NHL Rumors: Proposed Trade Sends Kiefer Sherwood To Bruins

Boston Bruins trade buzz is starting to circle around Vancouver Canucks winger Kiefer Sherwood, and one name that keeps popping up in the conversation is Fraser Minten as a possible piece in a potential package, according to Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Sun.

Why a Sherwood trade keeps gaining steam

Vancouver has reportedly made another offer to Sherwood, but Elliotte Friedman has said there is a sizable gap between the sides, and multiple reports have framed an extension as highly unlikely. That is exactly why Sherwood looks like a classic deadline weapon for contenders. 

Kiefer Sherwood is the best trade chip they've had in years...so the thought that they would reconsider, even for a second, makes no sense. #canucks@mattsekeres | @justBlakePrice | @patersonjeff

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— Sekeres and Price (@sekeresandprice) January 5, 2026

He is having a career year with 17 goals and 21 points through 41 games, he is second in the NHL with 198 hits, and he has already posted two hat tricks. Add in his bargain $1.5 million cap hit and the fact he led the NHL last season with a record 464 hits while scoring a career high 19 goals, and it is easy to see why the market is getting loud fast.

Where Minten fits into Bruins trade chatter

Sherwood’s style screams playoff hockey, which is why the Bruins have been linked as a fit, especially with the club still fighting in the Eastern Conference race and holding its 2026 first round pick. The idea being floated is that Vancouver could press for a meaningful futures package, and that is where Minten enters the picture. 

Fraser Minten

First rookie in #NHLBruins history with multiple overtime goals pic.twitter.com/K2T5xPKvCw

— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) January 4, 2026

The 21-year-old center has 17 points with eight goals and nine assists in 42 games, and he just scored twice in Vancouver, including the overtime winner, in a performance that put his upside on full display. If the Canucks are serious about getting younger, Minten, a hometown player, is the type of controllable, developing player who matches that direction, and it is why his name is coming up when people discuss what it might actually take for Boston to get a deal across the finish line.

None of this guarantees the Bruins land Sherwood, and they are not alone. Dallas has also been mentioned as a potential suitor, and any bidding pressure only helps Vancouver if it decides to sell. 

But if Boston truly wants the hard, nasty, productive winger for a spring push, the cost may not just be picks.

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