Latest On Potential Brock Boeser Extension With Canucks

Brock Boeser set a new standard for himself this past season, playing 81 games and joining the 40-goal club for the first time in his career. He's heading into the last year of his three-year, $6.65 million AAV deal, and is eligible for an extension this summer.

But are the Vancouver Canucks ready to dole out a long-term deal on what would most likely be north of the $8 million AAV mark? According to TSN's Canucks insider Farhan Lalji, not much is happening on that extension front at this time. Most of the concerns are centered around Boeser's health and his inconsistent performance from year to year.

I don’t think that’s going to happen at this point. I do think that as the (coming) season progresses and into (next) offseason, I think they’ll address that, and we’ll see where he is in terms of whether or not he can follow it up. Both in terms of his production and health because those two have been tied so closely together, right? I mean, you know, when you looked at this guy at the beginning of his career in Year 1, you thought a 30-goal season was inevitable. And it took until now for him to finally get there.
I think they’re going to look long and hard. I think that they want it to work and maybe get an opportunity to bring a player like Boeser back. But I don’t think they’re going to rush into it.
I think they want to make sure that he can follow that up, and what we saw last year isn’t a one-off, (but rather) that that is the real Brock Boeser as long as he’s healthy.

After being selected as a first-round pick in 2015 (23rd overall), Boeser burst onto the scene in his first full year in 2017-18 with a 29-goal season (55 points), but was limited to 62 games. The following year, he pretty much matched that, with 26 goals and 56 points, this time in 69 games. He kind of leveled off after that, not reaching the next plateau, until the just-concluded 2023-24 season, when he soared to 40 goals and 73 points along with a +23 plus/minus rating.

"I think we know that he’s a goal scorer. (But) He’s had a lot of personal issues in his life. And a lot of that has been put behind him now," added Lalji.

Now it's a matter of proving he can stay at his new upper-echelon level. If he proves as the new season unfolds that he is, contract talks could quickly begin.