Brock Boeser was signed today after attempts to trade him last deadline failed. Rumoured Boeser trades are a Vancouver Canucks tradition, as regular – and seasonal – as forgetting how to drive in snow. But now it is finally done, bringing this very twist-ridden chapter, or maybe entire novel, to a close.
General Manager Patrik Allvin announced today that the #Canucks have agreed to terms with F Brock Boeser on a seven-year contract with a $7.25 million AAV. pic.twitter.com/DNfx2qjpWf
— Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) July 1, 2025
Brock Boeser Signed
Boeser was taken 23rd overall in a loaded 2015 entry draft and burst onto the scene in dramatic fashion. He’s never quite been able to live up to his initial scoring pace, but has rounded his game well in the years since.
Boeser has a history of difficult negotiations with Canucks management, whoever it happened to be at the time. His previous, rapidly escalating three-year deal was bonus-laden and finished with a $7.5 million base salary. Progressing off that was impossible, so his current three-year contract was a compromise.
Two consecutive bridge deals left him reluctant to accept a short-term contract this time. And the Canucks management clearly wasn’t interested in anything beyond their offer of five years. Expectations were that he would be gone in March, but he outlasted the rumours and the curious claims of GM Patrik Allvin.
Allvin criticized Boeser’s 40-goal season at the end of 2023-24, saying he felt the winger “let his foot off the gas.” And he repeatedly avoided any commitment last year, saying they were assessing his play even into February. That was before his claims of no market for the scoring winger.
Boeser’s reputation as “a scorer and nothing else” is completely unearned. His vision contributes to passing skills, and he wins battles on the boards more often than not. That 40-goal season is likely a career peak, but he’s still a very good scorer, averaging 30 for every 82 games played.
Getting Busy
Getting Brock Boeser signed was no guarantee. The J.T. Miller trade wasn’t necessarily the start of a rebuild, but whatever you call it, it signalled a sea change.
Anything could happen to the “old guard” after Bo Horvat was sent to the New York Islanders, and Brock was the oldest. Boeser hasn’t had the best season of his career, but it hasn’t been a bad one. Even in a season of upheaval, his scoring, passing and defensive awareness have been sharp..
A new start with the only NHL team he’s known may be enough to reach new heights, or maybe a return to that 2023-24 season. Or maybe his scoring slows, or injuries take their toll. It’s a risk the team is showing that they are willing to take. Goals aren’t all Brock Boeser contributes, and everyone should know it by now.
It became even more unlikely as the season dragged on. As late as April 10th, Boeser said that the odds of him re-signing were “unlikely at this point.” But you know what they say: it only takes one phone call. And being the team’s second-leading scorer doesn’t hurt, either.
About A Deal
In a weak year for free agent talent, Boeser was in demand. Goals always pay, even as he receives criticism for his skating and lack of ability to drive play. Finishing matters, and that’s what he brings to the ice.
In the end, that finishing ability is worth $7.25 million per season.
