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Wild Eye Top-Six Winger Help as Sherwood Surfaces as Trade Target

Limited cap space plus the NHL roster freeze constrain near-term trades.

Overview

  • The Wild are gauging the market for a top-six scoring winger, according to The Fourth Period.
  • Vancouver’s Kiefer Sherwood is the named target, valued for his physical game and $1.5 million cap hit after a hot start highlighted by 16 goals in 36 games.
  • Reports indicate another Wild–Canucks deal before the deadline is viewed as unlikely even with recent trade familiarity.
  • Minnesota has under $4 million in cap space, and the NHL’s holiday roster freeze remains in effect until December 28.
  • With Marco Rossi moved in the Quinn Hughes trade, insiders say Bill Guerin may keep pursuing forward help, though a tight second-line center market could drive up prices.