Player Discussion Kiefer Sherwood

[kanucks25]

He’s the best signing this offseason and what we hoped Heinen would be in the lineup. He looks to be a mainstay in the top 6 until Lekkerimaki matures.

What’s the matter with Heinen? He’s a very good player.

Agree he's the best signing but I don't know why anyone would have expected Heinen to do what Sherwood is doing.

Heinen has been good in his own right but Sherwood has been beyond anyone's expectations.

I think there was this notion that Heinen would slide right into the top 6 with JT and Boeser but I never understood why that seemed like a given. Maybe people are disappointed judging by those expectations but he's done well based on what his actual role should be which is a solid 3rd liner.

 

[KaraLupin]

Looking at his splits from last season he had 5 goals and 10 points in the first 20 games which is identical to this season with 2 less games played. The next 20 games however he only had 1 assist. He went all of December and January with just 1 assist. So I guess we’ll see.

I can answer that, anytime Sherwood was scoring points he was being centered by Novak on the third line. Novak, Sherwood, and Evangelista started out as a very good line, but Novak was injured in November and ended that line. He would shuffle around and ended up playing his most minutes on the fourth line that consisted of him, McCarron, and Cole Smith. He would get looks with Novak again near the end of the season and put up decent points though.