In the NHL, you’ll be hard-pressed to find forwards signing contracts north of $6 million per season after a 46-point campaign.
In this case however, it’s an intelligent gamble by general manager Patrik Allvin and the Vancouver Canucks.
On Friday, someone forgot to tell Allvin that it was a national holiday in Canada. He made a flurry of moves, but most notably, he re-signed RFA Brock Boeser to a three-year deal worth $6.65 million per season.
The deal helps the Canucks avoid that daunting one-year, $7.5 million qualifying offer that Boeser seemed destined to sign, much like Patrik Laine did last summer.