As the longest-serving current Vancouver Canucks player, it seems fitting that Brock Boeser was the club’s representative for the NHL Player Media Tour this week.

Boeser got some important work done, including beginning the Canucks’ recruitment efforts for the 2032 NHL free agency class:

We’re kidding about that part (kind of).

One thing that certainly did happen though was Boeser doing an interview with Sportsnet. Here’s what he had to say.

Q: New coach, new GM, new management structure – what’s your confidence level moving forward?

Boeser: “It’s really high. I have faith in all of these guys; I know them really well. They’re such great people and great hockey minds. It’s a new chapter, us as players have to set the culture again and get things back on track.”

Q: When you talk about a new chapter, you’ve been with the team for a really long time, so there’s gonna be ups and downs throughout all that process. You re-signed long-term with the team at a time that now you find yourself in a rebuild. Any regrets to putting yourself in that situation?

Boeser: “No. No regrets. I’m very grateful to be in the league, and, you know, I made that decision, and I’m in Vancouver, so I’m gonna be part of the solution. And, you know, it’s one step at a time right now. Like I said, we gotta get the culture going again, and I feel like we got a ton of great young skilled guys and young talent, and we’re a close group. So, you know, we just gotta make sure that we’re coming to the rink every day, competing, and working hard.”

Q: Like you said, you’re in Vancouver. You’ve been in Vancouver longer than any Canuck. What does that mean to you, to be the longest-serving Vancouver Canuck?

Boeser: “Yeah, it means a lot. You know, it’s, it’s an awesome city, great place to play, and, you know, I just, I love it so much. But like I said, we want to get out of this hole that we’ve been in for the last couple years, and it starts by all coming to the rink and getting better together and having each other’s back and really just showing up to the rink and competing.”

Boeser, who will turn 30 in February, is in year two of a seven-year contract he signed with the Canucks, who drafted him with the 23rd overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft. Boeser is the only current Canucks player who played with now co-Presidents Daniel and Henrik Sedin. In fact, Boeser made his NHL debut skating on a line with the twins in his home state of Minnesota.

Through 629 regular-season games with the Canucks, Boeser has put up 226 goals and 256 assists. He’s added 11 goals and 12 assists through 29 career playoff games.