The agent of Brock BoeserBen Hankinson, has spoken with more than six teams as he explores the possibility of a trade for the United forward. Canucks de Vancouver.
Our colleague Pierre LeBrun reports that Boeser is attracting interest, but his new contract is an obstacle for most teams.
“Teams are evaluating whether they can enter into negotiations with the Canucks for Boeser,” LeBrun said during the segment. Insider Trading from the TSN network on Tuesday. “His contract is the problem with two more years after this one at an average salary of $6.65 million. Now there are teams that I’ve spoken to that are interested, but for the simple fact that they don’t have salary cap wiggle room, and not just for the rest of the year, but after this year [elles sont hésitantes].
“There’s a team, I think, that’s serious enough to move forward with their talks with the Canucks if they’re willing to take on part of Boeser’s contract. But at this point in the process, I don’t think Vancouver wants to do that. For the Canucks, freeing up space on the payroll has to be a very important part of any trade involving Boeser.
“Boeser’s agent, Ben Hankinson, continues to speak to teams and he has spoken to over half a dozen teams since last week. I don’t think a trade is imminent and I think it will take a lot of work between now and the March 3 NHL trade deadline. »
The 25-year-old winger has 4 goals and 16 points in 20 games this season. The Canucks have announced plans to drop Boeser from their roster for Saturday’s game against the Arizona Coyotes before an injury returns him to the roster.
The possibility of a trade comes just months after the Canucks offered Boeser a three-year, $19.95 million contract as a restricted free agent last summer. He had 23 goals and 46 points in 71 games last season.
In 344 career NHL games, Boeser has scored 125 goals and had 272 points.