Boeser could find a new home this summer, after nine seasons with the Vancouver Canucks.

• Player Overview
• What We Know
• Comparables
• Projection

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Player Overview

Selected 23rd overall in the 2015 NHL Draft, Brock Boeser has spent his entire professional career with the Vancouver Canucks. The winger made the full-time jump to the NHL for the 2017-18 season, where he had a great rookie year, posting 29 goals and 55 points across 62 games, and finished second in Calder Trophy voting.

Across parts of nine seasons in Vancouver, Boeser has scored 204 goals and 434 points over 554 games. He’s also a year removed from a 2023-24 campaign which saw him post 40 goals and 73 points in 81 games.

However, while Boeser can score goals at a high rate with a great shot and good finishing ability, his production has often been streaky and inconsistent from year to year. This has resulted in Boeser frequently being involved in trade speculation over the last number of seasons.

Still, at his best, Boeser can be a highly effective, top-six forward. Now set to become an unrestricted free agent, he’ll be one of the top wingers on the market, if hits July 1.

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What We Know

• Per Frank Seravalli, the Canucks offered Boeser a five-year deal at an $8M cap hit, but Boeser was looking for more term.
• Boeser noted that it’s unlikely that he’ll to return to the Canucks.
• Rick Dhaliwal reported that teams will be willing to give Boeser $8M+ in free agency, but it remains to be seen what term teams will be willing to give out. Dhaliwal also noted that if Boeser can’t get a deal he likes elsewhere, a return to Vancouver remains possible.

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Comparables

Below, we examine what Boeser’s deal could look like, based on previous contracts for other forwards. For more information on the stats/tables used below, including how the payment rate in projections is determined, visit the About the Site page. With Boeser now 28 years old, the comparables used will generally be wingers who were near his age at the time of signing. Note: ages listed in the tables below are based on a player’s age by Dec. 31 in the first year of their contract.

7/8 YEARS

The most likely scenario for Boeser’s deal would be a seven-year contract. While an eight-year deal would be possible if he re-signs in Vancouver, it seems the more likely scenario would be Boeser heading to free agency. In this event, he’d be more in line with comparables for a maximum-term contract, than any other length.

Below is a list of 34 comparables for seven and eight-year contracts, to help project Boeser’s contract. The table uses a system of establishing a cost-per-points basis, using the middle ground between a player’s production over their signing year, and over their career. From there, a comparable player’s cap hit from the first year of their contract is applied to a $95.5M salary cap using the same percentage against the salary cap, and a payment rate can be established based on how much the player was paid compared to their production. Each contract can then project how much Boeser can be expected to make, based on the same cost-per-points basis.

Player	Age	First Year of Contract	Signing Year G&P/82	Career G&P/82	Mid Point	Contract	On $95.5M Cap	Payment Rate	Boeser Projection
Brock Boeser	28	2025	27-55 81GP	30-64 657GP	29-60
Jeff Skinner	27	2019	40-63 82GP	30-55 661GP	35-59	$9.00M 8 years	$10.55M 8 years	1.79	$10.73M 8 years
*Patrick Kane	27	2015	34-82 69GP	28-78 515GP	31-80	$10.50M 8 years	$14.04M 8 years	1.76	$10.53M 8 years
Anders Lee	29	2019	28-51 82GP	29-50 425GP	29-51	$7.00M 7 years	$8.20M 7 years	1.61	$9.65M 7 years
Timo Meier	27	2023	42-69 78GP	28-57 472GP	35-63	$8.80M 8 years	$10.06M 8 years	1.60	$9.58M 8 years
Artemi Panarin	28	2019	29-90 79GP	30-81 322GP	30-86	$11.64M years	$13.64M 7 years	1.59	$9.52M 7 years
*Jakub Voracek	27	2016	22-81 82GP	19-57 531GP	21-69	$8.25M 8 years	$10.79M 8 years	1.56	$9.38M 8 years
Evander Kane	27	2018	30-57 78GP	27-51 574GP	29-54	$7.00M 7 years	$8.41M 7 years	1.56	$9.34M 7 years
*Tom Wilson	30	2024	32-55 33GP	15-36 680GP	24-46	$6.50M 7 years	$7.05M 7 years	1.53	$9.20M 7 years
*Jamie Benn	28	2017	41-89 82GP	31-72 508GP	36-81	$9.50M 8 years	$12.10M 8 years	1.49	$8.96M 8 years
Milan Lucic	28	2016	20-56 81GP	20-50 647GP	20-53	$6.00M 7 years	$7.85M 7 years	1.48	$8.89M 7 years
Mark Stone	27	2019	26-82 64GP	28-70 366GP	27-76	$9.50M 8 years	$11.13M 8 years	1.46	$8.79M 8 years
**Roope Hintz	27	2023	36-77 103GP	28-61 261GP	31-69	$8.45M 8 years	$9.66M 8 years	1.40	$8.40M 8 years
Valeri Nichushkin	27	2022	30-69 62GP	14-35 405GP	22-52	$6.13M 8 years	$7.10M 8 years	1.37	$8.19M 8 years
*Chris Kreider	29	2020	33-62 60GP	25-50 520GP	29-56	$6.50M 7 years	$7.62M 7 years	1.36	$8.16M 7 years
Jake DeBrusk	28	2024	19-41 80GP	24-47 465GP	22-44	$5.50M 7 years	$5.97M 7 years	1.36	$8.14M 8 years
*Brad Marchand	29	2017	39-65 77GP	28-52 454GP	34-59	$6.25M 8 years	$7.96M 8 years	1.35	$8.09M 8 years
***Cam Atkinson	29	2018	36-57 97GP	26-48 397GP	31-53	$5.88M 7 years	$7.06M 7 years	1.33	$8.00M 7 years
*Travis Konecny	28	2025	36-73 76GP	25-58 564GP	31-66	$8.75M 8 years	$8.75M 8 years	1.33	$7.95M 8 years
Matt Duchene	28	2019	35-79 73GP	26-62 727GP	31-71	$8.00M 7 years	$9.37M 7 years	1.32	$7.92M 7 years
***Mikko Rantanen	29	2025	36-93 62GP	37-89 632GP	37-91	$12.00M 8 years	$12.00M 8 years	1.32	$7.91M 8 years
***David Pastrnak	27	2023	58-112 63GP	41-84 571GP	50-98	$11.25M 8 years	$12.86M 8 years	1.31	$7.88M 8 years
Kevin Fiala	26	2022	33-85 82GP	24-55 419GP	29-70	$7.88M 7 years	$9.12M 7 years	1.30	$7.82M 7 years
***William Nylander	28	2024	47-120 37GP	29-71 558GP	38-96	$11.50M 8 years	$12.48M 8 years	1.30	$7.80M 8 years
Troy Terry	26	2023	27-71 70GP	22-53 274GP	25-62	$7.00M 7 years	$8.01M 7 years	1.29	$7.75M 7 years
Kyle Okposo	28	2016	23-66 79GP	22-57 529GP	23-62	$6.00M 7 years	$7.85M 7 years	1.27	$7.60M 7 years
*Jonathan Huberdeau	30	2023	31-118 80GP	24-75 671GP	28-97	$10.50M 8 years	$12.00M 8 years	1.24	$7.42M 8 years
Zach Hyman	29	2021	29-63 43GP	20-44 345GP	25-54	$5.50M 7 years	$6.44M 7 years	1.19	$7.16M 7 years
Sam Reinhart	29	2024	57-94 82GP	30-63 696GP	49-79	$8.63M 8 years	$9.37M 8 years	1.19	$7.12M 8 years
Gabriel Landeskog	29	2021	30-79 54GP	26-61 687GP	28-70	$7.00M 8 years	$8.20M 8 years	1.17	$7.03M 8 years
Filip Forsberg	28	2022	50-100 69GP	32-68 566GP	41-84	$8.50M 8 years	$9.84M 8 years	1.17	$7.03M 8 years
*J.T. Miller	30	2023	33-101 80GP	22-58 637GP	28-80	$8.00M 7 years	$9.15M 7 years	1.14	$6.86M 7 years
Johnny Gaudreau	29	2022	40-115 82GP	29-83 602GP	35-99	$9.75M 7 years	$11.29M 7 years	1.14	$6.84M 7 years
Jake Guentzel	30	2024	37-94 67GP	36-77 520GP	37-86	$9.00M 7 years	$9.77M 7 years	1.14	$6.82M 8 years
*Carter Verhaeghe	30	2025	36-78 76GP	32-62 330GP	34-70	$7.00M 7 years	$7.00M 7 years	1.00	$6.00M 7 years

Of the 34 comps, 31 of them would project a maximum-term contract for Boeser to come in between $6.8M and $9.7M per year, so we have a clear range of where Boeser’s value would lie.

That said, Boeser isn’t likely to fall at the bottom of this range, from many of the deals projecting a deal of $7.15M per year or less. Of this group, many of the deals were signed by players who were either a couple years older (representing a greater risk of decline), those who took a pay cut to extend with their current team, or those who signed in Florida, where a lack of state income tax allowed players to take home more money even at a lower cap hit than they would’ve gotten elsewhere.

At the same time, 10 of the highest 11 comps (down to Mark Stone) were signed prior to 2020, whereas the bulk of contracts lower down the table were more recent contracts. As a result, the more realistic range likely falls between $7.1M and $8.4M per year.

While a lot of the players in the table had higher production than Boeser, there is a group of good comps, who had more similar numbers, in Chris Kreider, Brad Marchand, Travis Konecny, Troy Terry, and Kyle Okposo. These five comps would project Boeser to be somewhere between $7.6M and $8.2M per year.

Plus, there’s a good group of high-profile recent comps in Mikko Rantanen, David Pastrnak, and William Nylander, who would all project Boeser to be between $7.8M and $7.9M per year.

As a result, there’s a likely range in the middle of the table that represents Boeser’s expected value. There’s a chance Boeser could reach $8M per year on a seven-year deal, and if he doesn’t hit that mark, we can expect he’d be very close to it.

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6 YEARS

If Boeser wasn’t able to get a maximum-term contract, the next-most likely deal would be a six-year deal. That said, there’s been a shift away from players of Boeser’s age and production getting this kind of deal. Those who did either had lower production, or were coming off a year where they greatly outproduced their career pace (resulting in less certainty that the player could repeat the same level of production).

Player	Age	First Year of Contract	Signing Year G&P/82	Career G&P/82	Mid Point	Contract	On $95.5M Cap	Payment Rate	Boeser Projection
Brock Boeser	28	2025	27-55 81GP	30-64 657GP	29-60
*Brendan Gallagher	29	2021	33-54 35GP	26-50 582GP	30-52	$6.50M 6 years	$7.62M 6 years	1.46	$8.79M 6 years
Blake Coleman	30	2021	21-46 55GP	19-34 301GP	20-40	$4.90M 6 years	$5.74M 6 years	1.44	$8.61M 6 years
*Nick Foligno	28	2015	41-77 34GP	17-39 500GP	29-58	$5.50M 6 years	$7.36M 6 years	1.27	$7.61M 6 years
Rickard Rakell	29	2022	23-48 70GP	23-51 569GP	23-50	$5.00M 6 years	$5.79M 6 years	1.16	$6.95M 6 years
*Josh Bailey	29	2018	21-88 58GP	14-43 697GP	18-66	$5.00M 6 years	$6.01M 6 years	0.91	$5.46M 6 years
Bryan Rust	30	2022	33-79 60GP	24-52 424GP	29-66	$5.13M 6 years	$5.94M 6 years	0.90	$5.40M 6 years

Based on the comps, they’d project Boeser between $5.4M and $8.8M on a six-year contract.

Towards the lower end though, the Josh Bailey and Bryan Rust contracts aren’t necessarily as applicable, given both fall into the category of players who were coming off an outlier signing year at the time. At the same time, Nick Foligno would likely into this category as well, while Blake Coleman had significantly lower production over his career.

The two best comps on the table are likely Brendan Gallagher ($8.8M projection) and Rickard Rakell ($6.95M projection). Of course, there’s a huge gap between these two deals, so it’s a little bit difficult to project an accurate value. That said, the middle ground of the deals would take Boeser to right around the same cap hit as on a seven-year deal, likely somewhere around the $8M mark.

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5 YEARS

A five-year deal would be the lowest term expected for Boeser’s next deal, and remains fairly unlikely. His production would put him in line for more term, and the majority of the comps below had significantly lower production. Especially consdiering the report that Boeser was unwilling to sign a five-year deal at an $8M cap hit with the Canucks, and it seems very unlikely that he ends up taking a deal at this term in free agency.

Player	Age	First Year of Contract	Signing Year G&P/82	Career G&P/82	Mid Point	Contract	On $95.5M Cap	Payment Rate	Boeser Projection
Brock Boeser	28	2025	27-55 81GP	30-64 657GP	29-60
**Jakob Silfverberg	29	2019	23-35 56GP	19-40 475GP	21-38	$5.25M 5 years	$6.15M 5 years	1.62	$9.71M 5 years
James van Riemsdyk	29	2018	36-55 81GP	27-53 609GP	32-54	$7.00M 5 years	$8.41M 5 years	1.56	$9.34M 5 years
Matt Beleskey	27	2015	28-40 65GP	14-28 329GP	21-34	$3.80M 5 years	$5.08M 5 years	1.49	$8.97M 5 years
Michael Frolik	27	2015	19-42 82GP	15-38 512GP	17-40	$4.30M 5 years	$5.75M 5 years	1.44	$8.63M 5 years
Artturi Lehkonen	27	2022	21-42 74GP	16-31 412GP	19-37	$4.50M 5 years	$5.21M 5 years	1.41	$8.45M 5 years
Ivan Barbashev	28	2023	16-45 82GP	16-37 433GP	16-41	$5.00M 5 years	$5.72M 5 years	1.39	$8.37M 5 years
Reilly Smith	26	2016	25-50 82GP	18-43 285GP	22-47	$5.00M 5 years	$6.54M 5 years	1.39	$8.35M 5 years
Jordan Eberle	29	2019	20-39 78GP	26-59 666GP	23-49	$5.50M 5 years	$6.44M 5 years	1.32	$7.89M 5 years
Craig Smith	26	2015	23-44 82GP	19-43 277GP	21-44	$4.25M 5 years	$5.68M 5 years	1.29	$7.75M 5 years
Jaden Schwartz	29	2021	16-43 40GP	23-56 560GP	20-50	$5.50M 5 years	$6.44M 5 years	1.29	$7.73M 5 years
Jason Zucker	26	2018	33-64 82GP	24-43 340GP	29-54	$5.50M 5 years	$6.61M 5 years	1.22	$7.34M 5 years
Ondrej Palat	26	2017	19-57 75GP	20-58 307GP	20-58	$5.30M 5 years	$6.75M 5 years	1.16	$6.98M 5 years
Andre Burkovsky	27	2022	23-63 80GP	19-47 519GP	21-55	$5.50M 5 years	$6.37M 5 years	1.16	$6.95M 5 years
Oliver Bjorkstrand	26	2021	26-64 49GP	22-48 305GP	24-56	$5.40M 5 years	$6.33M 5 years	1.13	$6.78M 5 years
Brandon Saad	29	2021	28-45 44GP	24-48 632GP	26-47	$4.50M 5 years	$5.27M 5 years	1.12	$6.73M 5 years
*Yegor Sharangovich	27	2025	31-59 82GP	24-47 287GP	28-53	$5.85M 5 years	$5.85M 5 years	1.10	$6.62M 5 years
Ryan Strome	29	2022	23-60 74GP	17-47 621GP	20-54	$5.00M 5 years	$5.79M 5 years	1.07	$6.43M 5 years

Based on the comps, they’d project a range of $6.4M to $9.7M per year on a five-year deal. Again though, it’s difficult to find many accurate comps to use.

Even the players who did sign with production similar to Boeser often signed when they were younger, which set them up for another big contract in their early 30s. Plus, many of them (Zucker, Palat, Burakovsky, Bjorkstrand) had much less NHL experience, and would all project a deal lower than the $8M per year that Boeser reportedly rejected, so it’s not overly realistic to think this would be what he ends up signing for.

We’re only likely to see this term for Boeser if he can’t get a longer deal at a cap hit that makes sense. As a result, we can expect a five-year deal would likely come at a higher cap hit than what’s been projected for a longer term. While it may be unrealistic to think Boeser could hit the $9M mark on a five-year deal, we can expect somewhere between $8M and $9M would be the likely landing spot, in the unlikely event he does sign a five-year contract.

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Projection

The most likely length for Boeser’s deal would be a maximum-term deal. If he heads to free agency, a seven-year deal just under $8M per year (around $55M total) would be the projected range. If there was a change and the Canucks ended up being willing to sign Boeser to a longer deal, they’d be able to offer a slightly lower cap hit than what Boeser could get in free agency, while offering more total money over an eight-year deal than he’d make on a seven-year contract.

Term	Projected Cap hit	Maximum Cap Hit	Minimum Cap Hit
8 years	$7.50M	$8.50M	$7.00M
7 years	$7.86M	$8.50M	$7.00M

If Boeser couldn’t secure a maximum-term contract, the next most likely deal would be either a six-year contract at a similar projected cap hit, or a five-year deal at a higher cap hit.

Term	Projected Cap hit	Maximum Cap Hit	Minimum Cap Hit
6 years	$8.00M	$8.75M	$7.00M
5 years	$8.50M	$9.00M	$8.00M