The Vancouver Canucks have come to phrases with ahead Brock Boeser on a brand new seven-year contract, carrying a $7.25 million AAV.
Canucks’ GM Patrik Allvin introduced the deal on Tuesday in the course of the first hour of NHL free company. Boeser, 28, was an unrestricted free agent on a beforehand expiring contract.
Drafted by Vancouver twenty third general within the 2015 NHL draft, Boeser has collected 204 targets and 434 factors in 554 video games with the Canucks so far. A high six scoring menace, Boeser has elite playmaking abilities and the potential to provide huge numbers offensively. He had his finest 12 months offensively in 2023-24, producing 40 targets and 73 factors in 81 video games.
Boeser did not hit these marks once more final season – settling for 25 targets and 50 factors in 75 video games – however was nonetheless second amongst teammates in output. He additionally performs a outstanding function on Vancouver’s energy play and when Boeser can generate alternatives at 5-on-5, he’s a real difference-maker up entrance for the Canucks.
The extension is a contented ending for Vancouver and Boeser. When the common season ended, Boeser admitted “it is robust to say” whether or not he’d be again with the Canucks. Boeser reportedly turned down a earlier five-year extension supply with the membership and was subsequently shopped by Allvin on the March commerce deadline, with no takers. Boeser regarded — and sounded — poised to discover his choices on the open market.
Finally, Boeser determined to remain put by committing the most effective years of his profession to the Canucks.