some ground to (make up), and we have some games in hand, so we\u2019ve got to utilize that. Each game, the stakes keep getting higher. So my focus is on what I control.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2013 For those curious about where things stand contract-wise between the San Jose Sharks and Kiefer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[41681,4401,9896,94231,88,90,89,98],"class_list":{"0":"post-203226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-kiefer-sherwood","9":"tag-mike-grier","10":"tag-nhl-trade-deadline","11":"tag-pending-ufa","12":"tag-san-jose","13":"tag-san-jose-headlines","14":"tag-san-jose-news","15":"tag-san-jose-sharks"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}