The Vancouver Canucks and Brock Boeser are in a game of chicken as the March 7th NHL Trade Deadline approaches.
In Friday’s edition of Trade Targets over at dailyfaceoff.com, NHL Insider Frank Seravalli reported that the Canucks have offered Boeser a five-year contract with an annual average value of $8 million ($40 million total). Here is what Seravalli wrote:
Scoop: The Canucks put a 5-year, $40 million offer on the table, but Boeser is looking for more term in this slow-moving game of ‘chicken.’ Expect it to heat up this week. The Canucks essentially dared him to go out and replicate his 40-goal season. He’s on track for 28 with seven games missed due to injury, which is close to his career average. Now with the increasing cap on his side, he’s a younger UFA, and the Canucks are really going to need scoring support if they have designs on competing again anytime soon. Plus they currently have the cap room to re-sign him and it’s not a huge jump in AAV compared to what he’s currently making.
Essentially, the Canucks are asking Boeser to leave roughly $16 million USD on the table, as any contract he signs in free agency would almost certainly be for seven years and close to the cap hit the Canucks are offering.
Seravalli reported on Thursday evening that the Canucks would make “one more offer” to Boeser ahead of the deadline. If that offer isn’t up to Boeser’s liking, the Canucks will presumably explore trading him ahead of the deadline. That being said, they may also elect to keep him as their own rental, and although you may not necessarily agree with that idea, it likely helps the club secure playoff games, something we know matters a ton to this ownership group.
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