Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning had accomplished most of his offseason tasks by mid-July, but the inability to extend RFA Brock Boeser up to this point is starting to cause some concern on the west coast.
The 22-year-old Boeser is coming off a strong sophomore year in which he tallied 26 goals and 56 points He’s obviously an instrumental part of Vancouver’s future, but the Canucks are right up against the cap, which complicates contract negotiations.
Well, the latest news on the Boeser front isn’t exactly encouraging. In the latest 31 Thoughts column, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that contract talks have seen both “times of optimism” and “times of pessimism.